| Let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow. |
| Voy a ir a [place] en [transportation]. |
| "I'm going to go to [place] by [transportation]." |
| Let's look at the first part: Voy a ir. |
| Voy is the first-person singular form of the verb ir, which means "to go." |
| A means "to." |
| Ir is the dictionary form of the verb "to go." |
| When we say voy a ir, we're saying "I'm going to go." |
| This is a common way to talk about future actions in Spanish. |
| Next is a [place], which is the destination. It tells us where the speaker is going. |
| Then we have en [transportation], which tells us how the speaker is getting there. |
| En means "by," and it's followed by the mode of transportation. |
| When talking about going somewhere "on foot," Spanish doesn't use en like it does for other forms of transportation. Instead, it uses the phrase a pie, meaning "on foot." |
| Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern. |
| Voy a ir a la Condesa en metro. |
| "I'm going to go to La Condesa by subway." |
| In this sentence: |
| Voy a ir is the base of our pattern. |
| Voy means "I go," and it's used with a ir to express the future: "I'm going to go." |
| A la Condesa is the place — Condesa is a neighborhood, and a la means "to the." |
| En metro shows the transportation. En means "by," and metro means "subway." |
| So the full phrase Voy a ir a la Condesa en metro means "I'm going to go to La Condesa by subway." |
| Now you can use this structure to talk about where you're going and how you're getting there in Spanish! |
| In Mexico, people often drive cars for short trips, especially in smaller towns or suburban areas. |
| For longer trips between cities, buses are very common and widely used. |
| In large cities like Mexico City, the subway is a popular and affordable way to get around, while buses and minibuses — called micros or combis — are also used frequently for getting to neighborhoods the subway doesn't reach. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Voy a ir a la biblioteca en autobús. |
| "I'm going to go to the library by bus." |
| Can you see how the pattern applies here? |
| Let's break it down: |
| Here, voy a ir is the future expression — "I'm going to go." |
| This part stays the same in every sentence using this pattern. |
| It combines voy, the first-person singular form of ir, with a ir, to form "I'm going to go." |
| Next is a la biblioteca, which is the [place]. |
| Biblioteca means "library," and it's preceded by a la, meaning "to the." |
| This tells us where the speaker is going. |
| Then we have en autobús, which is the [transportation]. |
| En means "by," and autobús means "bus." |
| This shows how the speaker is getting to the library. |
| So, that's how Voy a ir a la biblioteca en autobús fits the pattern: |
| Voy a ir a [place] en [transportation]. |
| Here's another example |
| Voy a ir a la escuela a pie. |
| "I'm going to go to school on foot." |
| Here, we used a pie, meaning "on foot." |
| Remember, a pie is one of the exceptions to the "en + transportation" rule. |
| Voy a ir a la escuela a pie. |
| "I'm going to go to school on foot." |
| Let's try one more, |
| Voy a ir a casa en metro. |
| "I'm going to go home by subway." |
| Voy a ir a casa en metro. |
| "I'm going to go home by subway." |
| Another one. |
| Voy a ir a la Ciudad de México en coche. |
| "I'm going to go to Mexico City by car." |
| Voy a ir a la Ciudad de México en coche. |
| "I'm going to go to Mexico City by car." |
| One last example. |
| Voy a ir al teatro en taxi. |
| "I'm going to go to the theater by taxi." |
| Voy a ir al teatro en taxi. |
| "I'm going to go to the theater by taxi." |
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