Language Transfer Spanish notes

Lesson 19

Ir, Time Words, and Y

Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.

New vocabulary

Spanish	English
siempre	always
bueno	good (masculine)
buena	good (feminine)
ir	to go
voy	I go / I'm going
va	he/she goes / is going
vas	you go / are going
van	they go / are going
la noche	the night
la carne	meat
y	and

Key ideas

Work backwards from a known form like vamos to recover the rest of the verb: va, vas, van, voy.
Some familiar Latin-language patterns help with memory: sempre -> siempre, bon -> bueno, bene -> bien.

Example sentences

Spanish	English
¿A dónde vas?	Where are you going?
Quiero ir.	I want to go.
Puedo ir.	I can go.
Debo ir.	I must go.
Tengo que ir.	I have to go.
Tengo que ir ahora.	I have to go now.
Tengo que ir esta noche.	I have to go tonight.
No como carne.	I don't eat meat.
No tomo alcohol.	I don't drink alcohol.
Como carne y tomo alcohol.	I eat meat and drink alcohol.

Key notes

Ir is highly irregular, so it is best learned as a family: voy, va, vas, van, vamos.
Y simply means and, but this lesson uses it to start linking short statements together naturally.