Confused About "Mañana"? (Spanish Quickie Podcast)
Speaking Spanish for Beginners
Latin ELE
4.8 • 901 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
If mañana means both “morning” and “tomorrow,” how do you say “tomorrow morning”?
Let’s clear it up in this episode. ¡Vamos! 👇
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| 0:00.0 | I got this question from one of my students, Sherry. |
| 0:03.7 | If manana means both tomorrow and morning, |
| 0:07.2 | then how do you say tomorrow morning? |
| 0:10.0 | Manana, manana? |
| 0:11.7 | More on that on this episode of Spanish Quiki. |
| 0:15.5 | Are you ready for a Quiki? |
| 0:17.2 | Sure. |
| 0:18.1 | If you've been studying Spanish for a while, you probably notice how much we rely on |
| 0:25.6 | the context to understand the meaning of a word. |
| 0:28.6 | That's exactly the case with Mnana, which can be a little confusing because it means both |
| 0:34.6 | tomorrow and morning. |
| 0:36.6 | Let's break it down. |
| 0:39.0 | First, let's look at manana, meaning tomorrow. |
| 0:43.2 | For example, my mama, |
| 0:45.5 | my mom arrives tomorrow. |
| 0:49.8 | Here, manna comes right after the verb, |
| 0:52.9 | Yega, jaiga, jaigaga and that's a very common placement. |
| 0:58.6 | I could also say |
| 0:59.6 | manana, |
| 1:01.0 | same meaning but different word order. |
| 1:06.3 | But in both cases, |
| 1:08.3 | do you notice something? |
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