Phrase · 🙄 Colloquial reactions
¡Bacán! Entonces nos juntamos el viernes.
Great! So we'll meet up on Friday.
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Why every word is where it is
¡Bacán1adjectivegreat, coolsing.!Entoncesadverbsonos2pronouneach othernosotros · 1st pl.juntamos2verbmeet upjuntar · present · 1st pl.el3determineron (lit. the)masc. · sing. · definiteviernes3nounFridaymasc. · sing..
- nos → juntamos: nos juntamos: juntarse
- el → viernes: el + weekday = on…
- juntamos → viernes: present for a fixed plan
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Bacán! (Chile, Peru) = great!, cool! Also an adjective: una fiesta bacán. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2juntarse (Chile and elsewhere) = to meet up with friends. The present marks a fixed plan. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 3el viernes = on Friday: the article does the work of "on"; no preposition. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- ¡Bacán! Nos vemos el viernes, entonces.
- ¡Buenísimo! Entonces quedamos el viernes.
- ¡Qué buena! Nos juntamos el viernes.