Why the infinitive?

Daniel E.C1Kwiziq community member

until we get on the motorway [US: freeway].

Why have you used the infinitive of 'salir' in this sentence, rather than 'salimos'?

Asked 4 years ago

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Daniel,

Hasta can be followed by an infinitive if we have the same subject in both the main and the dependent clause, which is this case:

...y después nosotros vamos a girar a la derecha

hasta salir a la autopista.

We could have also used a clause after hasta, with "que", meaning the same:

...y después nosotros vamos a girar a la derecha

hasta que salgamos a la autopista.

Saludos

Inma

Like04 years ago

until we get on the motorway [US: freeway].

Why have you used the infinitive of 'salir' in this sentence, rather than 'salimos'?

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