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Here we are going to learn the future tense. I think your up to the challenge ;). Actually it's not all that challenging. Since I only know one form of future tense we'll do that.

We'll be learning how to say '__ going to___'

To do this lesson you need the verb ir (to go). This is how it conjugates:

Yo- Voy
Tú- Vas
El/Ella/Ud.- Va
Nosotros- Vamos
Vosotros- Váis (accent over the 'a')
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.- Van

This is quite a simple thing to learn. Way more easier than past tense @.@. Here is how it's done. Just follow this simple formula:

ir + a + infinitive

Ir of course is the verb I've conjugated above for you. 'A' is a preposition, it means "to". And the infinitive is just a un-conjugated verb like estudiar (study), comer (eat), and vivir (live).

So to say something like 'I am going to eat' (future sentence that can be compared to "I'll eat") you'd say:

Voy a comer.

'I'm going to dance'
Voy a bailar

'I'm going to buy a hot dog'
Voy a comprar un hot dog




Now to say something a little different. We'll conjugate the verb 'ir' (to go). The conjugation is the same as before (at the begining of the wiki) but instead of a infinitive you add a definite article and a noun (specifically, the place where you're going to).

The 'a' we were using before changes a bit now.
Using logic, if the noun that follows is masculine, you should write "a el" (to the [masc]), and for femenine words you do "a la" (to the [feminine]).
In spanish, to make it more easy to say, "a el" is just "al". You'll use places which can be found in the previous lesson. Such as park, cinema, or school, etc. 

Now to say something like 'You are going to the cinema' you'd say:

Vas al cine.

Or 'He is going to the school'

Va a la escuela.

'We're going to the park'

Vamos al parque


For plurals is the same thing:

'You're going into the woods'

Vas a los bosques.

'I'm going to the big houses'

Voy a las casas grandes




Now for something a little more difficult. Putting an infinitive verb along with a noun. Such as 'to ride a bike' after 'We are going to-' This isn't as difficult as someother sentences. But here is how you say it.

This is how you say 'We are going to ride a bike':

Vamos a montar una bicicleta.

Or 'I'm going to dance at the park':

Voy a bailar al parque. (this is an example of a place)

'You're going to play the game'

Vas a jugar el juego

'We're going to eat the chocolates'

Vamos a comer los chocolates

'You're going to look the flowers'

Vas a mirar las flores




Then we have some much harder sentences with multiple saysing in them. For example instead of just saying 'I'm going to-' or 'I am going to school' or 'You are going to ride a bike'. You can make it seem more personal or more in depth to what you really wish to say. Such as:

I am going to go to my grandma's house tomorrow.

Voy a ir a la casa de mi abuela mañana.

You're going to ride a bike at the park.

Vas a montar una bicicleta al parque

For now this just gives you an idea of what a complex sentence would appear. Don't worry about this now and come back later when more lessons are learned on the subject.





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2005-07-24 [Miss Pinkki Doodles]: Ummm....hey. Isn't it "Voy a bailar en el parque"? Because, "Voy a bailar al parque" kind of means your dancing your way to the park, no?

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