CLASE 4. Planes – Plans. Gramática

The verb ser: plural

The verb ir – to go

If you want to concrete the way of going, you can say:

In order to express the destination with the verb ir you must use the preposition а:

Voy a Madrid - I go to Madrid

In Spanish you can not ir a María. You must use one of the following forms instead:

Voy a ver a María – I am going to see Maria
Voy a casa de María – I am going to visit Maria

Ir a + infinitivo

The construction ir + a + infinitive is used to express future:

Voy a llamar a mi madre = I am going to call my mom / I will call my mom

It´s hard to distinguish between English be going to and will:

Ahora voy a llamar a mi madre – I´m going to call my mom now
Mañana voy a llamar a mi madre – Tomorrow I´ll call my mom

If you are speaking about a future fact that wil occur certainly, you can use Present instead:

Mañana tenemos una clase de español – Tomorrow we are going to have a Spanish lesson (certainly)

Antes de + infinitivo, después de + infinitivo

These infinitive constructions indicate periods of time that are anterior or posterior to the action expressed by the infinitive:

Antes de dormir voy a leer – Before I go to bed, I will read
Después de leer voy a dormir – After reading I will go to bed