Hella + Hecka Slang Words | Learn Meaning, Usage, and Grammar with Example English Sentences

Hello, everybody. My name is Esther.

Kumusta kayong lahat. Ang pangalan ko ay Esther.

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

At sa video na ito, pag-uusapan natin ang tungkol sa isang salitang balbal na nagmula sa California.

That's where I'm from.

Diyan ako galing.

This slang word is actually from Northern California,

Ang salitang balbal na ito ay talagang mula sa Northern California,

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

sa mga lugar tulad ng San Francisco, San Jose, at Oakland.

And this word is the slang word ‘hella’.

At ang salitang ito ay ang salitang balbal na 'hella'.

And it actually has two different meanings.

At mayroon talaga itong dalawang magkaibang kahulugan.

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

Kaya tingnan natin kung paano ito ginagamit sa ilang pangungusap.

Okay, so here's the first example sentence.

Okay, kaya narito ang unang halimbawa ng pangungusap.

“This room is ‘hella’ hot.”

“Mainit ang kwartong ito.”

hmm… How is ‘hella’ used?

hmm... Paano ginagamit ang 'hella'?

It's used to mean the word ‘really’ or ‘very’, right?

Ang ibig sabihin noon ay ang salitang 'talaga' o 'napaka', di ba?

“This room is very hot.”

"Napakainit ng kwartong ito."

or “This room is really hot.”

o “Napakainit ng kwartong ito.”

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

Kung ganoon, masasabi nating, "Ang init ng kwartong ito."

mm-hmm

mm-hmm

So that's the first meaning.

Kaya iyon ang unang kahulugan.

Let's move on to the second meaning.

Lumipat tayo sa pangalawang kahulugan.

And here's another example sentence.

At narito ang isa pang halimbawang pangungusap.

“There's hella food at home.”

"May hella food sa bahay."

That doesn't match the word ‘really’, right?

Hindi naman yun tugma sa salitang 'talaga' diba?

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

Tingnan natin. May pagkain talaga sa bahay.

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

Hindi ito makatuwiran sa totoo lang. Sa pangalawang pangungusap,

‘hella’ is used to mean there's ‘a lot of’

ang 'hella' ay ginagamit upang nangangahulugang mayroong 'maraming'

or there's ‘many’ things, right?

o mayroong 'maraming' bagay, di ba?

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

Kaya sa kasong ito, sa halip na sabihing, “Maraming pagkain sa bahay,”

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

masasabi nating, “May hella food sa bahay.”

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

Kaya magmadali at umuwi at kumain ng ilang pagkain.

Now under ‘hella’, I've written the word ‘hecka’.

Ngayon sa ilalim ng 'hella', isinulat ko ang salitang 'hecka'.

And that's because some people feel uncomfortable using the word ‘hella’, right?

At iyon ay dahil ang ilang mga tao ay hindi komportable gamit ang salitang 'hella', tama ba?

Because ‘hella’ has the word ‘hell’, right?

Kasi may salitang 'hell' ang 'hella' diba?

And ‘hell’ can sometimes be used to express an emotion that's negative or very strong, right?

At minsan ang 'impiyerno' ay maaaring gamitin upang ipahayag ang isang emosyon na negatibo o napakalakas, tama ba?

And in that case, people use ‘heck’, right?

At sa kasong iyon, ang mga tao ay gumagamit ng 'ano ba', tama ba?

So again, instead of ‘hella’ some people say ‘hecka’.

Kaya muli, sa halip na 'hella' ang ilang mga tao ay nagsasabi ng 'hecka'.

mm-hmm

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

mm-hmm

Para masabi natin, “May pagkain sa bahay.”

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

Muli, pareho ang ibig sabihin nito - maraming pagkain sa bahay.

“There's hecka food at home.”

"May pagkain sa bahay."

But if you don't want to use ‘hella’, you can use this one.

Ngunit kung ayaw mong gumamit ng 'hella', maaari mong gamitin ang isang ito.

And in the same way you can use ‘hecka’ to substitute ‘hella’ in the first sentence as well.

At sa parehong paraan maaari mong gamitin ang 'hecka' upang palitan ang 'hella' sa unang pangungusap din.

“This room is hecka hot.” Right?

"Ang init ng kwartong ito." tama?

“This room is hecka hot.”

"Ang init ng kwartong ito."

It's very hot in here but I don't want to say ‘hella’.

Sobrang init dito pero ayokong mag-'hella'.

But remember, again, this slang word ‘hella’ and ‘hecka’ is actually from Northern California,

Ngunit tandaan, muli, ang salitang balbal na 'hella' at 'hecka' ay talagang mula sa Northern California,

so you might not hear it

kaya maaaring hindi mo ito marinig

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

o maaaring hindi maintindihan ng mga tao kung ano ang ibig mong sabihin kung gagamitin mo ito sa ibang mga lugar tulad ng New York o UK.

So keep that in mind.

Kaya tandaan mo yan.

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

Okay kaya tingnan natin ang ilang halimbawa ng mga pangungusap.

“This pizza is hella good.”

"Ang sarap ng pizza na ito."

“This pizza is hella good.”

"Ang sarap ng pizza na ito."

“You look hella pretty.”

"Mukhang maganda ka."

“You look hella pretty.”

"Mukhang maganda ka."

“Your hair is hecka long.”

"Ang haba ng buhok mo."

“Your hair is hecka long.”

"Ang haba ng buhok mo."

“I have hella things to do.”

"Mayroon akong hella things na gagawin."

“I have hella things to do.”

"Mayroon akong hella things na gagawin."

Okay, so those are the ways that we can use ‘hella’ or ‘hecka’ in our everyday speech.

Okay, so iyon ang mga paraan na magagamit natin ang 'hella' o 'hecka' sa ating pang-araw-araw na pananalita.

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

Pero gusto kong ipaalala sa inyo, isa pa,

this slang is used mostly in Northern California.

ang slang na ito ay kadalasang ginagamit sa Northern California.

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

Ngayon, para sa iyo na gusto at nag-e-enjoy sa hip-hop music.

Some hip-hop artists from that area,

Ang ilang mga hip-hop artist mula sa lugar na iyon,

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

tulad ng e-40, at ang Federation, ay gumagamit ng salitang balbal sa kanilang musika.

They use ‘hella’ mostly.

Gumagamit sila ng 'hella' kadalasan.

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

Kaya't sa susunod na magpasya kang makinig sa ilan sa kanilang musika,

I hope you guys can understand a little better

sana ay mas maintindihan ninyo

what they're saying and what that word means.

ang kanilang sinasabi at kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng salitang iyon.

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

Sige. Well, salamat. See you guys next time.