¿Qué Pasa, USA?

Disclaimer: I'm arguing that blogging isn't the same as writing since I use it solely to illustrate my comment for today.

Last night I went back to review past Language Transfer lessons and I came across the section where Mihalis is teaching the verb "pasar" which means "to pass" or "to pass by". You look to whether it's an -AR, -ER or -IR verb, which tells you if the key sound is "ah" or "eh" when conjugating the present tense. So he/she/it/you(formal) passes by would be "pasa". His example was "Qué pasa" literally meaning "What's happening?" but is also used as a greeting, like "What's going on?"

I must have glossed over it the first time, because this time around I actually heard it. And I remembered an old program my girlfriend Jacqueline and I used to watch in middle school. "¿Qué Pasa, USA?". We did everything together back in the day.

Well, I figured, what are the odds that show is available on the internet. Don't you just love YouTube?! I include only the link since the owner disabled viewing on other sites.

Que Pasa USA Episodio 1 - YouTube

I watched a little bit of the first episode and I'm amazed at how much Spanish was spoken. Somehow we must have pieced together the meaning, I guess? But I'm going to have fun watching it now. I noticed right away the grandparents are speaking all Spanish, the kids are speaking mostly English and the parents seem to switch back and forth. Interesting.

Jacqueline, Rebecca, me and Kimber

Here's to you Jacqueline, I miss you.