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Question

If you were to say "I'm going to go study" how would you translate it? Could you say:

Voy a ir a estudiar. or Voy a ir estudiar.

Both wrong you are usin two infinatives in succesion. - kenwilliams, Nov 27, 2009

Answer 1

I think there is a confusion. In topic's title appears: "Going to go to....." and in the body appears "...going to go...." (without to).

Examples:

I'm going to go to study, would be "Voy a ir a estudiar"

I'm going to go to walk, would be "Voy a ir a caminar"

We never said in Spanish: Voy a ir caminar....

Answer 2

Voy a ir a estudiar.

I didn't see any example in that article on voy a ir a.

The second "a" would only be used if the ir had a destination.

Voy a ir a España.

Ashis-Sen gave you the correct answer for your example.

Thanks! So it's okay to use 2 infinitives together? As in "Voy a ir estudiar" or "Voy a ir caminar." ? - thaibean06, Nov 27, 2009

Sorry, too busy repairing the link to notice the error. See Carlos' answer. - 0074b507, Nov 27, 2009

You would rarley say I am going to go to; it would be I am going to...ir + a+ infinitive - 0074b507, Nov 27, 2009

Answer 3

"Voy a estudiar" is simply the periphrastic version of "estudiaré" with no (necessary) sense that you are going anywhere (much like "I'm going to study." in English). If you really mean that you intend to relocate in order to study, you could, certainly, say "Voy a ir a estudiar." or, perhaps, "Voy para estudiar.".

Answer 4

It will be voy a ir estudiar.

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I added the link for you. Yours wasn't working. - Nicole-B, Nov 27, 2009

Yours stopped working also. Goofy server or we were both changing it at the same time. - 0074b507, Nov 27, 2009

Answer 5

Voy a estudiar = I am going to study, the appropriate congugation of Ir + a + the action verb Va a estudiar = he/she is going to study etc.