“Tomorrow, I’m going to study for the test.”įor “I have to go” in Spanish, you’ll combine tengo que and ir: You can also use this same pattern to talk about things happening soon in the future: If you’re saying “I am going” in Spanish, as in, going somewhere, you can use ir + a: Of course, it changes for each tense (and the future tense, “I will go” uses ir as the root), but there are always patterns you can pick up on.Īs for “going” in Spanish, it depends on what you’re going to say. So it’s not that bad once you see the pattern! The only difference is “I go” in Spanish – yo voy – ends in -oy. It shifts to a “v” and then follows the same general pattern as -ar verbs: -o, -as-, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. If you already know some of your Spanish conjugation, you may recognize that ir actually conjugates like an -ar verb in Spanish in present tense. So upon first look, you’re probably like “Why is it so strange?!” But take a closer look.

You (plural, Latin America)/They go: ustedes/ellas/ellos van.

She/he/you (formal) goes: ella/él/usted va.

To conjugate ir in Spanish, we have to memorize the irregular pattern: The good part, though, is you’ll get lots of practice with this verb because it’s so commonly used! And ir can be quite tricky for beginners. This means it doesn’t follow the usual conjugation in Spanish but instead does its own thing.

So while ir looks like it should be an -ir verb because that’s all it consists of, it’s actually an irregular verb. In Spanish, you need to know what category the verbs fall into: -ar, -er, or -ir verb endings.

Time to Go to Your Next Spanish Lesson! “Go” in Spanish.

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