What does Ich komme erst später (was bedeutet "erst" hier) mean?

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PlanlosamBahnhof

16 Feb 2021

German

Oha! Thats a hard question. I just google it and saw thats „erst“ has many meanings. One meaning is thats you cant come earlier. So its often used with the word „später“ to emphesize thats you will come later.

Ich kann erst später zum Tanzen kommen.

You can say its without „erst“ too.

„Ich komme später.“ But the „erst“ in this case express thats you can come later.

If you want to be more polite and its really pity for you thats you can come later you can say:

„Ich kann leider erst später kommen.“

You can use „erst“ too if you want to speak about events thats are happend short time before, like:

Erst gestern bin ich bei ihm gewesen.

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PlanlosamBahnhof

16 Feb 2021

German

This is the link of the page. Its a dic, which has almost every german word, like in Thai the royal society dic. But its only in german language.

https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/erst_zuvor...

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lillast

16 Feb 2021

Thai

@PlanlosamBahnhof my understanding is for example
1. Erst = only
Er ist erst Zehn Jahre alt

2. Erst= At first, first
Erst ging alles noch gut, aber dann versagte er

3. Not until (from your explanation).. Ich kann früher kommen aber ich würde nicht bis später kommen.
Do I understand it correctly? 🤔

lillast

16 Feb 2021

Thai

@PlanlosamBahnhof thank you so much for your recommendation 😊 I use Duden from time to time but sometimes it is still difficult for me to understand it correctly without comparing with English meaning.
But thanks again by the way 😊🙏