ir and ire - I am so confused, please advise
Greetings ...
I have looked this up on this site, here in these questions and answers, as well as ran it through the translator. I do not understand the use of 'ire' and it often will not even translate and once ran through the translator, it still remains as 'ire'. Would someone be kind enough to please explain? I believe it to mean 'I am going, or I will go' but still not clear. I am guessing, only because 'ir' I know as 'go'. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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You are on the right track! Iré is "I will go," taken from the regular future tense conjugation of ir, where you add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, and án to the end of the entire infinitive.
Automatic translation is not always context sensitive. It could be that the translator is receiving ire without an accent and can't match it so leaves it unchanged. With its proper accent there seems to be no reason why it should not be translated correctly. One obvious lesson is that accents (or that wonderful name "diacritical marks") are an essential part of the written language.
Ir is the infinative of the verb to go whereas iré is the future first person conjugation of the verb and means I will go.
