Practice the conjugation of ir in the present tense
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| Do you know how to discuss plans in Spanish? |
| Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice conjugating ir, "to go," in the present tense, and learn how to use it in the ir a plus infinitive structure to talk about future actions. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Por la noche voy a beber con mis amigos en La Condesa. ¿Quieres venir? |
| "At night I'm going to drink with my friends in La Condesa. Want to come?" |
| Sí, claro. |
| "Sure!" |
| voy a beber |
| voy |
| The word voy is the first person singular present tense form of the verb ir, which means "to go." |
| In the dialogue, it was part of the pattern Voy a [verb] con [people] en [place]., which translates to "I'm going to [verb] with [people] at/in [place]" in English. |
| However, in this lesson, we'll focus on ir as a standalone verb and also how to use it in the simpler ir a plus infinitive structure to talk about future actions. |
| Let's take a look at its conjugation in the present tense. |
| Ir is an irregular verb, meaning its conjugation doesn't follow regular patterns. |
| In the first person singular, you say yo voy, which means I go. |
| In the second person singular, it's tú vas, meaning you go. |
| For the third person singular, you use él va or ella va, for he goes or she goes. |
| Moving on to the first person plural, it becomes nosotros vamos, meaning we go. |
| In the second person plural, when speaking to a group, you say ustedes van, meaning you all go. |
| Finally, in the third person plural, it's ellos van or ellas van, which means they go. |
| Remember: In Spanish, the subject pronoun is often dropped because the verb form already indicates who the subject is. So instead of saying yo voy, meaning "I go," you'll often just hear voy. |
| Let's practice using these forms in sentences during the lesson. |
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