IR vs IRSE - How to Say "To Go" & "To Leave" in Spanish (Grammar Tip)
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- See how the Spanish verbs ir vs irse change meaning and how we should use them in a Spanish sentence.
Plus avoid the most common errors that students make with these two verbs.
Specifically, here is what you will learn in this video:
First, you'll learn the subtle difference between ir and irse and the English equivalent for each of these verbs.
While many Spanish reflexive verbs have an equivalent in English such as "to wash yourself" or "to dress yourself", "irse" behaves differently.
You also learn about how to form Spanish reflexive verbs and how to conjugate both the reflexive and non-reflexive versions of "ir".
Lastly, you'll learn about a few common mistakes that occur with ir and irse including knowing when to use "voy" vs "me voy" and how to combine "irse" with other verbs in phrases such as "I have to leave".
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"Me voy" and "Nos vamos" are phrases I've heard my whole life that I knew, but didn't know. Like, leaving a family member's house, my mother would say , "Me voy" or "Nos vamos" and I knew it was something like "I'm/we're leaving" but never thought about the construction of it
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Oh my gosh, I have been so confused about me voy and voy. This video has pulled back the curtains & made it crystal clear in less than 12 minutes 👏
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nunca he entendido la diferencia realmente ... hasta ahora - ¡Muchísimas gracias! :-D
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Thanks Andrew, Ir & Irse are now so much clearer in my head, I never realised that every verb could be reflexive. I also feel a bit silly for saying that, maybe that is very basic.( well not for me). I will watch every video that you make, Yo prometo. Graaaaacias!!
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Good explanation and teaching. Simple and too the point. You could also say I or anyone takes themselves out of here and goes somewhere else. It's physical leaving a place.
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There's another meaning for 'irse', but it is always followed by 'a' or 'para', or also 'a' plus the verb 'vivir', then we have 'irse para', 'irse a' or 'irse a vivir', meaning pretty much the same thing.
It can be used in every tense.
That meaning is 'to move to'.
Example:
Antes vivía en Chicago, pero ahora me vine a Miami: I used to live in Chicago, but I currently live in Miami.
Mi hermano se fue para los Estados Unidos cuando era pequeño: my brother moved to the US when he was a kid.
En unas semanas me iré a vivir a la Ciudad de México: I'll move to Mexico City in the weeks to come.
No nos habríamos venido a vivir a Cancún si nos hubiera ido bien en Madrid: we would not have moved in Cancún if it had gone well in Madrid.
so clear, thank you
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Very good video Andrew, I am going to use it with my students (voy a usarlo en clase). Just one thing: Answering "sí, voy" to all those questions at the end sounds very unnatural in Spanish. In fact, we would almost never say that except as a joke. Same with the "me puedes pedir un refresco?" We would answer "Sí, te lo pido" or something like that. The only case where people normally answer "Sí, voy" to any question has to do with going somewhere, like in "¿vas conmigo a la fiesta? / Sí, sí voy" and even there it sounds incomplete. The truth is that we DO NOT answer "yes, I´m going to" to any question; we find other ways to agree or comply: muy bien / claro / cómo no / con gusto... et cetera.
Thanks for sharing Sol! This probably changes from region to region. I know people from Spain and Mexico that speak this way.
I’m South American but grew up in central Mexico (and lived there for thirty years) but I’ve never heard it. True, it could be dialectal but I would say that it could be an idiolect issue or maybe just saying it jokingly. In any case, I really love your video. It is super clear and presenting it as two different verbs in English is just brilliant! Cheers.
I'm from Dominican republic and we may say either way: si, voy or ya voy
That's depends if you want or don't want to talk a lot
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Wow, this was super helpful!!! Thank you!
You're welcome Jessica! Thanks for the comment!! 🙏
Finally... I now know how to use ir in the reflexive... thank you
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Hey, it’s late at night and I’m looking at stars and listening to Spanish, nice night. Anyway, this video on ir and irse bout blew my melon open. Good stuff!!! You da man!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😀
I am a beginner. Thank you for your lesson it is so clear , so easy to understand.
mucho claro! especialidad "Si, ya voy" which translates to "leave me alone"
Thanks for the help
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Really enjoyed the lesson and so easy to understand. For years I´ve been saying Lo hare. Great presentation.
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When I’m leaving a conversation I struggled with saying necesito salir or necesito irme. This video makes me thing I should use IR over salir.
Both are okay, it’s just important to remember the “me” with “irme”.
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Muchas Gracias
This was so helpful. can you do a video on the many uses of “se”?
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Hi Andrew, thanks for a really great lesson on both verbs, it will really help me with my learning. Please do more! Muchas Gracias
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Nice video! soy profesora de español para inmigrantes en España y uno de mis alumnos que habla inglés me ha preguntado cuando usar “que y cual “ y “ aun y todavía”. 😊Tus videos lo explican muy bien!!! Gracias, les enviare tus videos a todos mis alumnos angloparlantes.
Por cierto al conjugar un verbo creo hay que incluir las tres personas del singular y las tres del plural ..
asi incluimos también vosotros .. 😊 ¿os vais? ¿ya os vais?
No creo que sea necesario incluir la conjugación de los verbos para el pronombre 'vosotros', pues es obvio que él enseña español latinoamericano y se enfoca en esa variante de la lengua, y aquí en Latinoamérica ese pronombre está en desuso absoluto, además, es un arcaísmo solamente presente en textos como la Biblia, por lo que no es necesario aprenderlo ya sabiendo la conjugación de los verbos para 'ustedes', pues 'vosotros' solo se usa en España.
I agree. Even though vosotros is rarely used in the new world, one still must understand its use if they are going to be fluent in Spanish. Also, please list the conjugations in two columns (singulars and plurals) ideally in a chart of sorts. I believe this is helpful for several reasons.
Thanks for explaining "me tengo que ir" etc. th-cam.com/video/-nXNr6pOG_0/w-d-xo.html
The true suggestion would be to teach “vos”
Literally 40% of Spanish speakers use “vos,” whereas over 98% of them do not use “vosotros” at all
It’s rather strange that I’ve never heard anyone advocate for “vos,” yet many “academics” seem to complain when vosotros isn’t taught… 🤔
Sounds like blatant Spain-centrism to me… If only they could leave the colonial mindset behind, and admit the fact that “vos” is far more important to learn, if you want to communicate effectively with the most people. Not just those hand-picked by the self-aggrandizing RAE 🙃
(At the end of the day, it’s up to the Spanish student and their needs, of course. If you live in Europe, and would only ever use Spanish in Spain, then by all means learn vosotros. Personally, I do not bother testing myself on vosotros, but I can immediately recognize and understand the conjugations when I see them written down
However, what I find unforgivable is that not a single teacher or service has ever once tried to teach me vos. It never seems to show up in any of the wise and powerful textbooks… Yet as a Californian in constant contact with Latin-Americans, and easy travel to Mexico and beyond, vos would be far more useful to me
I literally don’t know anything past “vos sos,” and I think that’s really sad. I’m sure they’ll understand me just fine if I use tuteo, but I won’t be able to understand anyone using voseo. I cannot recognize vos forms at all, and not a single one of the books or apps I use even gives me the option to study it!)
Thanks. This was very informative and so simple to understand. I’m Russian and it is definitely easier for me to understand this theme than for an English speaker, but some things like “tengo que” is so much easier if you know English. Definitely pays to know more than one language.
To leave= marcharse. More usual than what you said of irse. And always reflexive
- ¿Te vas ya?
- Si, ya me marcho
- Anda, quédate un rato más
- no puedo, me tengo que ir al trabajo
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Hugely helpful, thank you!
Great video. Maybe explain the difference between irse and salir?
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I’m a new subscriber to your channel and your lessons are great. I would describe myself as an intermediate learner and your topics always seem to touch on subjects I’ve struggled with but never had a clear answer to e.g. ya vs todavía/ ir vs irme. I was also quite shocked in this video that you said nearly all verbs in Spanish have a reflexive counterpart. Did not know this but makes a lot of sense! I’ve watched countless tutorial videos and nobody has ever said that before and I’ve always thought reflexive verbs were a completely different set to normal verbs. Thanks so much for your great videos!
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In my mind, I always translated "irse" as "to take oneself off." (I'm not sure why that construction worked i my mind.) Thanks for giving me a much easier way to think of the differences between the two verbs.
You are welcome! 😊
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Hola! Muchas gracias por el video.
Can you explain the difference between ir and irse in the command form? Specifically, what's the difference between ¡Vamos! and ¡Vámonos!? Is it simply "Let's go" vs "Let's leave"? And which would be more commonly used?
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Can you continue to make videos on the most commonly used reflexive verbs?
Yes, that's a good suggestion. Thanks Eric!! 🙏
Very good and focused hope for more
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Great presentation and very clear. I hope you make some more videos!
This helped so much!
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Gracias Andrew por otro vídeo informativo sobre IR / IRSE. Tus explicaciones son muy claras.👍Voy a repasar toda la gramática pues todavía tengo dudas para entender las diferencias sutiles. Ahora, voy para quedar con mis amigos españoles. Vamos al bar de al lado de mi piso.😜 ¡Tengo que irme, se hace tarde! Hasta pronto.😜
Nunca sabía estas expresiones cortas:
'¡Sí, voy! = ¡Yes, I'm going to do it!
'Ya, voy! = YES, I'm going NOW!! (I'm getting annoyed!)
¡Muy bien! Gracias Cleona! 😊
Very nice
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