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No va a hacer el viaje, se va a quedar en casa.

No va a hacer el viaje, se va a quedar en casa.
He is not going to make the trip, he is going to stay at home.
From Lesson 57:The near future (ir a)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about No va a hacer el viaje, se va a quedar en casa.

Where is the "going to" structure in this sentence?
We see it twice! It is made using a conjugated form of ir (to go), plus the word a, plus an infinitive (the basic, unchanged verb). Here we have va a hacer (he is going to make) and va a quedar (he is going to stay).
Why is there a se before va a quedar?
It belongs to the verb quedarse (to stay). This is a reflexive verb, meaning the action reflects back on the subject. We need the pronoun se to match the "he" subject. So, se va a quedar means "he is going to stay."
Can the pronoun se go anywhere else?
Yes! When you use the "going to" structure, you have two choices for pronouns. You can put it before the conjugated verb, as in se va a quedar, or you can attach it to the end of the infinitive verb, making it one word: va a quedarse. Both are correct and very common.
Why does it say en casa instead of en la casa?
Just like in English, Spanish often drops the word for "the" when talking about being "at home". You use en casa for "at home" and en la casa when you specifically mean "in the house" (referring to the physical building).

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