Ya regreso / ya regresa

Question

The Pimsleur course teaches this to mean "I'll be right back" / "He will be right back" and I have used it this way successfully and have been understood. However, I was surprised to see only a couple hundred hits on Google for this. Seems very common, is it not used very much?

Perhaps you could suggest this for the new phrasebook. - fatchocobo, Mar 24, 2010

Answer 1

In Mexico is much more common and informal "orita regreso"

Answer 2

That's how the future is commonly expressed in spanish. You use the present tense a lot more for the future. Ie: "te llamo mañana" = "I'll call you tomorrow." Ya is a useful little thing, it's used a lot where we wouldn't necesarily put "yet" or "already."

"Ya vengo"= "On the way," etc.

Answer 3

Yes, common (at least in Mexico) My husband watches sports in Spanish and when they break for a commercial they always put "ya regresamos..." on the screen.