Pues adelante

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Poli:

You're right about the word "cachaco". Me dijeron que sí tiene una connotación peyorativa. Es mejor usar los gentilicios específicos, como "bogotano" (o los de las otras ciudades), o bien "los colombianos del interior".

Y lo que he visto, es que cada país tiene su región o regiones donde "pues" se usa "para todo". En México es una parte del sureste y en el Pacífico.

--¿Sacaste la basura? --Sí, pues.
--Did you put the trash out? --Yes.


@Sosia:

[chileno]

Sentirse ofendido sería un poco ridículo para mi. Pero ese soy yo, y no puedo hablar por los demás.

Desde que llegué a EE.UU. me llamó la atención el hablar de los demás. Y me dí cuenta de lo mal que hablaba yo!

También aprendí a reir de mi mismo. Si no lo hubiera hecho, lo más seguro es que no habría hablado inglés.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Y lo que he visto, es que cada país tiene su región o regiones donde "pues" se usa "para todo". En México es una parte del sureste y en el Pacífico.

--¿Sacaste la basura? --Sí, pues.
--Did you put the trash out? --Yes.

Okay, first of all, "se usa" signifies "means" the way you use it here? How does that apply to your example, then. That was a bit confusing to me....

But, maybe, the better question for me to ask is about the word "pues" in general. I've been reading/following this thread. I "get" the stuff about "pues adelante" specifically. But I am really quite foggy about how "pues" is used in general..... I'm not looking for a hard & fast "rule" ... but just a general idea of the sense of the word.........

Originally Posted by chileno

También aprendí a reir de mi mismo. Si no lo hubiera hecho, lo más seguro es que no habría hablado inglés.

Keep reminding me of that, Hernán, please!!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Okay, first of all, "se usa" signifies "means" the way you use it here? How does that apply to your example, then. That was a bit confusing to me....

"se usa" means "it is used"

Originally Posted by laepelba

But, maybe, the better question for me to ask is about the word "pues" in general. I've been reading/following this thread. I "get" the stuff about "pues adelante" specifically. But I am really quite foggy about how "pues" is used in general..... I'm not looking for a hard & fast "rule" ... but just a general idea of the sense of the word.........

Se usa para todo... she meants that it is used for everything... meaning that you hear a lot of that word. :-)

Now, you can translate it as "well, ..."

Thing is with "pues", we can place it at the end or at the start of the sentence. :-)

Is that better?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by poli

Me dijeron que los colombianos, los cachacos en particular, usan la palabra pues con más frecuencia que otras nacionalidades.

Pos a la mejor, puede ser.

[laepelba]

A little bit better. In spoken English, I tend to use "connectors" a lot. I almost always start sentences with "well" or "soooooo..." or "okay" or something similar. Basically, are you saying that when used independently at the beginning of a sentence it doesn't really mean anything ... and when used in conjunction with another word like "si" or "adelante" or "gracias" or whatever, it just sort of softens the meaning a bit...

"well, whatever"
"well, okay"
"well, all right"
??

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Pos a la mejor, puede ser.

Originally Posted by laepelba

A little bit better. In spoken English, I tend to use "connectors" a lot. I almost always start sentences with "well" or "soooooo..." or "okay" or something similar. Basically, are you saying that when used independently at the beginning of a sentence it doesn't really mean anything ... and when used in conjunction with another word like "si" or "adelante" or "gracias" or whatever, it just sort of softens the meaning a bit...

"well, whatever"
"well, okay"
"well, all right"
??

I am not sure where do you want to get, but:

Well, whatever -- bueno, como sea - pues, como sea
Well, okay -- bueno, si - pues, bien/bueno
Well, all right -- bueno, esta bien -- pues, esta bien.

Any clearer?

And do not worry if you do not understand these, if you have more doubts just write them, just like you did with the latter...

[laepelba]

Nope. More muddled. I meant can I use "pues" for any of those situations? For example:

"Well, whatever...." =? "Pues cualquier..."
"Well, okay..." =? "Si pues..."
"Well, all right..." =? "Pues bueno...."

Do these sound awkward, or are they valid uses for "pues"?

[Rusty]

Yes, pues is a filler word.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by laepelba

"Well, okay..." =? "Si pues..."

That reminds me; last night I was wondering what the common way to say "okay" (as an affirmative) is?

Searching the internet, it appears that 'Bueno' or 'Bien' is most common, and I see mention of 'Vale!' but that appears to be mostly a Spain thing. (I'm more interested in Mexican-Spanish).

If my g/f asked me to, say, feed the dogs, would 'Bien' be an acceptable response?