Week 4 Day 3: “Ir” and “Dar”

Listen to Track 4.3.1

So, that one isn’t too bad, right? The only thing really strange about the conjugation is in the 1st person singular: doy.

Conjugating dar isn’t too overly complicated. The next verb we’re going to look at, though, is a little more interesting.

Ir- to go

Listen to Track 4.3.3

Here is how you will conjugate ir:

Well, that was strange, wasn’t it? Not only does ir not have a “v” in it, but it looks as if it’s conjugating with “a”s instead of “e”s or “i”s like we would expect.

This is probably one of the strangest – yet one of the most commonly used – verbs in any language. So make sure you take some time to study these conjugations!

Vocabulary

Today, we’re going to start learning how to talk about things we do every day! In order to do that, we need to learn some new vocabulary, though!

Vocabulary: Days of the Week

Listen to Track 4.2.5

Note: Days of the week are not  capitalized in Spanish.

Vocabulary: Hobbies

Listen to Track 4.2.6

Now that we know how to say the days of the week, let’s talk about things that we do during the week!

You can see that “jugar” is a stem-changing verb by the letters in the parentheses. These vowels let you know what the change is. It will function just like all the other stem-changing “boot-shoe” verbs we’ve seen: Yo juego, Tú juegas, Él juega, Nosotros jugamos, Vosotros jugáis, Ellos juegan.

Something to note:

Listen to Track 4.3.8

When we’re talking about something we do “every Monday” or “every Saturday” we use the plural definite article “los.”

• Los lunes trabajo.
• Los sábados juego al golf.

If it’s something we’re only go to do “on Monday” or “on Saturday” we will use the singular definite article.

• El lunes voy al médico.
• El sábado toco el piano en concierto.

Additional Vocabulary

Listen to Track 4.3.10

Here are some other hobbies you might want to know:

• Los pasatiempos (Hobbies)

A Quick Recap of this Lesson