I hope so!

[Fazor]

When answering a question with "I hope so", should I use "Espero lo" or is it just "Espero" or something else entirely?

Por ejemplo:
-"¿Vas a ir al café?
-"¡Espero lo!" / "¡Espero!"

[pjt33]

Espero que sí.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Besides pjt's proposal, "I hope so" can also be "eso espero" and "ojalá (que sí)".

"Espero lo" has an incorrect order. In any case, it should be "lo espero", but the right expression for this is "eso espero".

"Espero" is not incorrect, but it has to be intoned the right way, so any of the other alternatives will be better.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Fazor

When answering a question with "I hope so", should I use "Espero lo" or is it just "Espero" or something else entirely?

Por ejemplo:
-"¿Vas a ir al café?
-"¡Espero lo!" / "¡Espero!"

Así lo espero.

[Fazor]

Gracias a todos. El cosa divertida es que yo estuvo ir a decir 'Espero que sí ', pero no creí que estuvo correcto. ¡D'oh!

P.S. 'Estuve ir a decir' was an awful lot of mixing and matching of conjugation, and I'm really unsure of that. Trying to say 'I was going to'.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Gracias a todos. El cosa divertida es que yo estuvo ir a decir 'Espero que sí ', pero no creí que estuvo correcto. ¡D'oh!

P.S. 'Estuve ir a decir' was an awful lot of mixing and matching of conjugation, and I'm really unsure of that. Trying to say 'I was going to'.

Estuve a punto de decir.

Iba a decir.

[Fazor]

Ah, mucho más fácil. Gracias.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Fazor

When answering a question with "I hope so", should I use "Espero lo" or is it just "Espero" or something else entirely?

Por ejemplo:
-"¿Vas a ir al café?
-"¡Espero lo!" / "¡Espero!"

I believe that answering your question that it's correct I hope to go to the coffee.

I hope so.

[hermit]

Hi Crotalito, would be better said: "I believe that in answering your
question it's correct to say, 'I hope to go to the coffee shop.'."

Also, "cafe" (sin acento) = "coffee shop" in English.

[irmamar]

In wordreference I can see café and cafe (in English)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

In wordreference I can see café and cafe (in English)

It is most certainly a café in BrE.

[irmamar]

OK. Thanks

[Satyr]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Gracias a todos. El cosa divertida es que yo estuvo ir a decir 'Espero que sí ', pero no creí que estuvo correcto. ¡D'oh!

P.S. 'Estuve ir a decir' was an awful lot of mixing and matching of conjugation, and I'm really unsure of that. Trying to say 'I was going to'.

iba a - it/he/she/I was going to
iban a - you all/they were going to
ibamos a - we were going to

It is very useful in Spanish. You can use it alot when speaking and its really easy to use since you simply add the infinitive after the "a" and then add on the pronouns. Iba a dartelo (I was going to give it to you)

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by hermit

Hi Crotalito, would be better said: "I believe that in answering your
question it's correct to say, 'I hope to go to the coffee shop.'."

Also, "cafe" (sin acento) = "coffee shop" in English.

Thank you Hermit.


You're right.

There in the phrase only fault to say.

I thank your support in this correction.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by Satyr

iba a - it/he/she/I was going to
iban a - you all/they were going to
ibamos a - we were going to

It is very useful in Spanish. You can use it alot when speaking and its really easy to use since you simply add the infinitive after the "a" and then add on the pronouns. Iba a dartelo (I was going to give it to you)

Gracias! Creo que será muy útil.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Perikles

It is most certainly a café in BrE.

In higher register BrE. In lower registers it's cafe and in spoken low registers it's caff.