¿Qué dice Paralee? ¿Vamanos?

Question

Parece que Paralee en el introducción de cada lección dice: "Vamanos". Quizás no oigo bien. El imperativo de ir es: vayamos. Espero que algien pueda ajudarme.

Answer 1

Hi Siggaard,

This question has been asked a time or two before. Here is a link to thread where a pretty good answer was given:

Vayamos, vámonos or vamos

Muchas gracias. Fue una grande ayuda. - Siggaard, Nov 20, 2009

Answer 2

Although not directly related to your question, you may find it helpful to know that "Vámonos" is a contraction (and the only one I know of in Spanish) of two words: "Vamos + nos". You would never say it in two words like that, because the correct word is 'Vámonos'. This is used in other reflexive verbs such as:

Imaginémonos ("Imaginémos + "nos", etc.)

Considerémonos

Regocijémonos

Acerquémonos

Fijémonos

Esforcémonos

Answer 3

We have some previous threads on the 1st person, plural, imperative form if you care to research.

ayudarme

vámonos is pronominal or reflexive. Vamos (non-reflexive) could also be used.

vayamos is more correct (non-reflexive) than vamos (but less used in conversation).