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I want to say this sentence while using present perfect.

I arrived at the party on time

Would this sentence work?

Yo he llegado a la fiesta en tiempo

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updated Jan 23, 2011
edited by JohnnyK
posted by JohnnyK
En tiempo no es correcto. A tiempo, a la hora o puntualmente. - gone, Jan 23, 2011

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Drop the yo, unless nobody else arrived on time and that's your point.

. . .and then what happened?

updated Jan 23, 2011
edited by lorenzo9
posted by lorenzo9
I will post my entire speech in a bit. It is a lower spanish class speech - JohnnyK, Jan 23, 2011
En tiempo no es correcto. A tiempo, a la hora o puntualmente. - gone, Jan 23, 2011
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"Llegué puntual a la fiesta."

It usually says so in Spain.

updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by Ikasi
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Llegué a tiempo a la fiesta.

"He llegado" means: I have arrived.

updated Jan 23, 2011
edited by pacofinkler
posted by pacofinkler
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'on time' means' puntual', no late no earling, o 'clock.

updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by Ikasi
¡Bienvenido al foro! - not late, not early. - pesta, Jan 23, 2011
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Once I arrived on time for a dinner party at someone's house in Colombia. We got the guests out of the shower and it was another hour and a half before the other guests started to arrive. There was clearly an unwritten rule about being what we would call "fashionably late."

When to actually show up when you have been invited to arrive at a certain time is one of the most interesting differences between the American culture and the Latin culture. Has anyone else had interesting experiences in this regard?

updated Jan 23, 2011
posted by JoyceM
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Llegué a la fiesta con el tiempo justo

Llegué a la fiesta justo al tiempo

updated Jan 23, 2011
edited by JorgeViento
posted by JorgeViento
Con el tiempo justo implies you barely made it on time. Justo A tiempo does express on time. - gone, Jan 23, 2011