Irse and irme

Question

How do you use irse and irme in a sentence? What do they mean

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Answer 1

Read the following and I think it'll be clear:

Mi tio está a punto de irse a su casa ( Uncle´s about to go home ) Estoy a punto de irme a casa ( I´m about to go home )

Tan tonto me crees que voy a irme a caminar sobre la nieve sin ponerme tan siquiera mi sueter ? ( Do you think I'm so stupid to take a walk in the snow without wearing my sweater ? )

As you can see, " irme " is useful only if it's you referring something you're about to do, and " irse " when referring what someone or something else is about to do.

However, irse and irme won't mean anything by themselves, they have to be tied to an action that someone/somewhat is about to do.

both examples are super cool .. but my friend .. may i please ask u that why have you used siquiera in the second example .. - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

as far as i know ,, siquira means "at least" (por lo menos) .. but i have also seen it used otherwise which is beyond my comprehension // pls help :) - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Answer 2

Have a look here

This one of the many SD reference articles.

your links are very helpful Ian .. thanks for sharing these links .. regards .. jimmy - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Answer 3

This is not an answer, it's a comment on Jimmy's examples.

The near future is mostly expressed either the present tense, or using 'ir + a + verb'
Me voy de la oficina en algunos minutos. I'm leaving the office in a few minutes.

Voy a comer a las diez. I'm going to eat at 10 o'clock. Me voy- I'm going now .

Me voy a ir. I'm leaving (shortly ).

Ir in the future tense is rarely heard in ordinary conversation.

me voy a ir sin despedir

thanks for sharing Annie .. but IRSE i think doesn't follow the same pattern as IR and future is used with IRSE quire often I think .. I am not at all an expert and I may be wrong .. hehe :P - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Annie ... this animated animal (looks like a cute donkey) is super cute .. how can I copy this picture .. any idea ? - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

quite* (sorry for the typo) - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Nevertheless, Jimmy, you hear ' me voy' constantly. - annierats, Apr 15, 2014

OK Annie .. Got it .. and hows wolfie doing ? - 00b055e0, Apr 15, 2014

Answer 4

Hello .. IRSE is the reflexive/pronomial form of the verb IR (to go).. .. it means to leave (similar to salir) logically .. ir means to go and irse as a reflexive means to make yourself go which is perceived as "to leave" .. IRME is just the first person reflexive form of IRSE ..

Examples

first person singular .. me iré la oficina en dos horas (I will leave office in two hours). 2nd person singular(informal).. a que hora te irás ? (at what time will you leave). 3rd person singular.. él va a irse ahora mismo (he is going to leave right away).

1st person plural .. vamoNOS ahora (let's leave now).

so these pronouns me, te, se, nos, os are all reflexive pronouns and they would change based on the person (1st person. 2nd person, 3rd person) and singularity/plurality...

Hope it helps

please also go through the reference article by clicking the link provided by Ian-Hill .. I just read it .. it is quite useful :) - 00b055e0, Apr 14, 2014

Jimmy, on account it's so hard to type in these comments I made a separate answer. - annierats, Apr 14, 2014