Ir in the present: voy, vas, va

Erklärung

Ir borrows its present from the Latin verb vadere: voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van. Nothing connects these forms to the infinitive ir.

The vos form matches tú: vos vas. Vamos doubles as the usual 'let's go'.

Ir a + infinitive (voy a comer) is the most common way to talk about the future in spoken Spanish — far more frequent than the simple future tense in conversation.

Beispiele

Verwandte Regeln

• The everyday future: ir a + infinitive
• Ser and ir share one preterite: fui
• The only three irregular imperfects: era, iba, veía