Future tense in Spanish (did I write my post correctly?)

Question

¡Hola! La cosa sobre que quiero préguntaros es: ¿Podemos usar "ir+infinitivo" cuando damos una hora o una fecha especificada? Por ejemplo: "Juan va a venir a la sexta" "Voy a darte la blusa mañana" "Mi padre va a estar en los Estados Unidos la próxima semana" ¡Gracías!

*Please, correct my Spanish I wanted to try to use it in a real situation Thanks!

Answer 1

We could say,

Juan va a venir a las séis, BUT,
Juan va a venir a la sexta. (Ordinal numbers are not used when stating a specific time.)

The nuances of going to = voy a work in the same fashion like in English.

Voy a darte la blusa mañana. (= I've decided to do this tomorrow.)
Mi padre va a estar en los EEUU la próxima semana. (= this has been planned.)

Answer 2

Hello Matty,

You asked in your second, follow-up post:

You know, on some Polish sites I've read that in normal, today's situations we generally don't use the standard future tense and it is replaced by "ir+infinitivo.So I see it isn't true, is it?

Firstly, I am assuming you are referring to Spanish usage here, not Polish!

Well, to answer your second question, the future indicative in Spanish (what you call the standard futire) is the correct tense to use to talk about something that you will do at some distant and often unspecified time in the future: The time frame for the action to take place eg next year, may be mentioned but it is not certain that the planned activity will actually happen!

Here are some examples:

1.Iremos de vacaciones a España el año que viene = We will go on holiday to Spain next year. (not specified exactty when next year, just some time next year)

2.Te escribiré una carta lo antes posible = I will write a letter to you as soon as possible. (uncertain time frame0

The voy a ir / voy a + required (infinitive) verb construction is used in day to day Spanish to talk about something you are going to do in the near future, that is why it is sometimes called the immediate future.

Here are some examples:

1.Voy a ir de compras esta tarde = I am going to go shopping this afternoon

2.Vamos al teatro esta noche = We are going to the theatre tonight

3.¿Vas a estudiar mañana? = Are you going to study tomorrow?

4 Van a comprar un nuevo coche la semana que viene = They are going to buy a new car next week.

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Sure does compadre . - ray76, Aug 7, 2016

I suspect Polish is his first language and he is reading sites for Polish people learning Spanish - Mardle, Aug 7, 2016

Mardle, you are probably right :) - FELIZ77, Aug 7, 2016

Answer 3

You know, on some Polish sites I've read that in normal, today's situations we generally don't use the standard future tense and it is replaced by "ir+infinitivo.

So I see it isn't true, is it?