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How to Say ‘I'll call you on Friday’ in Mexican Spanish

El viernes les llamo

el BYER-nes lehs YAH-moh

[el BYER-nes lehs YAH-moh]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish often uses the present tense for near-future plans: les llamo "I call you" means "I'll call you".

Phrase Breakdown

El viernes

el BYER-nes

On Friday

Here 'el' means 'on' with days of the week. The 'v' sounds like a soft 'b'.

Example

El viernes hay fiesta.

There's a party on Friday.

Words in this phrase

El

[el]

the

Masculine singular definite article.

Example

«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».

“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”

viernes

[BYER-nes]

Friday

The day of the week following Thursday.

Example

Tenemos una fiesta el 'viernes'.

We have a party on 'Friday'.

les llamo

lehs YAH-moh

I'll call you (plural)

The present tense is often used for the near future. In Mexico 'll' sounds like 'y': 'les-YA-mo'.

Example

Mañana les llamo.

I'll call you all tomorrow.

Words in this phrase

les

[lehs]

to them

Referring to multiple people as the indirect object of a verb.

Example

Les di los libros ayer.

I gave 'them' the books yesterday.

llamo

[YAH-moh]

I call

From 'llamar'; to phone someone.

Example

Te llamo mañana.

I'll call you tomorrow.

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