No me va bien tan pronto .....

Question

Dears,

I have this sentence in Spanish: "No me va bien tan pronto" in an introductoy book for Spanish which -I think- means "I can't be late". My question is why it's not "No me voy bien tan pronto"?

Thanks

Answer 1

I don't think it could be inerpreted as "I can't be late." Rather, it means "It's not going well for me so soon." When an indirect object is used with "ir," it takes on a meaning of "to go" as in "how's it going?" (¿Cómo te va?) or "it's going fine" (Me va bien). Maybe it would make sense to think of the sentiment as "to fare."

To say "I can't be late," I'd say "no puedo estar tarde" or, more likely, "no puedo llegar tarde."

Oh, thank you - Lol80, Feb 6, 2012