We are going to read in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: VA-mos a LE-er

7 months ago

Ir + a + Infinitive: The Near Future Tense

Ir + a + infinitive is a simple way to talk about the near future in Spanish. Translated as “going to [verb].”

Compare:
Vamos a leer. = We are going to read.

Leeremos. = We will read.

They mean the same thing, but are said in different ways.

8 months ago

vamos a leer info.

**Tips to Remember the Word:**
– Think of “vamos” as “we go” and “a leer” as “to read,” together making “we’re going to read.”
– Connect “vamos” with similar verbs like “voy” (I go) and “va” (he/she/it goes) to remember it’s about action.
– Associate “leer” with the English verb “to read,” as they sound somewhat alike.

**Explanations:**
– “Vamos a leer” is in the future periphrastic tense, which indicates an action that is going to happen.
– “Vamos” comes from the verb “ir,” which means “to go,” and is conjugated here for the first person plural.
– “A leer” is a perfect infinitive construction that consists of the preposition “a” followed by the infinitive “leer,” meaning “to read.”

**Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:**
– “Leeremos” is the simple future tense, meaning “we will read.”
– “Proyectamos leer” means “we plan to read.”

**Conjugations:**
– Present: Nosotros leemos (We read)
– Simple Past (Preterite): Nosotros leímos (We read)
– Imperfect: Nosotros leíamos (We used to read)
– Simple Future: Nosotros leeremos (We will read)
– Conditional: Nosotros leeríamos (We would read)
– Present Perfect: Nosotros hemos leído (We have read)
– Past Perfect (Pluperfect): Nosotros habíamos leído (We had read)
– Future Perfect: Nosotros habremos leído (We will have read)

**Examples of Sentences:**
– Vamos a leer un libro juntos. (We’re going to read a book together.)
– Esta tarde vamos a leer la obra de Shakespeare. (This afternoon we’re going to read Shakespeare’s play.)
– En clase, siempre vamos a leer un capítulo del texto. (In class, we always read a chapter of the text.)

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