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Sentence #4141489

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 User66423 User66423 May 3, 2015 May 3, 2015 at 1:04:36 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Noted. I modified it already.

patgfisher patgfisher May 3, 2015 May 3, 2015 at 10:05:08 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"could arrive home" is grammatically correct but I think it sounds a little odd in this context (I can't read the Tagalog version).

I would suggest:

I went to bed before father arrived home.

User66423 User66423 May 3, 2015 May 3, 2015 at 10:11:18 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

As I was reading your comment I initially believed what I merely lacked is the particle "at" (arrive at home). But thinking again rather than using "arrive" (which is the literal meaning of "d(um)ating"), I am thinking of using "come (home)" instead which has broad uses.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2759141Natulog na ako bago pa dumating ang tatay sa bahay..

I already went to bed before father arrives home.

added by User66423, May 3, 2015
➜ #2759141Natulog na ako bago pa dumating ang tatay sa bahay.

linked by User66423, May 3, 2015
I went to bed before father could arrive home.

edited by User66423, May 3, 2015
I went to bed before father could come home.

edited by User66423, May 3, 2015
➜ #4145515Си легнав пред татко ми да успее да се врати дома.

linked by Lepotdeterre, May 4, 2015
➜ #5020403Babam eve gelmeden önce yatmaya gittim.

linked by duran, March 29, 2016
➜ #6067314הלכתי לישון לפני שאבא הצליח להגיע הביתה.

linked by fekundulo, May 10, 2017