How to use ir+a

Question

If "ir+a" means "to be going to"

Then does "iba+a" mean " was/were going to"?

Thanks a lot!! I noticed this in Spanish conversation.

Answer 1

Yes you are spot on , iba is the imperfect of "ir. "Iba a" = "was going to"

Any other tenses of "ir" will also translate to a "going to" phrase

Answer 2

yes. Iba a decir que - I was going to say that

iba is the imperfect tense

Answer 3

Then does "iba+a" mean " was/were going to"?

Precisely. And "iré + a + infinitive" means "I will go to + infinitive", and so on and so forth.