please help me to clear the concept of venir, volver and ir in a sentense

Question

!hola!

i am cofused in understanding the concepts of  VOLVER, VENIR   and IR
can u help me in a sentnse to clear the concept.

I changed the title, the verbs were misspelled :P - LoaEtayo, Apr 14, 2011

Answer 1

I think a basic distinction would be as follows:

• Venir (to come): some one is somewhere else (not here) and is coming.

The Pope will come to Madrid in August

El Papa viene a Madrid en agosto (maybe the Pope hasn't been here yet, so he may not be coming back, but I'm in Madrid and he'll be soon too).

• Ir (to go): some one (no matter where they are) is going somewhere else.

I'll go shoping this afternoon

Iré de compras esta tarde (I might be next to the person I'm talking to, but not necessarily: what matters is that I'm going somewhere I am not yet and in this case, they neither)

• Volver (to come back): some one has already been to a place and now they will be again.

I'll be back

Volveré (as Schwarzenegger said, I'm here now and I'm leaving, but what I mean using the verb volver is that I'll be here in a while, so I'll come back a place I've already been to)

Does that help?

mucha gracias por ayuda - smile786, Apr 14, 2011

thanks alot for the help - smile786, Apr 14, 2011

Answer 2

When ir (=to go) is used, you describe motion from one place to another that cannot be where you are when you used the verb (i.e. here) Unless you use "irse", the destination is compoulsory, i.e. you can't say " I am going" unless the others know beforehand exactly where you are heading towards.

When you use volver, someone is coming with you or where you are -never to different place, so forget about saying "I am coming to your house" unless you say that sentence when you are already in that house.

Volver is "to return".

thanks alot for the help - smile786, Apr 14, 2011