Where people go and went: 'ir' in singular persons
Learning outcomes
I can talk about where someone goes or went using the correct form of 'ir' in Spanish.
I can identify when to use or omit an accent based on whether the stress falls on the final or penultimate syllable.
Where people go and went: 'ir' in singular persons
Learning outcomes
I can talk about where someone goes or went using the correct form of 'ir' in Spanish.
I can identify when to use or omit an accent based on whether the stress falls on the final or penultimate syllable.
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Key learning points
- The -tion ending of an English word often changes to -ción in Spanish, e.g. 'nation' - 'nación'.
- If a word ending in -n or -s has final syllable stress, use an accent, otherwise, no accent is needed.
- To talk about where someone goes (present) use the verb ‘ir’, e.g. ‘voy’, ‘vas’, ‘va’.
- To say ‘to the’, use ‘a la’ for singular feminine nouns and ‘al’ for singular masculine nouns.
- In the preterite tense, the verb ‘ir’ does not follow general conjugation rules, e.g. ‘fui’, ‘fuiste’, ‘fue’.
Keywords
Final syllable stress - pronouncing the last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Penultimate syllable stress - pronouncing the second-last syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present, e.g. 'I do'
Preterite - a tense used for events completed in the past
Common misconception
All words ending in -n or -s need an accent.
Words ending in -n, -s or a vowel generally have penultimate syllable stress and no accent. Words ending in -n, -s or a vowel with final syllable stress have an accent on the final vowel. Note the difference: 'canción', 'canciones'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
year
countryside
stadium
border
church
doctor
sometimes
yesterday
on the other hand
always
early
already
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
I go, I am going
you go, you are going
she, he, it goes; she, he it is going
I went
you went
she, he, it went