# 13. The Verb “Ir”

- **Time range:** 00:47:03 – 00:52:38  (duration 00:05:35)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=2823s)

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**[00:47:04]** to go which is actually one of the trickiest and hardest verbs to work with but in this video I'll simplify its principle to its most understandable way at first there are a few rules you should know about the verb to go in English so that you can utilize its principle and apply it to Spanish the very first thing you should know about the verb to go is that it can use the

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> To go in English: present simple present progressive

**[00:47:18]** present simple and the present progressive which actually generates two different meanings in context for instance saying I go indicates that I'm

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> To go in English: present simple present progressive I go (in general)

**[00:47:24]** a person who likes to go in general whereas saying I'm going means that I'm

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> To go in English: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now)

**[00:47:28]** going right now and so my action will change in the future the reason why I'm mentioning this is because in English these two phrases generate completely different meanings however because the verb IR is irregular in Spanish it does

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> To go in English: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now) to go -ir/ iris irregular and doesn't use the present progressive in Spanish

**[00:47:38]** not have a notion of the present progressive and therefore its principle uses both the present simple and the present progressive in unison and it's something I'll cover in a few minutes from now the second thing you should know about the verb to go is that there's a big difference between using to go as to go and to go to for instance

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> To go in English: to go to goto

**[00:47:52]** I can say a sentence like I go there or

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> To go in English: to go to goto | go there I'm going with my friends

**[00:47:54]** I'm going with my friends and these phrases don't have the preposition to because these are generic phrases that Express ambiguity on the other hand I can say phrases like I'm going to the

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> To go in English: to go to goto | go there I’m going to the store I'm going with my friends I’m going to the class

**[00:48:02]** store or I'm going to the class which uses the preposition two to indicate a

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> To go in English: to go to goto I go there I’m going to the store I'm going with my friends I’m going to the class

**[00:48:06]** specific destination Additionally you can include infinitives with the preposition two and these sentences are actually used way more often than the other ones you can say phrases like I'm

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> To go in English: to go to goto | go there I’m going to the store I'm going with my friends I’m going to the class I’m going to do my homework I’m going to read this book

**[00:48:14]** going to do my homework or I'm going to read this book which utilize the preposition two with an infinitive which indicates an action that will be done in the close future overall the syntax of

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> to go in English: Igo | wego yougo | y'allgo he/she/it goes | they go

**[00:48:23]** to go is easy to remember in English

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> to go in English: Igo | wego yougo | y'all go he/she/it goes | they go

**[00:48:25]** because go says go for five pronouns and

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> to go in English: Igo | wego yougo | y'all go he/she/it goes | they go

**[00:48:27]** only adds an es s for the he she it pronoun however learning this verb in Spanish requires a bit more thinking and Analysis I first the verb to go in

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> ir- to go (irregular verb)

**[00:48:35]** Spanish means ir and it's actually a very strange an irregular verb because it's a mono cabric verb mono cabric

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> ir - to go (irregular verb) MONOSYLLABIC VERB

**[00:48:40]** verbs in Spanish basically means that the word has only one syllable and so the language does not allow a normal conjugation pattern to be used with these words if you want to conjugate a

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> Conjugated verbs in Spanish: A verb MUST end in -ar -er or -ir: hablar comer vivir

**[00:48:48]** verb in Spanish it has to end in a r e r or I you have to drop the ending and

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> Conjugated verbs in Spanish: A verb MUST end in -ar -er or -ir: habl com viv

**[00:48:52]** then add the ending that corresponds to

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> Conjugated verbs in Spanish: A verb MUST end in -ar -er or -ir: hablo - | speak comes - you eat vivimos - we live

**[00:48:54]** every pronoun similarly the same can be

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> Conjugated verbs in Spanish: Infinitives in the present progressive: hablar - hablando (speaking) comer - comiendo (eating) vivir - viviendo (living)

**[00:48:56]** done with infinitives that slightly get modified in the present progressive such as adding Ando if a verb ends in a r or eendo if the verb ends in e or I because

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> ir- to go iris an irregular verb because it's monosyllabic

**[00:49:05]** IR is a monosyllabic verb Spanish does not allow this verb to use any of the following principles that I just covered so instead it decides to use a different

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> ir- to go (Yo) voy | (Nosotros) vamos (Tu) vas (Vosotros) vais (El) va (Ellos) van

**[00:49:12]** modification pattern that completely doesn't correspond with the verb e itself and speaking of monosyllabic verbs that follow irregular patterns I've actually covered a verb like that in one of my previous videos and that is

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> ser - to be/exist (Yo) soy (Nosotros) somos (Td) eres | (Vosotros) sois (El) es (Ellos) son

**[00:49:21]** the verb ser the verb ser is a monic verb so it's irregular following a conjugation

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> ser - to be/exist (Yo) soy | (Nosotros) somos (Tu) eres | (Vosotros) sois (El) es (Ellos) son

**[00:49:26]** pattern that doesn't relate to the word s itself whereas with the verb estar you

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> estar - to be/exist (Yo) estoy | (Nosotros) estamos (Tu) estas | (Vosotros) estais (El) esta | (Ellos) estan

**[00:49:29]** do have conjugations that follow the normal syntax of verbs ending in a r that drop the ending and then add the corresponding ending to every pronoun nonetheless the verb has the same

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> ir- to go (Yo) voy | (Nosotros) vamos (Tu) vas (Vosotros) vais (El) va (Ellos) van

**[00:49:37]** Principle as the verb ser where its conjugations don't relate to the verb technically speaking it does not even have an ending and therefore you cannot drop its ending or add endings that correspond to every pronoun both in the present simple and the present progressive which might explain why Spanish creates a completely different syntax for this verb the pronunciation goes as follows yo I go to vas you go l or a said he goes noos v We Go Vos v y go and AOS van there you go with the verb ear I recommend that you actually focus on every pronoun besides Vos

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> ir - to go (Yo) voy | (Nosotros) vamos (Tu) vas (ypaarresivalg (El) va (Ellos) van

**[00:50:08]** because the phrases that you can make with them will be very useful and practical the first rule that I've

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive Igo I am going

**[00:50:12]** mentioned with to go in the beginning of the video was that it can be used as I go and I am going which creates

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now)

**[00:50:17]** different meanings in context however as I said with the verb ear Spanish doesn't

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now) ir can't be used with the present progressive which changes its meaning in context

**[00:50:21]** allow this verb to be used in the present progressive which changes the meaning of its context by making it use

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now) ir uses both the present simple and the present progressive at the same time

**[00:50:25]** the present simple and the present progressive at the same time in other words whenever you decide to use IR in a sentence like saying y this phrase

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now) Yo voy

**[00:50:32]** simultaneously means I go and I am going

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive | go (in general) Lam going (right now) iN Yo voy S)

**[00:50:35]** and the same principle applies to the rest of the pronouns in English both phrases have different meanings but in Spanish it means the same thing which is also part of the reason why Spanish students struggle with this verb whenever they learn English more than

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) I am going (right now) iN Yo voy SI

**[00:50:46]** less I am going is more of a sophisticated way of speaking in context so basically y voy is used more as I'm

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in general) Lam going (right now), iN Yo voy

**[00:50:52]** going rather than I go and you can make

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go (in genéral) I am going (right now) Yo voy

**[00:50:54]** sentences like I go go there or I'm

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go there I'm going with my friends

**[00:50:56]** going with my friends which in Spanish would be Y and yig which shows that vo

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go there I'm going with my friends Yo voy alli Yo voy con mis amigos

**[00:51:01]** stays vo in both sentences in Spanish

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive I go there I'm going with my friends Yo voy alli Yo voy con mis amigos

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> ir - to go: present simple present progressive | go there I'm going with my friends Yo voy alli Yo voy con mis amigos

**[00:51:04]** but in English you have I go and I am going and the same principle applies to the rest of the pronouns and here we get

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> ir - to go: to go to goto

**[00:51:09]** to the last rule of ir which is something I've mentioned at the beginning of the video and that is the difference between to go and to go to in English you can have phrases like I'm

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> ir - to go: to go to goto | go there - Yo voy alli I’m going to the store | go with my friends - I'm going to the class Yo voy con mis amigos

**[00:51:16]** going to the store or I'm going to the class both of which use the preposition two to indicate a specific destination likewise you can use the preposition two with infinitives like I'm going to do my

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> ir - to go: to go to go to I go there - Yo voy alli I’m going to the store | go with my friends - I'm going to the class Yo voy con mis amigos '’m going to do my homework I’m going to read this book

**[00:51:25]** homework or I'm going to read this book which indicates an action that you will do eventually the way that this principle Works in Spanish is by using a conjugation of ir like yoy and then

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> ir - to go: to go to Yo voy

**[00:51:34]** adding the preposition a at the end which literally means to if you want to say I'm going to the store or I'm going

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> ir - to go: to goto I'm going to the store I'm going to the class

**[00:51:40]** to the class you will say y Al

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> ir - to go: to goto I'm going to the store - Yo voy ala tienda I'm going to the class - Yo voy a la clase

**[00:51:44]** or and with these sentences you're using

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> ir - to go: to goto I'm going to the store - Yo voy a la tienda I'm going to the class - Yo voy a la clase

**[00:51:46]** the preposition to to specify destination on the other hand you can do the same with infinitives like saying I'm going to do my homework or I'm going

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> ir - to go: to goto I'm going to the store - Yo voy a la tienda I'm going to the class - Yo voy a la clase I’m going to do my homework I’m going to read this book

**[00:51:53]** to read this book which will be your

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> Ir - to go: to go to I'm going to the store - Yo voy a la tienda I'm going to the class - Yo voy a la clase I’m going to do my homework - Yo voy a hacer mi tarea I’m going to read this book - Yo voy a leer este libro

**[00:52:00]** preposition to by applying it to the verb itself and the same principle applies to any pronouns you want to use but keep in mind the difference between to go and to go to if you want to say a

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> Examples with ir - to go: You're going to work

**[00:52:08]** phrase like you're going to work you will say to which will use the

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> Examples with ir - to go: You're going to work Tu vas a trabajar

**[00:52:12]** preposition too if you want to say he

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> Examples with ir - to go: He goes to my house

**[00:52:13]** goes to my house you will

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> Examples with ir - to go: He goes to my house El vaamicasa

**[00:52:15]** say if you want to say a sentence like

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> Examples with ir - to go: We go there with everybody

**[00:52:18]** we go there with everybody you'll

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> Examples with ir - to go: We go there with everybody Nosotros vamos alli con todos

**[00:52:21]** say which does not use the preposition too if you want to say a sentence like

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> Examples with ir - to go: They're going to the university

**[00:52:25]** the going to the university you will

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> Examples with ir - to go: They're going to the university Ellos van a la universidad

**[00:52:27]** say overall I would say that the verb is

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> ir (a) - to go (to) (Yo) voy (a) | (Nosotros) vamos (a) (Tu) vas (a) | (Vosotros) vais (a) (EU) va (a) | (Ellos) van (a)

**[00:52:30]** an extremely useful verb in Spanish even more so than and AER especially when you're trying to communicate with people who speak Spanish and tell them what you're trying to do or where you go the
