Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial Spanish
Te escribo al toque, apenas salga de clase.
I'll text you right away, as soon as I get out of class.
C2promisinginformales-PEAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Teobject pronounto youtú · 2nd sing. · indirect objectescriboverbI'll writeescribir · present · 1st sing.al1prepositionat thea+eltoque1nountouch (right away)masc. · sing.,apenas2conjunctionas soon assalga3verbI get outsalir · subjunctive · present · 1st sing.deprepositionofclasenounclassfem. · sing..
- al → toque: al toque: right away
- apenas → salga: apenas + subjunctive (future)
- salga → clase: salir de + place
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1al toque = right away (Peru, also Argentina and Uruguay). Chile says al tiro.
- 2apenas + clause = as soon as (Latin America). On its own apenas means "barely", never "only".
- 3A future time clause takes the subjunctive: apenas salga = as soon as I get out (not *salgo). Time clauses: cuando, antes de que, hasta que →
Variations
- Te escribo apenas salga de clase.
- Te escribo en cuanto salga de clase.
- Te escribo al tiro, apenas salga de clases.