{"id":1254,"date":"2019-06-17T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1254"},"modified":"2020-03-23T21:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T21:32:34","slug":"el-verbo-ir-contracciones-cuando","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/el-verbo-ir-contracciones-cuando\/","title":{"raw":"El verbo ir \/ Contracciones \/ Cu\u00e1ndo","rendered":"El verbo ir \/ Contracciones \/ Cu\u00e1ndo"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3><span lang=\"es\">Objetivos<\/span><\/h3>\r\nUnderstand and use the irregular verb\u00a0<em>ir<\/em> to talk about going to places\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3><span lang=\"es\">Gram\u00e1tica: El verbo <em>ir<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2732\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2732\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/06\/12211810\/vamos_rojillos-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Sign reading &quot;\u00a1Vamos rojillos!&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/> A sign in support of the Osasuna soccer team from Pamplona, Navarre. Because they originally wore red jerseys, they got the nickname \"Los Rojillos.\"[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe verb <span lang=\"es\"><em>ir<\/em><\/span> is used to express destinations and will need a preposition to follow it. \u00a0Add the preposition <em><span lang=\"es\">a<\/span><\/em> after <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> to indicate a destination (where you\u2019re going to) and the preposition <em><span lang=\"es\">de <\/span><\/em>after <em><span lang=\"es\">venir<\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4725\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4725\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/06\/13161237\/chevy_nova-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The emblem of a Chevy Nova car\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> The story goes (though it's probably not true) that this Chevy model didn't sell well in Mexico. Can you imagine why?[\/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/no_voy_a_la_fiesta_esta_noche_porque_tengo_que_estudiar.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No voy a la fiesta esta noche porque tengo que estudiar.<\/span> (I\u2019m not going to the party tonight, because I have to study.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/ellos_van_a_la_iglesia_todos_los_domingos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ellos van a la iglesia todos los domingos.<\/span> (They go to church every Sunday.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\">El tren va de Lima a Huancayo solamente los lunes.<\/span> (The train only goes from Lima to\u00a0<span lang=\"es\">Huancayo<\/span> on Mondays.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nLike the verb <em><span lang=\"es\">ser<\/span>,<\/em> the conjugation of <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> in the present tense is irregular:\r\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\r\n<h4><span lang=\"es\">ir <\/span>(to go)<\/h4>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 47px;\" border=\"1\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\">Singular<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\">Plural<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 11px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 11px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/yo_voy.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>yo voy<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 11px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/nosotros_vamos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>nosotros vamos<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/tu_vas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>t\u00fa vas<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vosotros_vais.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>vosotros vais<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/el_ella_usted_va.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l \/ ella \/ usted va<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/ellos_ellas_ustedes_van.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellos \/ ellas \/ ustedes van<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h4>Contractions<\/h4>\r\nThere are only two contractions in the whole Spanish language, and they\u2019re frequently used with <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> and other verbs of motion.\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\">A + el = <strong>al<\/strong><\/span> (to the)\r\n<span lang=\"es\">De + el = <strong>del<\/strong><\/span> (from the)\r\n\r\nBe careful, the prepositions <span lang=\"es\"><em>a<\/em><\/span> and <span lang=\"es\"><em>de<\/em><\/span> only contract with the masculine singular definite article; if you need the feminine or plural form of \u201cthe\u201d, it will remain a separate word.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vamos_al_parque_con_el_perro.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Vamos <strong>al<\/strong> parque con el perro.<\/span> (We go to the park with the dog.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vamos_a_los_negocios_locales.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Vamos<strong> a los<\/strong> negocios locales.<\/span> (We go to the local businesses.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/los_cientificos_vienen_del_instituto_de_salud_publica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los cient\u00edficos vienen <strong>del<\/strong> Instituto de Salud P\u00fablica. <\/span>(The scientists come from the Institute of Public Health.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/los_maestros_vienen_de_la_universidad_complutense_de_madrid.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los maestros vienen <strong>de la<\/strong> Universidad Complutense de Madrid. <\/span>(The teachers come from the Complutense University of Madrid.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/h4>\r\nThe interrogative (question word) <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em> means \"when.\"\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nUnlike some interrogatives,\u00a0cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. However, you do need to pay attention to the difference between the question word\u00a0<em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em>\u2014with an accent mark\u2014and the conjunction <em>cuando<\/em> (no accent mark).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo vamos a salir? (When are we going out?)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">Cuando tengamos tiempo.<\/span>\u00a0(When we have time. Note: <em>tener<\/em> here is in the subjunctive, which you'll learn later...)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\r\n<a style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16V3Bt8VZ90omOFVRrNIAn2UEGwF1adOwbxq7z4m_ebE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3><span lang=\"es\">Objetivos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Understand and use the irregular verb\u00a0<em>ir<\/em> to talk about going to places<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span lang=\"es\">Gram\u00e1tica: El verbo <em>ir<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2732\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2732\" class=\"wp-image-2732\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/06\/12211810\/vamos_rojillos-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Sign reading &quot;\u00a1Vamos rojillos!&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign in support of the Osasuna soccer team from Pamplona, Navarre. Because they originally wore red jerseys, they got the nickname &#8220;Los Rojillos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The verb <span lang=\"es\"><em>ir<\/em><\/span> is used to express destinations and will need a preposition to follow it. \u00a0Add the preposition <em><span lang=\"es\">a<\/span><\/em> after <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> to indicate a destination (where you\u2019re going to) and the preposition <em><span lang=\"es\">de <\/span><\/em>after <em><span lang=\"es\">venir<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4725\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4725\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4725\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/06\/13161237\/chevy_nova-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The emblem of a Chevy Nova car\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The story goes (though it&#8217;s probably not true) that this Chevy model didn&#8217;t sell well in Mexico. Can you imagine why?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/no_voy_a_la_fiesta_esta_noche_porque_tengo_que_estudiar.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No voy a la fiesta esta noche porque tengo que estudiar.<\/span> (I\u2019m not going to the party tonight, because I have to study.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/ellos_van_a_la_iglesia_todos_los_domingos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ellos van a la iglesia todos los domingos.<\/span> (They go to church every Sunday.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\">El tren va de Lima a Huancayo solamente los lunes.<\/span> (The train only goes from Lima to\u00a0<span lang=\"es\">Huancayo<\/span> on Mondays.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like the verb <em><span lang=\"es\">ser<\/span>,<\/em> the conjugation of <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> in the present tense is irregular:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h4><span lang=\"es\">ir <\/span>(to go)<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 47px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\">Singular<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\">Plural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 11px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 11px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/yo_voy.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>yo voy<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 11px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/nosotros_vamos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>nosotros vamos<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/tu_vas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>t\u00fa vas<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vosotros_vais.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>vosotros vais<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/el_ella_usted_va.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l \/ ella \/ usted va<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 12px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/ellos_ellas_ustedes_van.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellos \/ ellas \/ ustedes van<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Contractions<\/h4>\n<p>There are only two contractions in the whole Spanish language, and they\u2019re frequently used with <em><span lang=\"es\">ir<\/span><\/em> and other verbs of motion.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\">A + el = <strong>al<\/strong><\/span> (to the)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\">De + el = <strong>del<\/strong><\/span> (from the)<\/p>\n<p>Be careful, the prepositions <span lang=\"es\"><em>a<\/em><\/span> and <span lang=\"es\"><em>de<\/em><\/span> only contract with the masculine singular definite article; if you need the feminine or plural form of \u201cthe\u201d, it will remain a separate word.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vamos_al_parque_con_el_perro.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Vamos <strong>al<\/strong> parque con el perro.<\/span> (We go to the park with the dog.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/vamos_a_los_negocios_locales.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Vamos<strong> a los<\/strong> negocios locales.<\/span> (We go to the local businesses.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/los_cientificos_vienen_del_instituto_de_salud_publica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los cient\u00edficos vienen <strong>del<\/strong> Instituto de Salud P\u00fablica. <\/span>(The scientists come from the Institute of Public Health.)<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U5\/los_maestros_vienen_de_la_universidad_complutense_de_madrid.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los maestros vienen <strong>de la<\/strong> Universidad Complutense de Madrid. <\/span>(The teachers come from the Complutense University of Madrid.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Cu\u00e1ndo<\/h4>\n<p>The interrogative (question word) <em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em> means &#8220;when.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo es tu cumplea\u00f1os? (when is your birthday?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike some interrogatives,\u00a0cu\u00e1ndo does not change for gender and number. However, you do need to pay attention to the difference between the question word\u00a0<em>cu\u00e1ndo<\/em>\u2014with an accent mark\u2014and the conjunction <em>cuando<\/em> (no accent mark).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo vamos a salir? (When are we going out?)<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\">Cuando tengamos tiempo.<\/span>\u00a0(When we have time. Note: <em>tener<\/em> here is in the subjunctive, which you&#8217;ll learn later&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16V3Bt8VZ90omOFVRrNIAn2UEGwF1adOwbxq7z4m_ebE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1254\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>1962 Chevy Nova. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: sv1ambo. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/50415738@N04\/8706772190\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/50415738@N04\/8706772190<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Vamos rojillos. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpixel.net\/Street-Navarre-Label-Spain-Showcase-Pamplona-4242577\">https:\/\/www.maxpixel.net\/Street-Navarre-Label-Spain-Showcase-Pamplona-4242577<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Lumen Learning authored content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>El verbo ir en el tiempo presente. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Deborah M. Edson. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Tidewater Community College. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>contractions. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: SUNY Oneonta with Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":161083,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"lumen\",\"description\":\"El verbo ir en el tiempo presente\",\"author\":\"Deborah M. Edson\",\"organization\":\"Tidewater Community College\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"lumen\",\"description\":\"contractions\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"SUNY Oneonta with Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Vamos rojillos\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.maxpixel.net\/Street-Navarre-Label-Spain-Showcase-Pamplona-4242577\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"1962 Chevy Nova\",\"author\":\"sv1ambo\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/50415738@N04\/8706772190\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"10c104fe-c751-46c7-bd06-53787e13c78b, 9778fdc0-3aac-4900-9e56-2218e26b0a53","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1254","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":1243,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161083"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5712,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1254\/revisions\/5712"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1243"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1254\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}