sorosoro dekakenaito, shiyakusho no madoguchi ga shimatte shimau.

If I don't leave soon, the city hall service window will close.

Breakdown of sorosoro dekakenaito, shiyakusho no madoguchi ga shimatte shimau.

• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 〜て: connective form
• 〜ないと: negative conditional form

Questions & Answers about sorosoro dekakenaito, shiyakusho no madoguchi ga shimatte shimau.

What does そろそろ mean here?

そろそろ means something like soon, before long, or it’s about time.

In this sentence, it adds a feeling of timing and urgency:

• the right time to leave is arriving
• if you wait much longer, there may be a problem

So it is not just a neutral soon. It often suggests we should probably do this now.

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Why is 出かける used instead of 行く?

出かける means to go out or to leave where you are and head somewhere.

That makes it a very natural choice here, because the speaker is talking about starting the trip:

• 出かける = leave the house / leave now / head out
• 行く = go

So 出かけないと focuses on getting going rather than just the destination.

A rough difference:

• 市役所に行かないと = we have to go to city hall
• 出かけないと = we have to leave now / get going

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How does 出かけないと work grammatically?