¡Fuera de mi casa ahora!

Question

From the show ¿Dónde está Elisa? this command was shouted ¡Fuera de mi casa ahora!

Would this be a 'normal' way of ordering someone out of your house? I didn't know fuera could be used as a command. Just wondering.

Thanks!

Has a woman ever yelled at you "Fuera de mi cocina, ahora! :) Cooking is a solitary art...not a gruop endeavor! - mountaingirl123, MAY 11, 2010

I'm tickled to learn phrases like this, it does give me new possibilities :~) - Jack-OBrien, MAY 12, 2010

Answer 1

Normal? It's rather abrupt. "Out of my house! Now!" Fuera isn't a command; it means out.

It was used as a command, one lady had just slapped the other one in the face. I think it was taken as a command :~) - Jack-OBrien, MAY 11, 2010

That's right. I thought you meant that you thought "fuera" was a verb here. Sorry! - tennismom, MAY 11, 2010

Well, that *was* my point of confusion. It feels like a verb in this context, but really it isn't? Thanks! - Jack-OBrien, MAY 11, 2010

Answer 2

It's exactly the same as English "Out of my house, now!". No verb there, either. Doesn't really seem necessary. And, yes, it is a common way of kicking people out of your house.

I've been beat up a bit lately with things that were not "exactly the same as English", hehe. It just seemed kind of odd to me to not have a verb. Thanks! - Jack-OBrien, MAY 11, 2010

Answer 3

Hi, Jack..."Fuera" can be used for this, just as in English.

Thanks. I guess this was the first time I'd heard a 'command' like this. - Jack-OBrien, MAY 11, 2010

Answer 4

This is another way of saying, "¡Sácate de mi casa ahora mismo!"

Really, thanks I did not know that one. I would have said something like 'Sal de mi casa..' or maybe 'vete de mi..' if angry - margaretbl, MAY 11, 2010

Answer 5

"Attention" is a well-known command in English which doesn't use a verb. So who needs the formality of saying "Get out of my house"?

Well, the thing is, Spanish has this wonderful 'imperative' mode or 'command' mode, and English doesn't. Trying to put 2 + 2 together. - Jack-OBrien, MAY 11, 2010

Answer 6

out fron my home righ now