SPA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Regular And Irregular Verbs, Infinitive, Preposition And Postposition
16 Jan 2017
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The present tense of ir: another irregular verb. L/ella/ud. voy vas va nosotros vosotros ellos/ellas/uds. vamos v is van. The very ir (to go) is irregular in the present tense. Often used w/ the preposition a (to). When a is followed by the article el, they form the contraction al. There is no contraction when a is followed by la, las, or los: voy al restaurante con mar a. I"m going to the restaurant with maria: ellos van a la playa. The construction ir a + [infinitive] expresses actions that are going to happen in the future: equivalent to english expression to be going to + [infinitive]. Vamos a + [infinitive] can also express idea of let"s (cid:523)do something(cid:524): vamos a pasear let"s take a stroll, vamos a ver let"s see! Stem changing verbs: stressed out vowel of the stem changes when the verb is conjugated. Stem change conjugated form empez- volv- empiez- vuelv- empiezo vuelvo.
