Introduction
This
post deals with talking about the future
in general, and more specifically with stating the
time
at which you will
arrive somewhere.
SCENARIO
Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a work colleague. At the moment, you are away from home, but you will return there at some time in the future. Not knowing when you are going to return, the other person says to you: "at what time will you arrive home?"
In
Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:
¿A
qué hora vas a llegar a casa?
Alternatively,
he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:
¿A
qué hora va a llegar (usted) a casa?
OUR
TIP
The
question is an invitation for you to state the time of your arrival
home. When saying when you will be doing something, you do
not need to be concerned about the level of formality in the
original question. Just make sure that you use the right time
expression*.
Here
are some examples of how you could reply:
- Voy a llegar a la una y media (I will arrive at a half past one)
- Llegaré a la una y media (I will arrive at a half past one)
- Voy a llegar a las cinco y diez (I will arrive at ten past five)
- Llegaré a las cinco y diez (I will arrive at ten past five)
- Voy a llegar a las siete en punto (I will arrive at seven o'clock)
- Llegaré a las siete en punto (I will arrive at seven o'clock)
- No sé a qué hora voy a llegar (I don't know at what time I am going to arrive)
- No sé a qué hora llegaré (I don't know at what time I will arrive)
*Notes
Please
note the two typical ways of expressing the future in Spanish:
- Voy a llegar... (I am going to arrive...)
- Llegaré... (I will arrive...)
Please
note also the difference between the expressions of time used in
these answers and typical expressions used in telling the time, such
as:
- Es la una y media (it is half past one)
- Son las dos y veinte (it is twenty minutes past two)
- No sé qué hora es (I don't know what time it is)
Now
you should practise answering the question:
¿A
qué hora vas a llegar a casa?
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