Learn how to use the verb "to go"
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| Hola a todos! Soy Lucia. Hi everybody! I’m Lucia. |
| Welcome to SpanishPod101.com’s Español en tres minutos. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Spanish. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to use Spanish adjectives. |
| In this lesson, we will talking about some of the most common Spanish verbs. You will hear these ones all the time! |
| The first verb we are will learn is ir, which means "to go". We will use this word to talk about many different destinations. |
| You will see that in Spanish, you have to use a linking word after ir. |
| To say you’re going somewhere in Spanish, the pattern is Voy a.... plus your destination. |
| Let’s break this down. |
| Voy is the first person form of the verb ir, "to go" in the present tense. |
| Then we add a.This connects the verb and the destination, so it’s like “to” in English. |
| Then, you add the destination. |
| So imagine someone asks you ¿A dónde vas de vacaciones? This means "Where are you going on vacation?" |
| So if you are going to the beach, for example, you will say Voy a la playa. [slowly] Voy a la playa. |
| Voy a, which is “I’m going to”, and then “la playa”, which is “the beach”. Beach is a feminine noun, so we have the feminine article la, meaning “the”, plus playa, or “beach”. |
| Pretty simple, right? Let’s hear it again. |
| Voy a la playa. |
| Ready for another example? |
| Let’s say you’re going to the theater. Theater is a masculine noun, so “the theater” is el teatro. |
| So you might think you would say: Voy a el teatro. |
| This is close, but not really correct. One part changes here. |
| When you have a masculine noun, the a and el always combine to form al. |
| So the correct sentence is: |
| Voy al teatro. |
| I’m going to the theater. |
| Let’s recap. |
| For a feminine noun, it’s: |
| Voy a la playa. |
| For a masculine noun, it’s: |
| Voy al teatro. |
| Here are two more examples. |
| With a feminine noun: |
| Voy a la farmacia. I’m going to the pharmacy. |
| And with a masculine noun: |
| Voy al banco. I’m going to the bank. |
| Now it’s time for Lucia’s tips. |
| If you want to say you’re going somewhere with somebody, you have to add the word con, which means “with”. For example- |
| Voy con mi hermano. “I’m going with my brother”. |
| So, in this lesson, we learned how to use the verb ir and the correct linking words that go with it to talk about your destination. |
| Next time, we’ll learn another very useful verb, hacer. |
| Do you know what this verb means? I’ll be waiting for you with the answer in the next Español en 3 minutos. |
| Hasta la próxima! |
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