I have to go now/ I am back online

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

What can be used instead of ''have to go'' and '' ''I am back online'' when chatting with friends on Facebook?

1.I have to go now.
2.I will message you, when I am back online.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.

What can be used instead of ''have to go'' and '' ''I am back online'' when chatting with friends on Facebook?

1. I have to go now.
2. I will message you(no comma here) when I am back online.

Colloquially, you'll see "Gotta go!" for 1. There are plenty of other options. For example, "I need to leave", "I need to go", "Time's up", "Sorry, I've got to log off now".
There's not really an alternative to "when I am back online". The best I can do is "when I log back on".

Why do you need alternatives to perfectly acceptable, natural sentences?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Colloquially, you'll see "Gotta go!" for 1. There are plenty of other options. For example, "I need to leave", "I need to go", "Time's up", "Sorry, I've got to log off now".
There's not really an alternative to "when I am back online". The best I can do is "when I log back on".

Why do you need alternatives to perfectly acceptable, natural sentences?

When I say ''I have to go'' or ''I am back online'', I am not really logging out or logging in. So I thought maybe you use other common phrases too.

 

[Tarheel]

Got to go!
TTYL - Talk to you later

I'm back!

Are you sure you're not talking about Messenger?

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you sure you're not talking about Messenger?

I would say that can be referred to as "chatting on Facebook".

 

[Rachel Adams]

Got to go!
TTYL - Talk to you later

I'm back!

Are you sure you're not talking about Messenger?

Yes, I was talking about Messenger.

 

[Tarheel]

I have Messenger. You can use the voice feature to practice your pronunciation. In fact, I recently used it to send somebody a cute couplet.
:-D

 

[Rachel Adams]

And there are also lots of groups for teachers and learners. Facebook makes learning fun .

 

[Tarheel]

One of the interesting things about Facebook is you can make friends with people you will probably never meet. In fact, one of my Filipina FB friends recently sent me some pics, including pics of three of her rabbits. I sent her a voice message of this poem:

Rabbits at work. Rabbits at play.
Rabbits at night. Rabbits all day.
:-D