'Ir' conjunctions

Question 1

Voy

Answer 1

I go
Like soy
• “Me voy” → “I leave”
• When used with a reflexive pronoun, “I go” becomes “I leave”
• “Ya no me voy” → “At this point I am not leaving”

*Joel carries a walking stick because he thinks going down the long hallway it is like he is going on a voyage [voy].

Question 2

Ir

Answer 2

To go

*Ir’s office looks like a big ear, and if you want to get to his office, you have to go [ir] through a long winding hallway.

Question 3

Va

Answer 3

He, she, or it goes

*The lizard doesn’t carry a walking stick because he is used to traveling far [va] all the time.

Question 4

Van

Answer 4

(vahn) - They go

* The pandas have short legs and aren’t used to traveling very far, so they go in a toy van [van].

Question 5

Vas

Answer 5

You go

*Ir (the doctor) travels down the hallway very quickly, and Joel says “You go very fast [vas].”

Question 6

Vamos

Answer 6

We go

“Vamos a ver a nuestras amigas.”
– We are going to see our friends. (feminine)

“Nos vamos a casar.”
– We’re going to get married.

“Vamos a tener que sacar el diente.”
We are going to have to pull the tooth.

“Vamos a la sección juvenil.”
– We are going to the junior’s section.

“Vamos a tener que hacer una cirugía dental.”
– We will have to perform dental surgery.

*Ir is hesitant to let them go down the hall, but Joel says that as friends, we can go farther than most [vamos].

Question 7

Fuiste (tense?)

Answer 7

You went (preterite tense)

“Te fuiste por tu lado.”
-You went to your side.

“Tú fuiste sorprendido rompiendo una regla de la compañía.”
-You were caught breaking a company rule.

“¿Con quién te fuiste al cine ayer?”
-With whom did you go to the cinema yesterday?

*Ir (the doctor) goes back to a supply closet and plays with his rubber gloves. Joel says “You went to the closet, but that was a waste of time [fuiste]”

Question 8

Fui (tense?)

Answer 8

I went (preterite)

*Joel is curious to see what is in the closet, so he sneaks in and then comes right back out. Ir (the doctor) catches Joel.
• Joel is mad that he has been caught and says “Phooey [fui], I got caught when I went into the closet!”

Question 9

Fue (tense?)

Answer 9

He, she, or it went (preterite)
“Se fue con alguien mas”
• She left with someone else

*The lizard sneaks into the closet and stands on the scale to weigh [fue] himself.

Question 10

Fueron (tense?)

Answer 10

They went (preterite)
• "Se fueron" → "They went/They left"

*The pandas go into the closet and pulled out latex gloves, but the have no fingers so they can’t wear them on.
• Joel says “They went to the closet, but they couldn’t put them on (wear them on) [fueron].”

Question 11

Fuimos (tense?)

Answer 11

We went (preterite)

*Joel and his friends think they hear loud feet stomping, and they are run away and say “EEEEE! [fuimos]”.
• Crying WEEE WEEE WEEE all the way home.

Question 12

Iba (tense?)

Answer 12

He, she, it, or I went, was going to, used to (do something).
• 1st and 3rd person imperfect past tense

“María creía que yo la iba a poder ayudar a limpiar la casa.”
-Mary thought that I was going to be able to help her clean the house.

“Yo creía que Juan iba a ir a la tienda hoy.”
-I thought that John was going to go to the store today.

“Yo tuve un hermano iba por los montes mientras yo dormía.”
-I had a brother that used to walk in the forest while I slept.

*Joel tries to go down the dark hall leading to the doctors office. Joel runs back terrified saying, “I went down the hall and a giant sheep appeared saying ‘BAHHHH! [iba]’ and tried to stomp on me.”

Question 13

Iré

Answer 13

(ee-RAY) - I will go

*Joel says he will go down the hall and use his wand (that shoots rays [iré] of light) to help him see so he can go down the hall safely.

Question 14

Vaya

Answer 14

I go, he go, she go, it go
• 1st and 3rd person subjunctive

“María quiere que yo vaya a la farmacia, pero no puedo porque tengo que trabajar.”
-Mary wants me to go to the drug store but I can’t because I have to work.

“Es preciso que vaya a la universidad.”
-It is necessary that you go to the university.

“¡Ten cuidado de que el niño no se ponga en la corriente, no vaya a ser que se resfríe!”
-Be careful that the child is not in the draught, he might get a cold!

“Ahora, él desea que ella vaya a España para conocer a su familia.”
-Now, he wants her to go to Spain to meet his family.

*Joel’s friends convince him not to go because something smells strange in the back of the store.
• The store is on fire [vaya], so Joel hopes that he and the lizard never go in there.

Question 15

Vayas

Answer 15

You go
• 2nd person subjunctive

*Joel says to Ir (the doctor), “I hope you’re not going anywhere else so that you can start fires [vayas].”

Question 16

Vayan

Answer 16

They go
• 3rd person plural subjunctive

*The pandas aren’t bothered by the fire, but the smoke makes the sleepy and they start yawning [vayan].

Question 17

Fuera (tense?)

Answer 17

I went, he, she, or it went
• 1st and 3rd person preterite (past) subjunctive

• “Yo esperaba que ella fuera a la fiesta conmigo.”
– I was hoping that she would go to the party with me.

• “María quería que yo fuera a la tienda ayer.”
– Mary wanted me to go to the store yesterday.

*The lizard looks like he is going into the fire to put it out. But Joel hopes that the lizard went to get fire → clothing to wear [fuera] first.

Question 18

Vete (tense/mood?)

Answer 18

Go away, get out of here
• Imperative use of Ir
-Imperative verbs are verbs which create an imperative sentence, i.e. a sentence that gives an order

“Vete a la pescadería a por una merluza.”
-Go to the fish market for a hake.

“¡En caso contrario toma tus cosas y vete!”
-Otherwise, gather your belongings together and go!

*When Ir sees that pandas lying in the wrecked building sleeping, Ir says that they need a vet, not an ear doctor.
• Ir says “Go away and take them to a vet! [vete]”

Question 19

Vámonos

Answer 19

Let’s go

“Empínate esa cerveza y vámonos!”
– Chug that beer and let’s get out of here!

“Vámonos.”
Let’s leave.

“Si eso es democracia, apaga y vámonos.”
– If that is democracy, then I do not know.

*Joel disagrees that the pandas need a vet, he thinks that all they need to do is get their noses far [vámonos] away from the building.

Question 20

Ido

Answer 20

Gone; I have gone, he has gone, she has gone, it has gone, they have gone, etc.
• Participle
• Compare with ‘sido’

• “Yo habría ido al cine con ustedes si ustedes me hubieran prestado el dinero.”
– I would have gone to the movies with you all if you all had lent me the money.

• “Sí hemos ido, pero Sergio no ha ido todavía.”
– Yes, we have gone, but Sergio hasn’t gone.

*The doctor (Ir) starts eating [ido] the burning wax as a reward for having gone down the hallway.