How to Say ‘When you get home’ in Simplified Chinese
到家了
dào jiā le
[dao jyah le]
💬 Usage Tip: 了 here marks something finished, so it works like "once": 吃完了再走 "leave once you've eaten".
Phrase Breakdown
到
dào
[dao]
to arrive; to reach
Used to talk about arriving at a place or arriving at a certain time.
我们六点半到。
We will arrive at six thirty.
家
jiā
[jyah]
home; family
Means home or family; after a pronoun it often means someone's household.
我们家今天看球很热闹。
Our home is very lively watching the match today.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.
火车快来了。
The train is about to arrive.
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