"I am going back to my place tonight."

Translation: Je rentre chez moi ce soir.

[DavidRicha12273]

why not cette nuit

[nobody.123456]

"Ce soir" is more common for saying "tonight".

If you say cette noit, it will mean "this night". So, you can imagine the difference between saying "I will meet you tonight" and "I will meet you this night"

Hope it helped.

[sallinger]

I swear in other lessons I've been marked wrong for translating "soir" as "night" instead of "evening." Am I losing my mind, or is this a special case where "ce soir" can mean either "tonight" or "this evening"?

[MmeMAS]

No, you are not losing your mind. I was puzzled, too. It's hard to distinguish between the two without examples to compare them.

[ShubhamSurf]

Cette nuit is also accepted! Oct 25, 2021.

[coriandres]

How about "Je vais rentrer chez moi cette nuit"?

[MmeMAS]

Hi, coriandres,
In a recent exercise, Sitesurf explained that Je vais rentrer had a different meaning than je rentre but I did not take note of it. I'm sorry that I am not more helpful.

[Fadeke523805]

Wish someone can explain here because i thought it should be je voudrais rentrer too

[MmeMAS]

"Je voudrais" means I would like to..., not "I am going to," as the exercise says.

[jesi575819]

Ok. But rentre doesnt mean i am going to. Surely there has to be something between the je & rentrer

[Danielle170553]

(present) Je rentre= I'm going back (home) or I go back (home). It doesn't need an auxiliary verb, because its not translating "going to," which would be the near future
(Near future) Je vais rentrer= I'm going to go back home

[Prachi_Gajjar]

Rentrer is an infinitive which means 'to go back'
• Je dois rentrer avant minuit.
Rentre is used with je/il/elle
• Je rentre travail.

Hope it helps!

[BrianKnight]

Surely this sentence expresses an intention to do something later, i.e. a future tense.

[NandanaRauth]

You are the best

[Suryadyuti1]

What is the difference between rentre and rentrer? Which one is used where?

[Sucy-en-Brie94]

Je retourne chez moi ce soir. Accepted :)

[Eliza_1414]

Why not " Je rentre chez moi cette nuit"? I don't get what's wrong with it.

[JannyMoore]

Why not Je vais rentrer chez moi ce soir?

[MmeMAS]

In a different exercise, Sitesurf explained that Je vais rentrer had a different meaning than je rentre but I did not take note of it. I'm sorry that I am not more helpful.

[Bouboboubo]

Why not :je reviens chez moi ce soir ?

[Sinimailanen]

Why not "Je vais chez moi ce soir" ?

[MmeMAS]

Your sentence is "I am going to my place...," not "I am going Back."

[JesusBodyguard]

Should also accept "Je vais rentrer chez moi ce soir" - as a matter of fact, it is the more correct translation. Going implies future tense. "I go back to my place tonight" would be the correct prompt for the translation employed here.

[MmeMAS]

Sitesurf explained that Je vais rentrer had a different meaning than je rentre but I did not take note of it. I'm sorry that I am not more helpful.

[SameerNaru3]

si on dit: Je rentre chez moi ce nuit... c'est ne pas correct?

[Jojo553168]

That would be cette nuit.

→ Ce n'est pas correct ?
→ N'est-ce pas correct ?

[D__Germany]

Right. Must be future tense.

[Jaap28701]

I wrote Je rentre chez moi ce soir, but Duolingo said I was wron g

[MmeMAS]

The next time that you have the correct answer marked wrong by Duolingo, return to the tab that shows the exercise, copy your answer and paste it to a post here in the Discussions tab. Other participants will then be able to confirm that you are correct or will notice a small error that you overlooked.

[antonio66908]

La reponse est correcte mais on ne l'admet pas

[David467102]

Why is je rentre ce soir chez moi wrong? Please?

[MmeMAS]

Because of the word order. "Chez moi" should be before "ce soir."

[RahulBalak7]

What's wrong with "Je rentre à mon lieu ce soir"?

[MmeMAS]

"Chez ___" is a very ingrained expression. Even if a French person didn't say "chez moi," he/she would probably say "a la maison" or "a l'appartement."

[Telaysin]

What is wrong with je retourne chez moi ce soir?

[MmeMAS]

Because "rentrer" is the verb to return home.

[Lauren588551]

When do you say de chez or chez?

[MmeMAS]

just "chez" means at the home or house of. "Nous allons chez Marie." We're going to Marie's home (place). "De" chez would be "from." Nous venons de chez Marie. We are coming from Marie's place.

[JakubDodek2]

Really" ce soir"? Then why you didn't put that word for choosing???