6. Extra: IR y VOLVER con preposiciones

Objetivos

Lluvia de ideas: Repaso

Brainstorm: Revision

¿Cuántos verbos de movimiento conoces en español? 

How many motion verbs do you know in Spanish?

There is a large number of motion verbs (travel, move, shift, walk, run, go, come, return, leave, enter, go up, go down, pass...), but in this lesson, we will focus on two verbs and the prepositions that accompany them: ir (to go) and volver (to return). Watch the video by VideoEle and pay attention to the prepositions.

Source: VideoEle

IR + preposiciones

Verbo IR

To go

The verb ir (to go) is irregular in most tenses. Click here to see all the conjugations.

The three main prepositions used with the verb ir are A, EN and DE.

IR + A + a place Destination

Voy a Madrid.

Voy a casa de mi amigo.

I go to Madrid.

I go to my friend's house.

IR + A + infinive verb

Near future

Voy a visitar a mi amigo.

I am going to visit my friend.

IR + EN + transportation

Man-made transportation

Voy en tren.

I go by train.

IR + A + pie / caballo

No man-made transportation

Voy a pie de la estación a su casa.

 I go by foot from the station to his house.

IR + DE + noun (no article)

 An experience

Voy de viaje a Madrid.

 I'm going on a trip to Madrid.
The same prepositions can be used with other motion verbs such as salir (to go out), subir (to go up) or bajar (to go down). 

VOLVER + preposiciones

Verbo VOLVER

To return

The verb volver (to return) is a boot verb, irregular in some tenses. Click here to see all the conjugations.

The three main prepositions used with the verb volver are A, EN and DE.

VOLVER + A + a place Destination

Vuelvo a Madrid.

Vuelvo a casa de mi amigo.

I return to Madrid.

I go back to my friend's house.

VOLVER + A + infinive verb

To do something again.

Vuelvo a visitar a mi amigo.

I am visiting my friend again.

VOLVER + EN + transportation

Man-made transportation

Vuelvo en tren.

I come back by train.

VOLVER + A + pie / caballo

No man-made transportation

Vuelvo a pie a la estación.

 I return by foot to the station.

VOLVER + DE + a place

 Origin

Vuelvo de casa de mi amigo.

 I'm back from my friend's house.
The same prepositions can be used with the verbs venir (to come), salir (to exit) and llegar (to arrive).

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