How would you say, "When we go?"

Question

How would you say, "When we go to the store, you can buy something there?" Is it "Cuando vamos" or "Cuando vayamos?"

Welcome to the forum. - rac1, Oct 12, 2013

Answer 1

This is a similar question to that asked by another member so I'll just cut and paste my slightly modified (thanks to Tosh) answer to their question ....

Whenever 'cuando' is followed by a future or anticipated event (unless you're referring to a habitual event that includes future occurrences), it is followed by the subjunctive. You can't follow it with the indicative since you can't declare the existence etc of something if it hasn't happened yet.

So, for your example it would be 'vayamos'.