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sparks

Nov 22, 2010, 4:04 AM

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The value of vale

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when it is every other word

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Peter

Nov 22, 2010, 5:24 AM

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when it is every other word

¡Vale!

Bennie García

Nov 22, 2010, 5:31 AM

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You must be arbon's bro.

La Isla

Nov 22, 2010, 2:15 PM

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And then there's sale, which also means "OK" "I agree", ¿vale?

Bennie García

Nov 22, 2010, 3:17 PM

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And then there's sale, which also means "OK" "I agree", ¿vale?

And then there is "sale?,vale.

Which is like "is that cool, dude?

Which is answered (as you posted,) sale.

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La Isla

Nov 22, 2010, 4:23 PM

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Cute. Bennie, is there a third word that rhymes with the first two that has a similar meaning?

sparks

Nov 22, 2010, 5:52 PM

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I think Arbon gets into that BC weed ... but I have no excuse

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mazbook1

Nov 22, 2010, 7:47 PM

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La Isla, Yes, there is. It is 'dale, the slangy, unofficial (definitely) Yucatecan contraction of andale, or more accurately, andale pues, the words used as a sort of OK in nearly all of México.

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Bennie García

Nov 22, 2010, 7:51 PM

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La Isla, Yes, there is. It is 'dale, the slangy, unofficial (definitely) contraction of andale, or more accurately, andale pues, used as a sort of OK in nearly all of México.

The word dale isn't derived from andale. It is a form of the verb dar...meaning to give.

Andale comes from the verb andar.

Dale isn't used to denote OK.

Sorry La Isla, I can't think of one off the top of my head.

(This post was edited by Bennie García on Nov 22, 2010, 7:52 PM)

mazbook1

Nov 22, 2010, 8:03 PM

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Sorry for being a unclear, BG. Read my edited version. It reflects what my Yucatecan experts tell me, which is what I meant to say and didn't in the original post. ¡discúlpeme!