Phrase · 🎲 Certainty, doubt and probability
¿Quién será a estas horas? Yo no espero a nadie.
Who could that be at this hour? I'm not expecting anyone.
B2expressing certaintyinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¿Quiénpronounwhosing.será1verbwill be (could be)ser · future · 3rd sing.aprepositiontoestas2determinertheseeste · fem. · pl.horas2nounhourshora · fem. · pl.?YopronounI1st sing. · subjectnoadverbnotesperoverbI expectesperar · present · 1st sing.a3prepositiontonadie3pronounnobody, anybodysing..
- Quién → será: agree
- horas → estas: agree
- espero → nadie: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Quién será?: the future expresses a guess about the present (= who can it be?). Future of probability: guesses about the present →
- 2a estas horas = at this hour (so late or so early), in the plural.
- 3a nadie: personal a before nadie as a direct object. Indefinites and double negation →
Variations
- ¿Quién será a esta hora? Yo no espero a nadie.