Language Transfer Spanish notes

Lesson 7

Voy a: Moving Toward Action

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

New vocabulary

Spanish	English
continuar	to continue (from continuación)
demostrar	to demonstrate (from demostración — note: no N)
mostrar	to show (demostrar minus de-)
algo	something
los	them (plural of lo)
ver	to see (think "view")
intentar	to try (the infinitive of intento)
pasar	to pass / to pass by
formal	formal
formalmente	formally
intención	intention

Rule: Verbs of movement + a + infinitive

Voy a continuar. (I'm going to continue.)
Pasar a visitarte. (To pass by to visit you.)
Only verbs of movement get this extra "a" before the next verb
Non-movement verbs connect directly: Quiero continuar. / Intento verlos.

Example sentences

Spanish	English
Quiero continuar.	I want to continue.
Quiero continuarlo.	I want to continue it.
Intento continuar.	I'm trying to continue.
Quiero mostrarte algo.	I want to show you something.
Voy a confiscarlo.	I'm going to confiscate it.
Voy a examinarlo.	I'm going to examine it.
Quiero verlos.	I want to see them.
Voy a verlos.	I'm going to see them.
Intento verlos.	I'm trying to see them.
Quiero intentar.	I want to try.
Voy a intentar.	I'm going to try.
Voy a intentar verlos.	I'm going to try to see them.
Voy a pasar a visitarte.	I'm going to pass by to visit you.
Voy a pasar a visitarlo.	I'm going to pass by to visit him/you (formal).
Voy a intentar pasar a visitarte.	I'm going to try to pass by to visit you.
Quiero pasar a mostrarte algo.	I want to pass by to show you something.

Key notes

If you "forget" a word, work back to it through related words instead of panicking.
Demostrar comes from demostración. Mostrar is the simpler base verb inside it.
Only movement verbs take that extra a before the next infinitive. Non-movement verbs do not.