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  • Hello, everybody. My name is Esther.

  • And in this video, we're going to talk about a slang word that comes from California.

  • That's where I'm from.

  • This slang word is actually from Northern California,

  • in areas like San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.

  • And this word is the slang wordhella’.

  • And it actually has two different meanings.

  • So let's look at how it's used in some sentences.

  • Okay, so here's the first example sentence.

  • This room ishellahot.”

  • hmmHow ishellaused?

  • It's used to mean the wordreallyorvery’, right?

  • This room is very hot.”

  • orThis room is really hot.”

  • In that case, we can say, “This room is hella hot.”

  • mm-hmm

  • So that's the first meaning.

  • Let's move on to the second meaning.

  • And here's another example sentence.

  • There's hella food at home.”

  • That doesn't match the wordreally’, right?

  • Let's look. There's really food at home.

  • It doesn't make sense actually. In the second sentence,

  • hellais used to mean there's ‘a lot of

  • or there's ‘manythings, right?

  • So in this case, instead of saying, “There's a lot of food at home,”

  • we can say, “There's hella food at home.”

  • So hurry and go home and eat some of that food.

  • Now underhella’, I've written the wordhecka’.

  • And that's because some people feel uncomfortable using the wordhella’, right?

  • Becausehellahas the wordhell’, right?

  • Andhellcan sometimes be used to express an emotion that's negative or very strong, right?

  • And in that case, people useheck’, right?

  • So again, instead ofhellasome people sayhecka’.

  • mm-hmm

  • So we can say, “There's hecka food at home.”

  • Again, it means the same thing - there's a lot of food at home.

  • There's hecka food at home.”

  • But if you don't want to usehella’, you can use this one.

  • And in the same way you can useheckato substitutehellain the first sentence as well.

  • This room is hecka hot.” Right?

  • This room is hecka hot.”

  • It's very hot in here but I don't want to sayhella’.

  • But remember, again, this slang wordhellaandheckais actually from Northern California,

  • so you might not hear it

  • or people might not understand what you mean if you use it in other places such as New York or the UK.

  • So keep that in mind.

  • Okay so let's look at a couple examples sentences.

  • This pizza is hella good.”

  • This pizza is hella good.”

  • You look hella pretty.”

  • You look hella pretty.”

  • Your hair is hecka long.”

  • Your hair is hecka long.”

  • “I have hella things to do.”

  • “I have hella things to do.”

  • Okay, so those are the ways that we can usehellaorheckain our everyday speech.

  • But I want to remind you guys, one more time,

  • this slang is used mostly in Northern California.

  • Now, for those of you who like and enjoy hip-hop music.

  • Some hip-hop artists from that area,

  • such as e-40, and the Federation, use the slang word in their music.

  • They usehellamostly.

  • So next time you decide to listen to some of their music,

  • I hope you guys can understand a little better

  • what they're saying and what that word means.

  • Okay. Well, thanks. See you guys next time.

Hello, everybody. My name is Esther.

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