What is the difference between how long are you staying in Tokyo? and how long will you stay in Tokyo? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

does " how long are you staying " mean a period of one's entire stay in somewhere? or present time to the final day of one's stay?

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sarahbean

27 Dec 2019

English (US)

@Sharehearts both mean the same thing !!
will is in future tense, but in these statements, how is also used in the future tense; either is appropriate to use

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Sharehearts

28 Dec 2019

Japanese

@sarahbean thank you! if you ask someone " how long are you staying in Tokyo", for example when you meet on a street in Tokyo, does that mean how many days do you have left in Tokyo?

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sarahbean

28 Dec 2019

English (US)

@Sharehearts yes !!

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Sharehearts

28 Dec 2019

Japanese

thank you! @sarahbean

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What is the difference between how long are you staying in Tokyo? and how long will you stay in Tokyo? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

@Sharehearts both mean the same thing !! will is in future tense, but in these statements, how is also used in the future tense; either is appropriate to use

@Sharehearts yes !!

@Sharehearts both mean the same thing !!
will is in future tense, but in these statements, how is also used in the future tense; either is appropriate to use