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EAR · 06-21-2008, 10:29 AM

Hi there - i have a friend who is venezuelan and he has posted this phrase on his email - yo tambien mari - i can get yo tambien but what does mari mean? anyone have any idea. i haven't been able to find it in the dictionary. thanks.

mem286 · 06-21-2008, 10:59 AM

At first I thought it was your name... are you sure she/he's not confusing your name?

EAR · 06-21-2008, 12:07 PM

no, because my name is elizabeth. so he's saying "me too Mary" ??

Goodnightmoon · 06-23-2008, 05:34 AM

LOL, Your friend must be from Spain. It's common slang to say Mari to anyone. This is a bit like a few years ago, when everyone said goodbye by saying "Hasta luego, Lucas", even if no one had that name, or even to girls or saying "aquí mi primo/a ha hecho xxxx" to refer to someone who's done something silly even if that person is not your cousin, it could be a perfect stranger. I can't think of anything similar in English.

EAR · 06-23-2008, 10:45 AM

Thank you Goodnightmoon so much. That makes sense since he has told me that before for other things.

mem286 · 06-23-2008, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodnightmoon

LOL, Your friend must be from Spain. It's common slang to say Mari to anyone..

Interesting...

I've never heard it before...

Goodnightmoon · 06-23-2008, 02:37 PM

So glad I could help, EAR!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mem286

Interesting...

I've never heard it before...

It's the kind of colloquial stuff you don't normally hear in films, you have to be in the country

Droelas · 06-25-2008, 11:55 AM

Well....I�m from Spain and I never heard anyone using "Mari" with this sense

..perhaps I�m wrong.......or perhaps it depends on the country (southamerica). Nevertheless I heard the use od "Mar�a" like a slang.....for example when you are talking about a middle-aged lady. For example "La Mar�a esa se queria colar en la fila" in order to say that a lady wants to strain itself in the row of a store for example.
About using the name "Lucas" in "Hasta luego Lucas" it�s due to a spanish humorist that used to say that phrase in a TV program of humor.

Sorry if I made mistakes in english....and if I did it, please correct them....thus I will learn!

Goodnightmoon · 06-27-2008, 05:51 PM

No s� de qu� parte de Espa�a eres, pero desde luego eso de "Mari" es muy normal en Madrid. Nadie ha dicho nada de Suram�rica. Lo que t� dices de Mar�a, suena a "maruja" o "marujona", o sea mujer de mediana edad de clase baja. Llamar a alguien Mari no es llamar a esa persona maruja sino hablar en broma, similar a "aqu� mi prima".

andreap · 06-28-2008, 01:01 PM

Hello EAR,
I think the best way to find out is just ask your friend what he meant by "mari"

06-21-2008, 10:29 AM	#1
EAR New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	translation Hi there - i have a friend who is venezuelan and he has posted this phrase on his email - yo tambien mari - i can get yo tambien but what does mari mean? anyone have any idea. i haven't been able to find it in the dictionary. thanks.

06-21-2008, 10:59 AM	#2
mem286 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina Posts: 1,087 Rep Power: 1258	At first I thought it was your name... are you sure she/he's not confusing your name? __________________ ================= ====-mem286-====

06-23-2008, 05:34 AM	#4
Goodnightmoon Forum User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 63 Rep Power: 237	LOL, Your friend must be from Spain. It's common slang to say Mari to anyone. This is a bit like a few years ago, when everyone said goodbye by saying "Hasta luego, Lucas", even if no one had that name, or even to girls or saying "aquí mi primo/a ha hecho xxxx" to refer to someone who's done something silly even if that person is not your cousin, it could be a perfect stranger. I can't think of anything similar in English. __________________ Visto el panorama... va a ser que no.

06-27-2008, 05:51 PM	#9
Goodnightmoon Forum User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 63 Rep Power: 237	No s� de qu� parte de Espa�a eres, pero desde luego eso de "Mari" es muy normal en Madrid. Nadie ha dicho nada de Suram�rica. Lo que t� dices de Mar�a, suena a "maruja" o "marujona", o sea mujer de mediana edad de clase baja. Llamar a alguien Mari no es llamar a esa persona maruja sino hablar en broma, similar a "aqu� mi prima". __________________ Visto el panorama... va a ser que no.

06-28-2008, 01:01 PM	#10
andreap Contributing User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 141 Rep Power: 38	Ask your friend Hello EAR, I think the best way to find out is just ask your friend what he meant by "mari"

06-21-2008, 12:07 PM	#3
EAR New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	no, because my name is elizabeth. so he's saying "me too Mary" ??

06-23-2008, 10:45 AM	#5
EAR New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thank you Goodnightmoon so much. That makes sense since he has told me that before for other things.

06-25-2008, 11:55 AM	#8
Droelas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 15	Well....I�m from Spain and I never heard anyone using "Mari" with this sense ..perhaps I�m wrong.......or perhaps it depends on the country (southamerica). Nevertheless I heard the use od "Mar�a" like a slang.....for example when you are talking about a middle-aged lady. For example "La Mar�a esa se queria colar en la fila" in order to say that a lady wants to strain itself in the row of a store for example. About using the name "Lucas" in "Hasta luego Lucas" it�s due to a spanish humorist that used to say that phrase in a TV program of humor. Sorry if I made mistakes in english....and if I did it, please correct them....thus I will learn!

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