Espero que sí

[emilwest]

Hola mis cuates!

Tengo una pregunta. ¿Qué significa la frase "Espero que sí" en inglés? No lo he encontrado en el diccionario.

Gracias!

(If you see some mistakes feel free to correct them)

[Perikles]

Have a look under the verb esperar, which means various things, mainly to hope and to expect.

My dictionary says Espero que sí = I hope so

but I still am unable to work out why it could not mean I expect so. Perhaps it can, depending on context.

[emilwest]

Thanks for the reply!

The context is like this:

(a letter)
Hola, Kosei. ¿Qué tal?

No sé nada de ti. ¿Ya has encontrado piso en Barcelona? ¿Estás estudiando español? Espero que sí.

[gracemayer]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Have a look under the verb esperar, which means various things, mainly to hope and to expect.

My dictionary says Espero que sí = I hope so

but I still am unable to work out why it could not mean I expect so. Perhaps it can, depending on context.

I found 'Así espero' or 'Supongo que si' for I expect so, which sounds right to me. (expect = imaginarse, suponer, figurarse, as well as esperar, depending on context, as you thought, Perikles)

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by emilwest

(a letter)
Hola, Kosei. ¿Qué tal?

No sé nada de ti. ¿Ya has encontrado piso en Barcelona? ¿Estás estudiando español? Espero que sí.

In that context it means something like "I hope all went as planned or told me what have changed". It looks you've told this person before that you'd rent a flat in Barcelona and study Spanish. These intentions are taken as reference to resume communication and that "espero que sí" doesn't mean a concrete expectation of that being done -you'll tell any new developments- but that person caring about -by remembering the last s/he new about your activities-. "Espero que sí" doesn't necessary translate into expectation but best wishes and that s/he wants to know how are you doing.

Maybe this is obvious but I have found a lot of cultural misunderstandings emerging from "an exact translation".

[emilwest]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

"Espero que sí" doesn't necessary translate into expectation but best wishes and that s/he wants to know how are you doing.

I see! That's very good to know. Muchas gracias.

[gracemayer]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

In that context it means something like "I hope all went as planned or told me what have changed". It looks you've told this person before that you'd rent a flat in Barcelona and study Spanish. These intentions are taken as reference to resume communication and that "espero que sí" doesn't mean a concrete expectation of that being done -you'll tell any new developments- but that person caring about -by remembering the last s/he new about your activities-. "Espero que sí" doesn't necessary translate into expectation but best wishes and that s/he wants to know how are you doing.

Maybe this is obvious but I have found a lot of cultural misunderstandings emerging from "an exact translation".

in the context of this letter, I would definitely translate this as "I hope so!"