Does "ir con" really mean "go with" ?
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Hi, I think I'm confused about something. My teacher is always telling her daughter:
"¿Quieres ir con tu papa?" (When his father is in the living room , and we are in the kitchen)
I think , it's not translated as "Do you want to go with your dad?" , then it should be "Do you want to go to your dad?" or am I wrong?
Thanks in advance. 
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updated Nov 21, 2010
posted by culé
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It's not limited to Mexicans, this is the usual way of saying that in Spanish. "¿Quieres ir a tu padre?" is a big no-no, no native speaker would say that.
The context is usually enough to distinguish between "to your dad" and "with your dad", by the way.
updated Nov 21, 2010
posted by bill1111
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i'm totally a newbie but i think that "to your dad" would be "a tú papa" wouldn't it??
updated Nov 7, 2010
posted by kobi1988
Exactly , that's what I was thinking, but, I'm sure that my teacher is using "ir con", she's Mexican. - culé, Nov 7, 2010
"A tu papa" :) not with an accent. - culé, Nov 7, 2010
