Voy a quedarme dormido en el sofá.

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Breakdown of Voy a quedarme dormido en el sofá.

• en: on
• el sofá: the sofa
• quedarse dormido: to fall asleep

Questions & Answers about Voy a quedarme dormido en el sofá.

Why does the sentence start with voy a?

Voy a + infinitive is a very common way to talk about the near future in Spanish, similar to I’m going to ... in English.

So voy a quedarme dormido means the speaker expects this to happen soon, or feels it is likely to happen.

You could also use the simple future, such as me quedaré dormido, but in everyday speech voy a ... often sounds more natural and conversational.

What does quedarme dormido mean exactly?

Quedarse dormido is a very common expression meaning to fall asleep.

Even though quedarse by itself often means to stay or to remain, in this expression the whole phrase has its own meaning. It suggests that someone ends up asleep, often without really planning to.

So it is best to learn quedarse dormido as a set expression.

Why is it quedarme and not me quedar?

Because after voy a, you need an infinitive: quedar.

When a reflexive verb is in the infinitive, the reflexive pronoun can be attached to the end:

• voy a quedarme dormido

This is also possible:

• me voy a quedar dormido

Both are correct. Spanish allows the reflexive pronoun either:

• before the conjugated verb, or
• attached to the infinitive

But me quedar is not possible, because the pronoun cannot go before a bare infinitive in that position.