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

Hello, everybody. My name is Esther.

大家好。我叫埃丝特。

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

在这段视频中，我们将讨论一个来自加利福尼亚州的俚语。

That's where I'm from.

那是我来自的地方。

This slang word is actually from Northern California,

这个俚语实际上来自北加州，

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

旧金山、圣何塞和奥克兰等地区。

And this word is the slang word ‘hella’.

这个词是俚语“hella”。

And it actually has two different meanings.

它实际上有两种不同的含义。

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

那么让我们看看它在一些句子中是如何使用的。

Okay, so here's the first example sentence.

好的，这是第一个例句。

“This room is ‘hella’ hot.”

“这个房间太热了。”

hmm… How is ‘hella’ used?

嗯……“hella”怎么用？

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

它用来表示“真的”或“非常”，对吧？

“This room is very hot.”

“这个房间很热。”

or “This room is really hot.”

或“这个房间真的很热。”

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

在这种情况下，我们可以说：“这个房间太热了。”

mm-hmm

嗯嗯

So that's the first meaning.

所以这是第一个意思。

Let's move on to the second meaning.

让我们继续讨论第二个含义。

And here's another example sentence.

这是另一个例句。

“There's hella food at home.”

“家里有好吃的。”

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

这与“真的”这个词不相符，对吧？

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

我们看看吧。家里确实有饭吃。

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

实际上没有意义。在第二句话中，

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

“hella”用来表示“有很多”

or there's ‘many’ things, right?

或有“很多”东西，对吧？

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

因此，在这种情况下，我们可以说“家里有很多食物”，而不是

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

说“家里有很多食物”。

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

所以赶快回家吃一些食物吧。

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

现在在“hella”下面，我写了“hecka”这个词。

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

那是因为有些人使用“hella”这个词感到不舒服，对吧？

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

因为“hella”有“地狱”这个词，对吗？

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

“地狱”有时可以用来表达消极或非常强烈的情绪，对吧？

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

在这种情况下，人们会使用“哎呀”，对吗？

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

同样，有些人不说“hella”，而是说“hecka”。

mm-hmm

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

嗯嗯

所以我们可以说，“家里有好吃的。”

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

同样，这意味着同样的事情——家里有很多食物。

“There's hecka food at home.”

“家里有好吃的。”

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

但如果你不想使用“hella”，你可以使用这个。

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

同样，您也可以在第一句中使用“hecka”替换“hella”。

“This room is hecka hot.” Right?

“这个房间真热。”正确的？

“This room is hecka hot.”

“这个房间真热。”

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

这里很热，但我不想说“你好”。

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

但请再次记住，这个俚语“hella”和“hecka”实际上来自北加州，

so you might not hear it

所以您可能听不到它

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

，或者如果您在纽约或英国等其他地方使用它，人们可能无法理解您的意思。

So keep that in mind.

所以记住这一点。

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

好的，让我们看几个例句。

“This pizza is hella good.”

“这个披萨真好吃。”

“This pizza is hella good.”

“这个披萨真好吃。”

“You look hella pretty.”

“你看起来真漂亮。”

“You look hella pretty.”

“你看起来真漂亮。”

“Your hair is hecka long.”

“你的头发真长。”

“Your hair is hecka long.”

“你的头发真长。”

“I have hella things to do.”

“我还有很多事情要做。”

“I have hella things to do.”

“我还有很多事情要做。”

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

好的，这些就是我们在日常言语中使用“hella”或“hecka”的方式。

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

但我想再次提醒大家，

this slang is used mostly in Northern California.

这个俚语主要在北加州使用。

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

现在，对于那些喜欢并享受嘻哈音乐的人来说。

Some hip-hop artists from that area,

该地区的一些嘻哈艺术家，

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

例如 e-40 和 the Federation，在他们的音乐中使用俚语。

They use ‘hella’ mostly.

他们主要使用“hella”。

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

所以下次当你决定听他们的一些音乐时，

I hope you guys can understand a little better

我希望你们能更好地理解

what they're saying and what that word means.

他们在说什么以及这个词的含义。

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

好的。非常感谢。大家下次见。