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eeky

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Hi,

あなたが帰ってくるまでには、私は寝ています。

The translation given for this is "I'll be in bed by the time you get home." I completely misunderstood it, thinking it meant "I'll sleep/rest until you get back (and then I'll get up)". Is my interpretation impossible? How would you express my meaning? Can it be done with まで?

 

lanthas

　

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See this post for the difference between まで and までに. It also has an example for "to sleep until".

 

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eeky

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lanthas said:

See this post for the difference between まで and までに. It also has an example for "to sleep until".

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Aha, thank you. I think I ought to know that. Perhaps I did learn it once but forgot.