Editing a dialogue with commands

Question

You finally caught up with us.

Yeah I did. You guys stay here.

No way. Hurry up guys. Let's get out of here before he calls backup.

Finalmente coges con nosotros.

Sí yo hice. Quedados aquí

Ni hablar. ¡Apurados! ¡Nos vayamos antes de que él le llama por backup.

I'm having trouble translating backup and caught up. I'm not quite too sure if I wrote these commands correctly. Any help would be great!

Answer 1

To ask for "back up" could also be, "pedir apoyo." (putting "pedir" into the subjunctive--pida)

For "stay here" "Quédense aquií" as Julián stated is proper for Latin América.

If you want the Spain version it's "quedaos." The final "d" is dropped when you add the pronoun "os."

Also it's "Apuraos" with the missing "d" In Latin America is "Apúrense" (for Hurry up)

For "you caught up with us" In Latin America it's, "Nos alcanzaron" (plural of ustedes)

In Spain it's "Nos alcanzasteis."

Than you very much Daniela! :) - Ramonaspiker, Dec 28, 2016

Why is pedir in the subjunctive? - Ramonaspiker, Dec 28, 2016

"antes de que" is followed up by the subjunctive especially if the action is still in the future. - Daniela2041, Dec 29, 2016

As opposed to después de que, which should vary depending, antes de que always refers to the future relative to the point of view of the antecedent, and so should be subjunctive, although that can be past subjunctive if the point is in the past. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 29, 2016

Here is a great link: http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/courses/SUBJADV.HTM - bosquederoble, Dec 29, 2016

Oh right right. Thanks Daniela and Bosque! Happy new year to both of you! - Ramonaspiker, Dec 29, 2016

Answer 2

Sí yo hice. Quedados aquí

Así es ¡quedense aquí!

For "calls backup" I would say "pida ayuda" / for "caught up" - "nos alcanzaste"

Thanks Julian! - Ramonaspiker, Jan 2, 2017