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How to Say ‘How are you and Laura doing?’ in Spain Spanish

¿Qué tal estáis Laura y tú?

keh tahl es-TAH-ees LOW-rah ee too

[keh tahl es-TAH-ees LOW-rah ee too]

💬 Usage Tip: In questions, Spanish often puts the people after the verb: estáis Laura y tú rather than Laura y tú estáis. Same with ¿Qué hace tu madre? "What does your mother do?"

Phrase Breakdown

¿Qué tal estáis

keh tahl es-TAH-ees

How are you (all)

The greeting comes first. 'Estáis' is the vosotros form, used in Spain for two or more people.

Example

¿Qué tal estáis en casa?

How are you all at home?

Words in this phrase

Qué

[keh]

how

An exclamatory word used to show emotion, similar to saying how nice or how good.

Example

«Qué» bien suena esa cultura de empresa.

How nice that company culture sounds.

tal

[tahl]

how (it's going)

Used with qué to form the greeting 'how are things?'

Example

¿Qué tal tu día?

How was your day?

estáis

[es-TAH-ees]

are (you all)

Form of 'estar' for 'vosotros', used in Spain for plural informal 'you'.

Example

¿Cómo estáis hoy?

How are you all today?

Laura y tú?

LOW-rah ee too

Laura and you?

These are the people being asked about. Let your voice rise at the end because it is a question.

Example

¿Venís Laura y tú?

Are you and Laura coming?

Words in this phrase

Laura

[LOW-rah]

Laura

A common Spanish female first name.

Example

Laura trabaja en recursos humanos.

Laura works in human resources.

y

[ee]

and

A conjunction used to connect words or ideas.

Example

Busco una cultura cercana y humana.

I’m looking for a culture that is close and human.

tú

[too]

you

Used to refer to the person or people the speaker is addressing.

Example

Tú eres mi amigo.

You are my friend.

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