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🗓️ 11 May 2010

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In episode 11 of Coffee Break Spanish Season 2 we learn how to say what you’re going to do in the future. In Spanish you use the verb ir combined with a and an infinitive. The lesson explains all you need to know and provides useful examples! This episode was originally released in January 2008, so it focuses on the context of New Year’s Resolutions. Apologies for any confusion resulting from that in the middle of May! Please note that lesson 11 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 211 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

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0:00.0	We're going to be talking about the immediate future. So we're going to be saying, I am going to do something. You are going to do something in Sua.
0:24.0	We're going to use ear. It was the word A, it was an infinitive. So for example, I'm going to have a coffee. I hope you enjoy this lesson.
0:42.0	Okay, to begin with, Cara, I'm going to ask you a question. A phrase that we've used from time to time is, what would that mean?
0:51.0	Let's begin. Yeah, impetare or impetare is the verb to begin. And mamos A impetare could be translated as late as begin. However, it actually means we are going to begin mamos A impetare.
1:09.0	And this is a construction that we've come across a few times. But until now we've really just used it as elements of vocabulary.
1:17.0	Today we're going to be looking at this construction using parts of the verb ear, meaning to go plus the word A plus another infinitive.
1:27.0	And using this to translate a sort of future tense. Now it's not the actual future tense. We'll be coming to that in a later lesson. But this is a way of using an immediate future.
1:39.0	Saying, for example, I am going to go to the cinema or you are going to learn Russian or something like that. So let's consider this now. We're going to be using the verb ear.
1:51.0	Ear means to go. Yeah. And it's an irregular verb. And it's something that we've already covered when we were looking at present tense of irregular verbs back in unit five.
2:02.0	So before we do anything else, let's conjugate the verb ear. How would you say I go?
2:09.0	Boy. Yeah, boy. And what about you go in formal version?
2:16.0	Bass. Bass. Okay, so it's boy, bass. And then he, she, it goes or indeed you polite go.
2:25.0	Bass. Bass. Boy, bass, bass. And can you finish that off with the other three forms? Boy, bass, bass.
2:33.0	Vamos, bass, ban. Okay, vamos, bass, ban. So we go, vamos.
2:41.0	Vamos. You plural informal in Spain go.
2:47.0	Bice. Bice, okay. And then they go.
2:51.0	BAN. And ban is also used for you plural polite. And indeed in most of Latin America, just generally you plural.
2:59.0	So let's go through the whole thing again one more time. I'll say each form and if you can repeat it with cara.
3:05.0	Boy. Boy. Bass. Bass. Bass. Vamos.
3:15.0	Vamos. Bice. Bice. BAN. BAN.
3:23.0	So cara, if I ask you the question, que vas a hacer en 2008?
3:32.0	I'll repeat that again. Que vas a hacer en 2008?
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