Me voy or yo voy

Question

I've been seeing Me voy written a lot, but it isn't taught in my courses (there is see Yo voy)

I searched another thread to see that voy a ___ isn't complete without the me. Doesn't the me make it redundant ( myself I am going to ___?)

Answer 1

"Me voy" (from the verb "irse") means that I am going somewhere but not specifying my destination.

(Yo) "voy a" (from the verb "ir") means that I'm going somewhere, e.g., home, store, etc.

Answer 2

"Me voy" is from the verb "irse".

"Yo voy" is from the verb "ir".

"Irse" - to leave without having a specific destination in mind; with "irse", you are focusing on the place from where you are leaving

"Ir" - to go to a specific destination; with "ir", you are focusing on where you are going to

You can learn more about the differences here.

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Click here for a complete conjugation "ir".

Click here for a complete conjugation of "irse".

Muchas gracias, Sonrisa :) - Ingeteacher, Aug 8, 2011

Hola, Inge :) De nada! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 8, 2011

Answer 3

If you are using it in a sentence, I would not use me...however I would not use yo either...just "voy a la tienda"

But if I was leaving....not necissarly to anywhere I would me voy

me voy (de la casa, de la fiesta, a la escuela)

kind of like in english if you hear people say "see ya, or I'm leaving, or I'm gone' spanish= Me Voy

Hope that helps.

¡Ya me voy!

Answer 4

I agree with toothpastech:

I am leaving = me voy

I go = yo voy

But, like in English:

I am leaving for the pharmacy = Me voy a la farmacia

I am going to the pharmacy = (yo) voy a la farmacia.

Answer 5

Yo and me are different types of pronouns. Yo is a personal pronoun and is generally omitted in Spanish speaking. Since voy is only the conjugation for the 1st person singular, so it is already clear that I'm the one who's going somewhere.