Gramática: ¿Adónde vas?
To tell your friends where you're going, and where you like to go, use voy.
I go to the park on Saturdays.
Voy al parque los sábados.
I'm going to the park this Saturday.
Voy al parque este sábado.
As you can see, voy means both I go and I'm going. It's really easy to use.
To ask your friend where he or she's going, use vas instead.
Where are you going?
¿Adónde vas?
Are you going to the amusement park?
¿Vas al parque de diversiones?
See how to say she's going, we're going, etc., in the chart below.
to go to be going |
ir |
I go I'm going |
voy |
you go you're going |
(informal) vas
(formal) va
|
he goes he's going
she goes she's going |
va |
we go we're going |
vamos |
y'all go y'all are going |
(informal) vais
(formal) van
|
they go they're going |
van |
Watch the instructional videos.
To say you're going to one of these places, replace the word ir with voy.
going to a café |
ir a un café |
going to an ice cream shop |
ir a una heladería |
going to a party |
ir a una fiesta |
going to a pizza place |
ir a una pizzería |
going to a play |
ir a una obra de teatro |
going to a restaurant |
ir a un restaurante |
going to the bathroom |
ir al baño |
going to the beach |
ir a la playa |
going to the countryside |
ir al campo |
going downtown |
ir al centro |
going to dance class |
ir a la clase de baile |
going to Fenway Park |
ir al estadio Fenway |
going to the grocery store |
ir al mercado |
going to the game |
ir al partido |
going to the gym |
ir al gimnasio |
going to hockey practice |
ir al entrenamiento de hockey |
going to the mall |
ir al centro comercial |
going to the mountains |
ir a las montañas |
going to the movie theater |
ir al cine |
going to the park |
ir al parque |
going to the pool |
ir a la piscina |
going to school |
ir al colegio / ir a la escuela |
not going anywhere |
no ir a ninguna parte |
You can replace dance with the kind of class you take (for example, judo, karate or yoga).
You can replace hockey with the kind of practice you go to (for example, béisbol, básquetbol, or fútbol).
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