Asking about someones family: Asking if someone has brothers or sisters

💬 yo is usually dropped since tengo already means "I have". Adding it puts weight on "I", as in answering after someone else: "Me, I have one sister."

💬 "Older than" is mayor que; flip it with menor que "younger than". After que, use yo, not mí: es menor que yo.

💬 Literally "How does she call herself?" The same question works for him, her, or a formal you, so context tells you who's meant.

💬 Swap the name to reuse it: Se llama Carlos. For yourself, change se to me: Me llama Ana becomes Me llamo Ana.

💬 padre normally means "father", but qué padre means "how cool". Very Mexican; you won't hear it this way in Spain.

🇲🇽 Casual and friendly, common among friends and younger people. In a formal setting, qué bien is safer.

💬 la mayor means "the oldest" when asked of a woman; a man would be el mayor. The la or el is what turns "older" into "the oldest".

💬 chica here means "small" or "young", not "girl": la más chica is "the youngest". A man would say el más chico.

🇲🇽 In Mexico la más chica is the everyday way to say you're the youngest. la menor means the same but sounds a bit more formal.

💬 ya adds the sense of "now" or "already", making the leaving feel immediate. Without it, me voy is just "I'm leaving".

🇲🇽 Bueno at the start signals you're wrapping up the chat, a polite cue before excusing yourself.

💬 sale literally means "it goes out", but in Mexico it's a casual "okay" or "deal".

🇲🇽 Very common among friends in Mexico; it would sound odd in other Spanish-speaking countries. Stick to está bien in formal situations.

🇲🇽 In Mexico al rato can mean anywhere from a few minutes to later today, so don't read it as a precise time.

💬 The te stuck on the end makes it "take care of yourself" for someone you call tú. For usted, it becomes Cuídese.