Spanish sentence lab
Show the sentence.
Put the English thought on the left. Work from Spanish chunks, verb choices, and word order on the right.
trip phrases
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verb families
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practice score
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English thought
Start with what you mean
Nearest patterns
Spanish structure
ir a + infinitive
Voy a visitar a mi familia anfitriona la próxima semana.
I-go to visit to my host family the next week.
Voy a
I am going to
Spanish uses ir a + infinitive for the near future.
visitar a
visit
Use personal a before people or person-like groups.
mi familia anfitriona
my host family
The noun comes first; the describing word follows.
la próxima semana
next week
Time phrases often sit cleanly at the end.
Thinking shift
Think 'I go to visit' instead of 'I am going to visit.'
Trap
Avoid estoy yendo a visitar unless you literally mean you are in the act of going there right now.
Practice loop
Say: I am going to visit my host family next week.
not tried
Build from the chunks first, then try the whole sentence again.
Verb gym
Conjugate the move before building the sentence
Verb
Pronoun
Tense
Form
voy
yo + ir in present.
Near future
voy a ir
Conjugate ir once, add a, then keep the main verb unchanged.
Current scenario moves
Near future
English: I am going to visit
Spanish: Voy a visitar
Do not build this from English 'am going'. Use the present form of ir, then a, then the unchanged verb.
People marker
English: visit my family
Spanish: visitar a mi familia
When the direct object is a person or close human group, Spanish usually inserts a.