Scheduled to stay the night with 〜ことになっている
Grammar Explanation: Past decision still in effect with 〜ことになっている
After a day playing at the beach, Hikari asks Shindou when someone is coming to pick everyone up. Shindou says it will be “tomorrow evening”.
- 神藤:
- 「今日はウチの別荘に泊まることになっているって言っただろう？」
- “Didn't I say we're scheduled to stay the night at my villa?”
- Literal: “I said that today it has become the thing that we're staying at my villa, right?”
Key Points
1泊まることになっている means the arrangement is already set
- The group is scheduled to stay at Shindou’s villa tonight.
- The pattern points to an existing plan, not a decision being made in this moment.
2って言っただろう reminds the listener
- Shindou says he already told them this.
- だろう expects Hikari to recognize or remember the information.
3今日は frames the specific time
- 今日は limits the arrangement to tonight.
- Tomorrow evening pickup only makes sense because tonight has already been decided.
Vocabulary
今日 (Today)
今日 means today. In formal writing, it can also mean the present day or current era.
別荘 (Villa)
別荘 means a villa, vacation home, or secondary residence.
言う (To say)
言う means to say or tell. It can also mean to call something by a particular name.
See Also
- Grammar: Past decision still in effect with 〜ことになっている
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Presuming with 〜だろう and 〜でしょう
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Grammar: Quoting and reporting with と and って
- Kanji: Now and the present with 今
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