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“Are you free tomorrow afternoon?”Translation:明日の午後は空いてる？December 20, 2019
December 20, 2019
13 CommentscvdvdsDuo usually never accepts questions without without their specific end particles like の or か as answers, so this threw me off.December 20, 2019Adrian69.420615It actually does most of the time, at least from what I’ve tried. April 23, 2021DahlingSweetPlus858明日の午後は暇ですか ?May 19, 2021RussianJun1What is the difference between 空いてる and 暇? I like that Duolingo teaches different ways to say the same or similar things – that is something natural and necessary in language – but I never know if there are subtle differences or if Duolingo just demands people use one without accepting the other because lol. September 24, 2021AmnesicSorcerer317Is 空いてる the same as 空いている？ What’s the difference?November 28, 2020Tasuku-Koike728The い in the progressive ている gets dropped in colloquial speech – so there’s no difference in meaning but in formality. November 28, 2020Rafael_Henrico693Wow thank you, I was wondering the sameDecember 5, 2020FrankLobo22160あすのごごはあいてる？June 6, 2020FeBk12いいえ、あしたのごごはあいてるJanuary 4, 2021Kaiyou10633Yeah sureMarch 4, 2021Vitaliy595601Plus481can it be not it te form,
明日の午後は空きますか ?June 28, 2021GAPOSEIDONis 空いてる the same as 空いますか？July 28, 2020JaWiGr707空[あ]いてる (or 空いている) is the casual form of 空いています. It’s the progressive form, so you need to keep it in て-form, and depending on politeness the end can be either います or just いる (る for short if you’re really casual).
The plain verb is 空[あ]く, so the い comes from conjugating a く verb into て form.
Dunno why at least 4 people downvoted your question without even bothering to explain anythingJanuary 8, 2022
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cvdvdsDuo usually never accepts questions without without their specific end particles like の or か as answers, so this threw me off.December 20, 2019Adrian69.420615It actually does most of the time, at least from what I’ve tried. April 23, 2021DahlingSweetPlus858明日の午後は暇ですか ?May 19, 2021RussianJun1What is the difference between 空いてる and 暇? I like that Duolingo teaches different ways to say the same or similar things – that is something natural and necessary in language – but I never know if there are subtle differences or if Duolingo just demands people use one without accepting the other because lol. September 24, 2021AmnesicSorcerer317Is 空いてる the same as 空いている？ What’s the difference?November 28, 2020Tasuku-Koike728The い in the progressive ている gets dropped in colloquial speech – so there’s no difference in meaning but in formality. November 28, 2020Rafael_Henrico693Wow thank you, I was wondering the sameDecember 5, 2020FrankLobo22160あすのごごはあいてる？June 6, 2020FeBk12いいえ、あしたのごごはあいてるJanuary 4, 2021Kaiyou10633Yeah sureMarch 4, 2021Vitaliy595601Plus481can it be not it te form,
明日の午後は空きますか ?June 28, 2021GAPOSEIDONis 空いてる the same as 空いますか？July 28, 2020JaWiGr707空[あ]いてる (or 空いている) is the casual form of 空いています. It’s the progressive form, so you need to keep it in て-form, and depending on politeness the end can be either います or just いる (る for short if you’re really casual).
The plain verb is 空[あ]く, so the い comes from conjugating a く verb into て form.
Dunno why at least 4 people downvoted your question without even bothering to explain anythingJanuary 8, 2022
cvdvdsDuo usually never accepts questions without without their specific end particles like の or か as answers, so this threw me off.December 20, 2019
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Duo usually never accepts questions without without their specific end particles like の or か as answers, so this threw me off.December 20, 2019
Duo usually never accepts questions without without their specific end particles like の or か as answers, so this threw me off.
December 20, 2019
December 20, 2019
Adrian69.420615It actually does most of the time, at least from what I’ve tried. April 23, 2021
It actually does most of the time, at least from what I’ve tried.
April 23, 2021
April 23, 2021
DahlingSweetPlus858明日の午後は暇ですか ?May 19, 2021
明日の午後は暇ですか ?
May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
RussianJun1What is the difference between 空いてる and 暇? I like that Duolingo teaches different ways to say the same or similar things – that is something natural and necessary in language – but I never know if there are subtle differences or if Duolingo just demands people use one without accepting the other because lol. September 24, 2021
What is the difference between 空いてる and 暇? I like that Duolingo teaches different ways to say the same or similar things – that is something natural and necessary in language – but I never know if there are subtle differences or if Duolingo just demands people use one without accepting the other because lol.
September 24, 2021
September 24, 2021
AmnesicSorcerer317Is 空いてる the same as 空いている？ What’s the difference?November 28, 2020
Is 空いてる the same as 空いている？ What’s the difference?
November 28, 2020
November 28, 2020
Tasuku-Koike728The い in the progressive ている gets dropped in colloquial speech – so there’s no difference in meaning but in formality. November 28, 2020
The い in the progressive ている gets dropped in colloquial speech – so there’s no difference in meaning but in formality.
November 28, 2020
November 28, 2020
Rafael_Henrico693Wow thank you, I was wondering the sameDecember 5, 2020
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