Thread: very short sentence, some trouble.

Funny thing with omitted verbs, I remembered: I accidenally

Originally Posted by Soft sign

“Yes, yes, I will be at the university tomorrow. What time will you go for lunch? Just then we'll meet.”


There is an ellipsis in this sentence. «Во сколько ты (пойдёшь) на обед?». The word «пойдёшь» is omitted. This is perfectly correct for colloquial language.

When using directional prepositions, verbs of motion can be omitted in colloquial speech.
E.g. you can say:
«Я на обед» instead of «Я иду на обед» “I go for a lunch”;
«Я только до магазина и обратно» instead of «Я только дойду до магазина и приду обратно» “I'll just reach the shop and come back”;
and so on…

perfect, thank you!!