Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish.

I speak Spanish with my mother, with other relatives, with old friends. I speak it with my children, though not as often as I should. I read novels in Spanish and listen to ’80s songs in Spanish.

If you ever took Spanish 101 (or just messed around on the Duolingo app), you probably learned the phrase, "¿Cómo estás?" Naturally, it's helpful and polite to know how to ask "How are you?" This is a ...

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