Few more hours for dawn and night to happen.

[tufguy]

If it's four in the evening and we want to say that four hours are remaining for the night to happen, then what we have to say?

"Four hours to go for the night to fall?"

"Few more hours for the night to fall?"

For morning.

"Few more hours for the dawn to happen?"

Please check.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Night will fall after a few hours.
Dawn will break after a few hours.

 

[Rover_KE]

You started with 'four' and then went on to 'a few'.

I say 'It will be dark in four hours'.

'Dawn will break in four hours.'

 

[SoothingDave]

Four hours till sunset. Four hours till nightfall.

Four hours till sunrise. Four hours till dawn.

 

[emsr2d2]

..., then what do we have to say?

See above.

 

[tufguy]

See above.

I am confused about it "if our question is a part of a bigger sentence, then we don't use do, does, did" but what is the way to know when we have to omit do, does, did?

 

[Matthew Wai]

1. If it happens, what do we have to do?
2. If it happens, please tell us what we have to do.

The main clause in 1 is a question, but the one in 2 is not.

 

[tufguy]

1. If it happens, what do we have to do?
2. If it happens, please tell us what we have to do.

The main clause in 1 is a question, but the one in 2 is not.

But "could you please tell me what it means" how about this?

 

[emsr2d2]

"Could you please tell me what it means?" is a question.

 

[Matthew Wai]

1. Could you please tell me its meaning?
2. Could you please tell me what it means?

'Its meaning' and 'what it means' are a noun phrase and a noun clause respectively, so neither of the underlined parts is a question.

 

[GoesStation]

They can both be considered questions because the subject and verb are inverted.

 

[tufguy]

"Could you please tell me what it means?" is a question.

Okay but "then what do we have to say" is also a question so what is the difference I am sorry but I don't understand this.

 

[tufguy]

1. Could you please tell me its meaning?
2. Could you please tell me what it means?

'Its meaning' and 'what it means' are a noun phrase and a noun clause respectively, so neither of the underlined parts is a question.

Sorry, I didn't get it.

 

[tufguy]

They can both be considered questions because the subject and verb are inverted.

Sorry, I am still confused.

 

[emsr2d2]

The difference is that in my example, the "Could you [please tell me]" part is the question but the part about "what it means" is the topic of the question, not the question itself.

What does it mean?
Can you tell me what it means?

What do we have to say?
Can you tell me what we have to say?

Where do you go to school?
Could you tell me where you go to school?

 

[tufguy]

The difference is that in my example, the "Could you [please tell me]" part is the question but the part about "what it means" is the topic of the question, not the question itself.

What does it mean?
Can you tell me what it means?

What do we have to say?
Can you tell me what we have to say?

Where do you go to school?
Could you tell me where you go to school?

Okay, are you saying "if yes, then what do we have to say" that "then" part is the second part because its get seperated by a comma and the whole sentence is a question itself so thats why we have to write or say like this. Am I correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

If you remove "If yes, then", you are still left with the question "What do we have to say?" which is correct.