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Lesson 8 — ¿Adónde vas a ir?
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Dialogue

Raúl: Hola Sofía. La semana que viene voy a ir a Italia.
Sofía: ¿Cómo vas a ir? ¿En tren?
Raúl: No. Odio los trenes, son muy ruidosos.
Sofía: Claro. Prefiero los aviones también.
Raúl: Usualmente voy a Irlanda, pero tengo un boleto para Italia.
Vocabulary
para for
otro other
tomarme un
mes libre		 take myself
a month off work
Sofía: Así que, ¿vas a comprar otro boleto?
Raúl: No, Italia también está bien. Puedo tomar el sol y experimentar la cultura nativa.
Sofía: ¿Cuánto tiempo vas a pasar allí?
Raúl: Dos semanas. Me gustaría pasar un mes, pero no puedo tomarme un mes libre.
Sofía: Entiendo. ¡Hasta luego!

Translation (wait until the end of the lesson).

The Simple Future tense

Expressing what you're going to do in the future is simple in Spanish, and the same as in English. You use this construction:

[Ir] a [infinitive]

Let's look at this more closely. First, you must conjugate the (sadly irregular) verb ir (meaning "to go"), followed by a (meaning "to"). Then you have the infinitive of the verb you are going to do. So, voy a comer means "I'm going to eat". It's as simple as that!

Ir is conjugated thus:

Spanish Verb • ¿Adónde vas a ir?
Ir To go

Inglés Español
I go Voy
You go Vas
He/She/It goes Va
We go Vamos
You all go Vais
They go Van
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

In the future...

Now that we know how to express future actions, it'd be great to be able to say when we're going to do them. Here are a few key expressions for saying when something is going to happen.

Spanish Vocabulary • ¿Adónde vas a ir?
In the future... En el futuro...

Inglés Español
Tomorrow Mañana
Tomorrow morning Mañana por la mañana
The day after tomorrow Pasado mañana
Next week La semana que viene
La semana próxima
Next month El mes que viene
El mes próximo
Next year El año que viene
El año próximo
In the future En el futuro
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Holidays

Grab your swimming trunks: you're off to the south coast of Spain!

Journey

So, when, where and how are you going to go? Look at the following phrase, explained below.

El año próximo, voy a ir a España en avión.

This is made up of various parts:

You have all of the vocabulary here, except for the modes of transport, some of which are below.

Autocar (m) Avión (m) Coche (m) Tren (m) Barco (m)
Examples

Go to the exercises.

For how long?

To say how long you're going to spend somewhere (or doing something), you use the verb pasar (meaning "to spend", as in time). It is a perfectly regular verb (paso, pasas, pasa, pasamos, pasáis, pasan). You would then follow it by a timespan (pasamos dos semanas en Irlanda means "we spend two weeks in Ireland").

To ask how long someone else is going to spend somewhere, you use cuánto tiempo ("how much time") followed by pasar. ¿Cuánto tiempo van a pasar en el Reino Unido? means "How long are they going to spend in the UK?".

Examples

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Accommodation

To say "to stay" in Spanish, you use the reflexive verb alojarse, which is regular (me alojo, te alojas, se aloja, nos alojamos, os alojáis, se alojan). Then, you use en (meaning "in"), then the type of accommodation, as shown in the table below.

However, I hear you cry, what if you're already in Spain? How do you ask for accommodation? Below are a few useful phrases for asking for accommodation...


Spanish Vocabulary • ¿Adónde vas a ir?
Alojamiento Accommodation

Inglés Español
A single room Una habitación individual
A double room Una habitación doble
A family room Una habitación familiar
A hotel Un hotel
A youth hostel Un albergue juvenil
A villa Un chalet
A camp site Un cámping
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Activities

Right. So you've arrived and unpacked. What now? How are you going to spend your time? Obviously, you could jugar al fútbol ("play football") or beber vino ("drink wine"), but clearly there are more activities than just these...

Sacar/Echar fotos Irse de fiesta/juerga Tomar el sol Bailar Nadar

What about more general things? Why do you want to go there? What do you want to get out of the trip? To say "in order to", you use para (meaning "for"), followed by the infinitive.

Spanish Vocabulary • ¿Adónde vas a ir?
¿Porqué vas allí? Why go there?

Español Inglés
Experimentar una cultura diferente To experience a different culture
Probar la comida nativa To try the local food
Aprender el idioma To learn the language
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Stem-changing Verbs

The second type of irregular verb is another stem-changing verb. This time, the e changes to ie in the "I", "you", "he/she/it" and "they" forms. An example (querer, meaning "to want") is written in the table below.

Spanish Verb • ¿Adónde vas a ir?
Querer To want

Inglés Español
I Quiero
You Quieres
He/She/It Quiere
We Queremos
You all Queréis
They Quieren
Other verbs that follow this pattern
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Summary

In this lesson, you have learnt

You should now do the exercise related to each section (found here), and translate the dialogue at the top before moving on to lesson 9...

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