How to Say ‘Are you going to be home?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Va a estar en casa?
vah ah es-tar en kah-sah
[vah ah es-tar en kah-sah]
💬 Usage Tip: va a plus a basic verb is the everyday way to talk about the future: va a estar, va a venir "he's going to come".
Phrase Breakdown
¿Va a estar
vah ah es-tar
Are you going to be
'Ir a' plus an infinitive expresses the near future. 'Va' is the formal 'you'. The vowels blend: 'va-aes-TAR'.
¿Va a estar ocupado?
Are you going to be busy?
Words in this phrase
Va
[vah]
going to
Used to express a future action or state.
Ella va a correr una maratón.
She is going to run a marathon.
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.
I'm going to the table of international companies.
estar
[es-tar]
be
To exist or occur; used to describe a condition.
Va a estar complicado porque van a estar los puñeteros geos vigilándonos.
It will be complicated because the damn GEOs will be watching us.
en casa?
en kah-sah
at home?
'En casa' means 'at home', with no article. Raise your intonation at the end.
Estoy en casa.
I'm at home.
Words in this phrase
en
[en]
in
A preposition meaning inside, within, or as part of something.
«En» ubica la acción dentro de «En un equipo».
“En” places the action within “In a team.”
casa
[kah-sah]
house
A building for human habitation.
De la casa salió el humo.
Smoke came out of the house.
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