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Luego te escribiré un mensaje.

Luego te escribiré un mensaje.
Later I will write you a message.
From Lesson 177:The future tense (hablaré, tendré)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Luego te escribiré un mensaje.

Why is there an accent mark at the end of escribiré?
This is the future tense for "I will write". To form the future tense in Spanish, you take the full infinitive verb (escribir) and add an ending. The ending for "I" is -é, making it escribiré. The accent mark shows that the stress falls heavily on that last sound.
Why is te placed before the verb instead of after it?
Pronouns like te (meaning "to you" here) usually go immediately before a conjugated verb. While English puts it after the verb ("I will write you"), Spanish puts it before: te escribiré.
Could I say más tarde instead of luego?
Yes, you can. Both luego and más tarde translate to "later" and are completely interchangeable in this context. Luego is very common in spoken Spanish for things happening later on the same day.
I am confused about objects. Is te the direct or indirect object in this sentence?
It is the indirect object. The direct object is the thing being written: the message (un mensaje). The indirect object is the person receiving the action, which is you (te means "to you" here).

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