Tan pronto como/ en cuanto + infinitive?

Question

What if I wanted to say: I will study as soon as I get home? What are the ways I can say that with and without subjunctive?

Are these correct?

1) Voy a estudiar en cuanto llegar a casa

2) Voy a estudiar en cuanto yo llegue a casa

3) Voy a estudiar tan pronto como llegar a casa

4) Voy a estudiar tan pronto como yo llegue a casa

5 Voy a estudiar al yo llegue a casa

6) Voy a estudiar al llegar a casa

Post what you would use and then we will correct if necessary. - rac1, May 15, 2016

This is homework??? - rac1, May 15, 2016

I ask you to tell us which are correct First. We don't do homework for you, but will help you. Please read the rules and guidelines before posting again. - rac1, May 15, 2016

Answer 1

1) Voy a estudiar en cuanto llegar a casa - Voy a estudiar en cuanto llegue a casa. Examples Of llegar are: Voy a llegar tarde a la reunión -> I will arrive late to the meeting El va llegar a las 8pm-> he will arrive at 8pm Examples Of llegue Are: Me pondré a estudiar en cuanto llegue a casa-> I will study as soon I get home

2) Voy a estudiar en cuanto yo llegue a casa Voy a estudiar en cuanto llegue a casa. The word "llegue" implies that you are going to do something, that make unnecesary the use Of the "yo". Depends Of the context, llegue can be used when you speak Of your actions, or someone else.

3) Voy a estudiar tan pronto como llegar a casa Voy a estudiar tan pronto llegue a casa.

4) Voy a estudiar tan pronto como yo llegue a casa Same as the second, isn't necessary the Yo

5 Voy a estudiar al yo llegue a casa Voy a estudiar al llegar a casa

6) Voy a estudiar al llegar a casa I will study when I arrive home. As well, can be translated as: Voy a estudiar cuando llegue a casa

Thanks again Elero! This was a very helpful answer! - Ramonaspiker, May 15, 2016

Answer 2

Prepositions are generally followed by infinitives. Some prepositions can be converted to conjunctions by adding que. For instance después de, which is followed by an infinitive, becomes después de que, which is followed by a phrase with a conjugated verb.

Conjunctions are generally followed a phrase with a conjugated verb. When it is a conjunction of time, and refers to the future, it is conjugated to the subjunctive.

If you go here: http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/courses/SUBJADV.HTM

and look in the table in section III you will see that en cuanto and tan pronto como are conjunctions of time, and al is a preposition.

With what I just said, you should now be able to figure out the correct versions.

As a hint, the numbers of the three I would choose add up to 11, although I would drop yo in the ones that contain them.

You mean they add up to 12? - Ramonaspiker, May 15, 2016

Not the ones I would pick. - bosquederoble, May 15, 2016

You would pick 2, 4, and 5? - Ramonaspiker, May 15, 2016

I thought you would pick 2, 4, and 6? - Ramonaspiker, May 15, 2016

This is homework! - rac1, May 15, 2016