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The "extra" hay makes for a better question than the English translation you were given. No verb exists in the English translation.
The Spanish question literally asks, "What is there from you?" This can be reworded to the English questions "What's new?" "What's the latest?" or "What's been going on in your life since we last talked?" These can all be used to start up a conversation with someone else, without any other dialog and/or context. The English question "What about you?" can only be asked in context. It could follow "I'm going to see a movie," for example, and would then mean "What are you going to do?" It could also mean "Do you want to go with me?" There's no implied meaning in the English question. It cannot stand alone. The Spanish question needs no context to make sense. Therefore, it is not the equivalent of "What about you?" |
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