I hope that I can come to visit.

Question

Would I use "llegar", "venir" or "ir"? In English, we typically use "come" to mean moving from "there" to "here", yet use "come" in this phrase to mean to go "there". Since it is such a mess in English, you can see my confusion for the Spanish.

Ayúdame, por favor.

Answer 1

In Spanish, one cannot "come" to a place where they are not. However, someone can come to you.

But in that example, to you, that someone would be coming, but for them, they are going, going to where you are.

So, in Spanish, if you want to say "I hope that I can come to visit", you wouldn't use the verb venir, rather I believe you would use ir.

Espero poder ir y visitar - I hope to be able to go and visit.

Or, just:

Espero poder visitar - I hope to be able to visit.

One cannot come to a place where one is not in English either Aza - ian-hill, Sep 14, 2012

True, but it's acceptable to say "I want to come too", when referring to a place where others are going. - Azabache, Sep 14, 2012

Answer 2

¡Gracias, Azabache!