Breakdown of Cuando lleguemos, comeremos un taco callejero donde tú digas.
tú
you (informal singular)
comer
to eat
un
a, an (masculine)
llegar
to arrive
decir
to say, to tell
cuando
when (statement)
donde
where (relative)
callejero
street (adjective)
el taco
taco
Questions & Answers about Cuando lleguemos, comeremos un taco callejero donde tú digas.
Why does this sentence use digas (the subjunctive) instead of dices after donde?
Because the exact place hasn't been chosen yet! When donde (where) refers to an unknown, unspecific, or future location, you must use the subjunctive. Here, it translates more like "wherever you say." If you used the indicative dices, it would imply you are talking about a specific place the person always tells you to go to.
Why is the subjunctive also used for lleguemos after cuando?
Just like with donde, Spanish uses the subjunctive after time words like cuando (when) if the action is in the future and hasn't happened yet. Since they haven't arrived yet, "When we arrive" becomes Cuando lleguemos.
Does the adjective callejero come from the word calle (street)?
Could I say vamos a comer instead of comeremos here?
Yes, absolutely! Comeremos is the simple future tense ("we will eat"). You can easily swap it with vamos a comer ("we are going to eat"), which is extremely common in spoken Latin American Spanish. Both sound perfectly natural in this sentence.
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