{"id":326,"date":"2020-03-11T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T03:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductoryspanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=326"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:23:02","slug":"introduction-to-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1-2\/chapter\/introduction-to-3\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to \u00bfAd\u00f3nde vas a ir este fin de semana?","rendered":"Introduction to \u00bfAd\u00f3nde vas a ir este fin de semana?"},"content":{"raw":"The nice thing about the verb\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><em>ir<\/em><\/span> is that it does double duty: not only can you use it to describe <strong>where<\/strong> you're going, you can also use it to talk about\u00a0<strong>what<\/strong> you're going <strong>to do<\/strong>. To do this, we need to add the preposition\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><em>a <\/em><\/span>and an infinitive.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">Ella va a comprar el libro.<\/span> (<em>She is going to buy a book.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThis might seem confusing, since we just learned that <span lang=\"es\"><em>ir<\/em> + <em>a<\/em><\/span> describes where you're going. The trick is to look for the infinitive verb. 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To do this, we need to add the preposition\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><em>a <\/em><\/span>and an infinitive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\">Ella va a comprar el libro.<\/span> (<em>She is going to buy a book.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This might seem confusing, since we just learned that <span lang=\"es\"><em>ir<\/em> + <em>a<\/em><\/span> describes where you&#8217;re going. The trick is to look for the infinitive verb. 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