Beatriz y yo ________ a la playa

Question

Which of these make sense for this sentence?

Beatriz y yo ___|\___|__ a la playa

a. voy
b. vas
c. va
d. vamos

Answer 1

D

lol, but you should have done it yourself... that one was an EASY one =P

Answer 2

lol. thank you! :]
and you're right, i shud've known that one.
but i'm REALLY bad at spanish :[

Answer 3

awww! i doubt it!! just keep with it... it gets a lot easier!

Answer 4

This is a common construction (___|_ y yo) to try to "trick" beginning Spanish students. Try to approach it logically. Translating "Beatriz y yo" gives "Beatriz and I". In English, this could be stated as "we". Going back to Spanish, the word for we is nosotros. The verb we are using is "ir". Ir in the nosotros is vamos, and hence vamos goes in the slot.

Answer 5

awww. thanks. i'll keep at it. btw, how long have u been taking spanish'

Answer 6

woww. thank you. But you sed that "ir" was used in the sentence but it's not though. Is it like a given & I just don't know? And wen Spanish is translated into English, the sentence doesn't always follow the rules of English grammar, obviously, so how do you know how the sentence is formed'

Answer 7

lol, 2 and a half years... i know this sounds retarded, partial b/c it is... but just speak spanish to EVERYTHING in your house... and ur family.. and DONT focus on correctness... just get comfortable with the vocab that you do know.... it helps a million! and you'll sound smart... the more you do it, the more your brain thinks SPANISH!!!!! and you'll most like get better grammar (and definitely pronunciation!)

Answer 8

Q: You said that ir is used in the sentence, but its not, right? Is it a given?
A: Right, I was referring to the answers. It's not a given.

Q: Since it's not always a word for word translation, how do you know how to form the sentence?
A: In simple phrases (like Beatriz and I) the translation is usually word for word. This also applies to relatively easy sentences (Beatriz and I are going to the beach).

Answer 9

Even if the family isn't so appreciative

Answer 10

haha! my family HATES it!!! my dad goes, "stop speaking mexican!!!" (but for real, i thinks hes actually learning ;D )

Answer 11

damn. 2 years. you must be pretty good. if you're in high school, im guessing u started as a freshman. well, im a junior & i started like 5 days ago. :( and i like your idea. haha. it sounds good. i'll definitely have to try that. and yea, the family probably wont appreciate it. but, oh well, right'

Answer 12

thank u so much. that really helped. :]

Answer 13

haha... exactly!! =D it will be good for them!
~ im a junior... i took like, half a semester in 8th grade, but for high shcool it wasnt enough to go to spanish 2... long story short, i learn NOTHING in highschool spanish 1, and i had to skip spanish 2 becuase im in the IB programme... so now, im in spanish 4.... haha... LONNNNNNNNNNG story =D im not learning a lot from my spanish class... i do most of it on my own with native speakers or the text books or learning places like here or studyspanish.com (thats a pretty good one if you need a quick lesson or verb tenses, but otherwise its just ok).
~so why are you starting spanish in the middle of the year... hell, in the middle of the semester'!'! it must be hard....

~one last thing... GO JUNIORS!!!!!!!! 09!!!! (haha! eat it conor! conor is the manutd guy =D)

Answer 14

ir to go is an irregular verb
voy I go,
vas you go (familiar)
va you, he, she goes ,
vamos we go
van they go

Answer 15

ooo. gotttit. thanks. but u know how in english we wud say "Beatriz & I go to the beach'" but i guess in in spanish you need the "we." which is kinda confusing.