{"id":3060,"date":"2019-04-17T18:52:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2020-12-06T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T17:58:41","slug":"spanish-ir-conjugation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/spanish-ir-conjugation\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Places in Spanish: How to Understand the \u201cIr\u201d Conjugation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you ever heard the Spanish expression \u201cme voy a ir yendo<\/em>\u201d? This is a very common, perfectly grammatical statement with not one, not two, but three <\/em>different forms of ir <\/em>conjugation. If that doesn\u2019t highlight to you the importance of this verb, I don\u2019t know what to tell you.<\/p>\n

Ir, <\/em>meaning \u201cto go\u201d, is one of the top 10 most frequently used verbs in Spanish<\/a>. So it goes without saying that knowing which form of it to use when is essential to speaking Spanish well. Be aware that ir<\/em> is highly irregular, so it pays to spend time studying the various conjugations. Lucky for you, this article breaks them all down for you!<\/p>\n

Verbals of ir<\/em><\/h2>\n

Verbals are the un-conjugated forms of the verb. They need to go with another verb which is conjugated in order to be used in a sentence.<\/p>\n

Infinitive:<\/strong> ir <\/em>(to go)<\/h4>\n

Example:<\/strong> Me gusta ir<\/strong> al mercado todos los s\u00e1bados. <\/em>| I like to go to the market every Saturday.<\/p>\n

Gerund:<\/strong> yendo <\/em>(going)<\/h4>\n

Example:<\/strong> Paso mucho tiempo bailando, bebiendo, y yendo<\/strong> de compras. <\/em>| I spend a lot of time dancing, drinking and going shopping.<\/p>\n

See more on how to use the gerund in our estar<\/em> conjugation guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Participle:<\/strong> ido <\/em>(gone)<\/h4>\n

Example:<\/strong> Cuando \u00e9l vino yo ya hab\u00eda ido<\/strong>. <\/em>| When he came I had already gone.<\/p>\n

For an explanation on this structure, see our article on how to use haber<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ir <\/em>conjugation: basic forms<\/h2>\n

The most common ir <\/em>conjugation forms are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/strong><\/td>\nPresent<\/strong><\/td>\nPreterite<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture<\/strong><\/td>\nImperfect<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yo<\/td>\nvoy<\/strong><\/td>\nfui<\/td>\nir\u00e9<\/td>\niba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
t\u00fa<\/td>\nvas<\/td>\nfui<\/strong>ste<\/td>\nir\u00e1s<\/td>\nibas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9l, ella, Usted<\/td>\nva<\/td>\nfue<\/td>\nir\u00e1<\/td>\niba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nosotros<\/td>\nvamos<\/td>\nfui<\/strong>mos<\/td>\niremos<\/td>\n\u00edbamos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vosotros<\/td>\nva<\/strong>is<\/td>\nfui<\/strong>steis<\/td>\nir\u00e9is<\/td>\nibais<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ellos, ellas, ustedes<\/td>\nvan<\/td>\nfueron<\/td>\nir\u00e1n<\/td>\niban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples of ir <\/em>conjugation in present tense<\/strong><\/h4>\n