What does "van" mean in "Que van a tomar"?
What does "van" mean in "Que van a tomar"? I know that it means "What do you want to eat / drink", but i dont get the "van" in the sentence.
Doesn't it mean "walking", "going", etc.? Or isn't "van" the third person of the verb "ir"?
3 Answers
What are you all (you guys) going to drink?
ir a + infinitive = to be going to do something (in the near future)
In this case it is 'van a tomar'. 'Van' is the third-person plural of 'ir'.
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'Van' also could refer to 'ellos' as well.
What are they going to drink?
Ir-to go:
yo voy a;
Ud. el/ella va a;
tú vas a;
nosotros vamos a;
Uds./ellos van a
We have often been asked this in cafe's, bars and restaurant's in Spain, My Spanish friend explained the way to understand the term is "What are you going to take?" ( "you" being plural ) and this makes sense to me, despite my limited Spanish (or maybe because of my limited Spanish).
