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Spanish sentence lab

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Put the English thought on the left. Work from Spanish chunks, verb choices, and word order on the right.

English thought

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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.

Voyavisitaramifamiliaanfitrionalapróximasemana

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.