Que haces tu?

Question

Que haces tu?

Welcome to SpanishDict, Jav. You don't really need to, "tú" here. - rac1, Aug 10, 2017

the - rac1, Aug 10, 2017

Answer 1

yo, dando la lata...como siempre

Da la lata pero por favor no pongas la mano en la lata.............con toda esa corrupción reinante" - polenta1, Aug 11, 2017

Answer 2

Yo, lo mismo que Gekkosan - huevoneando.

eso es hacer mucho jaja - polenta1, Aug 12, 2017

Answer 3

Or you can say with tú if you want to. The idea that Spanish speakers rarely use personal pronouns is exaggerated. I've watched a lot of Spanish TV and they are used a lot. Not essential as in English, but heavily used.

that is soooo NOT true, ken!! we do not use pronouns!!! Not ever would be exaggerated...but hey, almost never

Lazarus on the topic

I'll delete my comments, so there is no chance of misleading anyone, but I've watched a lot of Spanish TV where subject pronouns are use when they are not necessary. - DilKen, Aug 10, 2017

I differ somewhat. This depends very much on where you are. In some of the Caribbean countries, for example, it is far more common to find a regular use of personal pronouns. Expressions like "¿Qué tú haces?" and "¿A dónde tú vas?" are daily staples. - Gekkosan, Aug 10, 2017

Gekko: I'm glad I'm not the only voice in the Wilderness :) I've probably watched 500 espisodes of Spanish TV including from Spain, Mexico, Columbia and others and I have noticed this a lot. - DilKen, Aug 11, 2017

I don't want make too big a deal of this, because English speakers who learn Spanish are well advised to use them sparingly. Sometimes they are necessary and sometimes they are used for emphasis, but of course, much much less often that in English. - DilKen, Aug 11, 2017

And I can tell from skimming the prior posts that Heidi provided that I have a lot to learn about when they are, and when they are not customarily used. So, it's all good. :) - DilKen, Aug 11, 2017

The simple fact is that in "correct" Spanish, they're not necessary. In many places they're hardly used at all. But in many other places they are in fact used, sometimes even a lot. - Gekkosan, Aug 11, 2017

These are cultural idiosyncrasies and regional variations that can also be observed for just about any language that is spoken by large groups of people. There are the rules, and then there's what people actually say. - Gekkosan, Aug 11, 2017

Answer 4

Los que tienen un gran ego viven diciendo; yo, yo,yo,yo................................................ad infinitum.

Cuando jugamos a la lotería ( a la antigua) nos matamos de la risa porque alguien dice:
Dale tú que te toca a ti.
en vez de
Dale que te toca.

By the way it means:
It's your turn. Te toca.

Answer 5

Or how about this topic.

subject pronouns necessary?

Heidita: I already know they are not necessary. :) I will give you some examples from the TV show velvet and perhaps you will either see my point or you will teach me how in those circumstances the subject pronouns were necessary. :) - DilKen, Aug 10, 2017

Unless you tell me that this would be a fool's errand because 1950's Spanish is different from today. :) Velvet is the only show for which I have a lot of subtitles downloaded an in spreadsheets. This makes it easy to search for yo and tú. - DilKen, Aug 11, 2017

Answer 6

You can just say, "¿Qué haces"? - rac1 34 mins

yes, you should, actually.

Or you can say with tú if you want to.

Well, if you want to, you can, but you should't , as it means something different.

Look how we answered, all of us used the pronoun.

Why? Because Valdemar asked what do Y O U do? not: what do you do?

Actually, in English we would say, what are you doing.

OK, I think I understand...as in What do you do for a living with tú, versus watcha doin? (¿Qué estas haciendo?) Thanks. - DilKen, Aug 11, 2017

Answer 7

Aquí, vagando.

jaja - polenta1, Aug 10, 2017

Answer 8

No mucho, pero estoy bien, mejor que tú, porque te falta la puntuación adecuada.

¿Qué haces? tú

As Rac1 points out, subject pronouns are usually omitted in Spanish. They are used sometimes, but they are not essential as they are in English (or even very common) because the conjugated Spanish verb often makes clear who the subject is, as in this case. "haces" can only be used with tú, so the tú becomes unnecessary and can even change the meaning when it is included when it usually isn't.

Welcome to SpanishDict Vladimar:

As you can see we like to have some fun around here while we learn.

I hope you stick around and learn as much and have I much fun as I do.

You can just say, "¿Qué haces"? - rac1, Aug 10, 2017

Answer 9

Hello Valdemar,

Welcome to our Spanishdict forum

You asked:

¿Qué haces tú?

You only need to say ¿Qué haces? The personal pronoun is not necessary in this context as 'haces' can only refer to the familiar form (second person singular)

¡Soy músico! ¡Toco mi piano electrónico en varias casas (o hogas) de ancianos!

¡En mi tiempo libre me encanta aprender a hablar varios idiomas, sobre todo el español!

¡Muchas gracias por preguntarme!

¿Qué haces?

If you are referring to an action that is happening right now/ at the time that you are speaking you can also say /ask: ¿Qué estás haciendo?

If you were wanting to know what somebody does for their job, it would better to ask: ¿En qué trabajas? What job do you do? = o ¿A qué te dedicas? = What (work) do you do?

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

He ask, "Que haces tu?" - rac1, Aug 11, 2017

Yes, thank you, Amber I get so used to using Spanish without the personal pronouns, most of the time! - FELIZ77, Aug 11, 2017

I know the "tu" is not correct, I was just saying to you that was what he had asked. But, you changed it. lol All is well. Thanks Feliz. :) - rac1, Aug 12, 2017

No worries, rac :) - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2017