Breakdown of Mañana voy a trabajar. ¡Hasta mañana!
trabajar
to work
ir
to go
mañana
tomorrow
hasta mañana
see you tomorrow
Questions & Answers about Mañana voy a trabajar. ¡Hasta mañana!
Where is the word for "I" in voy a trabajar?
In Spanish, you can usually leave out the subject pronoun (like yo for "I") because the verb form already tells you who is doing the action. Voy specifically means "I go" or "I am going", so yo isn't necessary. You could say Mañana yo voy a trabajar, but dropping the yo is much more common and sounds more natural.
Why do we need the word a in voy a trabajar? Can I just say voy trabajar?
You must include a. To talk about plans in the near future, Spanish uses a strict formula: the verb ir (to go) + a + an infinitive verb (the unconjugated form that ends in -ar, -er, or -ir). Here, it is voy (I am going) + a + trabajar (to work). If you skip the a, it sounds incorrect, much like saying "I am going work" in English.
I learned earlier that mañana means "morning". Why does it mean "tomorrow" here?
The word mañana does double duty in Spanish! When used as a noun with a feminine article (like la mañana), it means "the morning". But when used on its own to describe when something happens, just like in this sentence, it means "tomorrow".
Does ¡Hasta mañana! literally mean "See you tomorrow"?