Is "I am going to . . . " 'Voy a. . .'?

Question

Voy a . . .

:) - FELIZ77, May 22, 2011

Answer 1

Voy al supermercado. " al is a contraction of "a el"

or Voy a comer.

In gereral "Voy a" is correct.

Answer 2

Yes.

Answer 3

Hello Lauren and Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

Yes, you are absolutely correct... Well done!

The construction Voy a + infinitive of desired verb (eg comprar ) is used This tense is referred to as the immediate future It is used when talking about events that will shortly take place eg tomorrow, or even next week.

por ejemplo: Voy a comprar un nuevo coche la semana que viene = I am going to buy a new car next week

If you are talking about something that will take place in the more distant future eg next year you would use the future indicative (tense) instead**

Voy a la casa de mi amiga = I am going to my friend's house

Voy al banco = I am going to the bank

When a masculine noun follows the word ''a'' you have to change the a el to al This is called the contraction of the article

I hope this helps