Phrase · 🙄 Colloquial reactions
¡Dale, nos vemos a las nueve!
OK, see you at nine!
C2agreeing to a planinformales-ARAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Dale1verbOK, deal (lit. give it)dar · imperative · 2nd sing.,nos2pronouneach othernosotros · 1st pl.vemos2verbseever · present · 1st pl.a3prepositionatlas3determinertheel · fem. · pl. · definitenuevedeterminernine!
- nos → vemos: nos vemos: reciprocal
- las → nueve: las nueve (horas): fem. pl.
- a → nueve: a las + hour
Word for word: “Give it, we see each other at nine!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Dale! = OK, sure, deal: the imperative of dar + le, lexicalised in the Río de la Plata and the Caribbean. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2Reciprocal nos: we'll see each other. The present works for an agreed plan. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 3Clock time: a las + number (feminine, from las horas).
Variations
- ¡Vale, nos vemos a las nueve!
- ¡Órale, nos vemos a las nueve!
- ¡Listo, nos vemos a las nueve!