What does soy asi asi mean?

Answer 1

"Asi, asi" does not, as many believe, mean "so, so". "Asi" usually means "That way" or "Like that", as in "No me mires asi." ("Don't look at me like that.") "Asi" means "So" in that sense, as in "like" or "as" or "like that" or "that way". Nonetheless, Spanish students and, unfortunately, not very good Spanish teachers have translated the phrase "So-so" in English to "Asi asi" in Spanish. It is probably the most common response you will hear from US high school and college Spanish students when they are asked "Como estas?" ("How are you?"). The correct translation for "so-so" would be "regular" or "mas o menos", meaning basically neither fine nor bad, but somewhere in the middle (like the phrase in English indicates). If you are in Latin America and you respond to someone saying "asi, asi" they might smile and nod, but still have no idea what you just said or what you meant. Native speakers do not use it. It may be used, however, among non-native or americanized latinos. The phrase "Ah, si" as in "Oh, yes." or "Oh, really?" ("Ah, si?") is sometimes written by native speakers as "asi" because, phonetically, they are the same. But this is just a spelling mistake and doesn't occur in Hispanic literature.

Answer 2

"Soy" means "I am" referring not to how you are doing but to what you are like. "Soy asi" means "I am that way". So "Soy asi, asi" means "I am that way, that way" or "I am like that, like that". However this is probably a combination of two misunderstandings from a person learning Spanish. Many students use "asi, asi" in place of "so-so" in English. This is a mistake. So-so as a response to "How are you?" would be "regular" or "mas or menos" in Spanish. Asi means "so" as in "like that" or "that way" or "in that manner". What the phrase above could possibly mean to say is either "Soy asi." -- "I'm that way." Or "Estoy mas or menos." -- "I'm so-so." (as in not well and not bad, somewhere in between)

Answer 3

So we say it