{
  "chapter_id": "13",
  "slug": "the-verb-ir",
  "title": "The Verb \"Ir\"",
  "time_range_sec": [2823, 3158],
  "summary": "Ir ('to go') is irregular and monosyllabic, with a v- stem in the present. It uses the preposition a for destinations and near-future actions (ir + a + infinitive).",
  "suggested_grammar_note_id": "future-vs-ir-a",
  "rules": [
    {
      "title": "Irregular monosyllabic verb",
      "bullets": [
        "ir cannot be conjugated by dropping an ending; its present forms use v-.",
        "Spanish doesn't form a progressive for ir — voy means both 'I go' and 'I am going'."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Use a for destinations and near-future",
      "bullets": [
        "ir + a + place: Yo voy a la tienda.",
        "ir + a + infinitive: Yo voy a hacer mi tarea (near future, 'I'm going to do').",
        "Without a destination, drop a: Yo voy allí, Yo voy con mis amigos."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "a + el contracts to al",
      "bullets": [
        "a + el → al: Voy al cine, never 'a el cine'.",
        "a + la / a + los / a + las do NOT contract."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {"es": "Yo voy.", "en": "I go / I am going.", "tags": ["present"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy allí.", "en": "I go there.", "tags": ["no-a"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy con mis amigos.", "en": "I'm going with my friends.", "tags": ["no-a"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy a la tienda.", "en": "I'm going to the store.", "tags": ["destination"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy a la clase.", "en": "I'm going to the class.", "tags": ["destination"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy a hacer mi tarea.", "en": "I'm going to do my homework.", "tags": ["near-future"]},
    {"es": "Yo voy a leer este libro.", "en": "I'm going to read this book.", "tags": ["near-future"]},
    {"es": "Tú vas a trabajar.", "en": "You're going to work.", "tags": ["near-future"]},
    {"es": "Él va a mi casa.", "en": "He goes to my house.", "tags": ["destination"]},
    {"es": "Nosotros vamos allí con todos.", "en": "We go there with everybody.", "tags": ["no-a"]},
    {"es": "Ellos van a la universidad.", "en": "They're going to the university.", "tags": ["destination"]}
  ],
  "vocab": [
    {"es": "ir", "en": "to go", "pos": "verb"},
    {"es": "a", "en": "to", "pos": "phrase"},
    {"es": "tienda", "en": "store", "pos": "noun"},
    {"es": "clase", "en": "class", "pos": "noun"},
    {"es": "casa", "en": "house", "pos": "noun"},
    {"es": "universidad", "en": "university", "pos": "noun"},
    {"es": "tarea", "en": "homework", "pos": "noun"},
    {"es": "trabajar", "en": "to work", "pos": "verb"},
    {"es": "hacer", "en": "to do / to make", "pos": "verb"},
    {"es": "leer", "en": "to read", "pos": "verb"},
    {"es": "allí", "en": "there", "pos": "adv"}
  ],
  "conjugation_tables": [
    {
      "verb": "ir",
      "tense_id": "ind_presente",
      "forms": {
        "yo": "voy",
        "tu": "vas",
        "el": "va",
        "nosotros": "vamos",
        "vosotros": "vais",
        "ellos": "van"
      }
    }
  ],
  "exercises": [
    {"sentence": "Yo _____ a la tienda.", "correct": "voy", "distractor": "vas", "explanation": "Yo form of ir is voy."},
    {"sentence": "Nosotros _____ a la universidad.", "correct": "vamos", "distractor": "van", "explanation": "Nosotros form of ir is vamos."},
    {"sentence": "Ellos _____ a trabajar.", "correct": "van", "distractor": "va", "explanation": "Ellos form is van."},
    {"sentence": "Yo voy _____ hacer mi tarea.", "correct": "a", "distractor": "que", "explanation": "ir uses preposition a before an infinitive (near-future)."},
    {"sentence": "Voy _____ cine. (a + el)", "correct": "al", "distractor": "a el", "explanation": "a + el always contracts to al."},
    {"sentence": "Tú _____ a la clase.", "correct": "vas", "distractor": "va", "explanation": "Tú form of ir is vas."},
    {"sentence": "I'm going with my friends → Yo voy _____ mis amigos.", "correct": "con", "distractor": "a", "explanation": "No destination, so use con (with), not a."}
  ],
  "caveats": "OCR scrambled many forms ('vais' → 'ypaarresivalg', etc.); restored standard ir conjugation."
}