How to say "Hey hurry up! you'll be late!"?


When we want to say _"Hey, hurry up! you'll be late!"_ , which would be more
appropriate? :

  1. 遅刻するぞ！
  2. 遅くなるぞ！
  3. any other suggestions？




遅刻するよ！ is the phrase you're looking for. 遅くなる does literally mean "become
late", but this "late" is more along the lines of an event becoming delayed or
postponed beyond the expected time. The context you're looking for is a person
being late for a scheduled event, which is what 遅刻 conveys.

Either 遅刻するよ！ or 遅刻しちゃうよ！ can be used. The latter adds an undertone of regret.

遅れる works as an alternate for 遅刻する, if you want to avoid 漢語: 遅れちゃうよ！

And depending on the speaker and situation, ぞ can be substituted for よ, which
was [covered in this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/617/in-what-situations-
can-you-use-as-a-sentence-ender).




遅刻するよ！ is the phrase you're looking for. 遅くなる does literally mean "become
late", but this "late" is more along the lines of an event becoming delayed or
postponed beyond the expected time. The context you're looking for is a person
being late for a scheduled event, which is what 遅刻 conveys.

Either 遅刻するよ！ or 遅刻しちゃうよ！ can be used. The latter adds an undertone of regret.

遅れる works as an alternate for 遅刻する, if you want to avoid 漢語: 遅れちゃうよ！

And depending on the speaker and situation, ぞ can be substituted for よ, which
was [covered in this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/617/in-what-situations-
can-you-use-as-a-sentence-ender).

