Ir conjugation chart
Ir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I go | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you go | |
| vos | you go | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she goes | |
| nosotros | we go | |
| vosotros | you all go | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they go |
Irregular in every form: worth learning by heart.
Ir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I went | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you went | |
| vos | you went | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she went | |
| nosotros | we went | |
| vosotros | you all went | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they went |
Irregular stem fu- + -i, -iste, -e, -imos, -isteis, -eron.
Ir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to go | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to go | |
| vos | you used to go | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to go | |
| nosotros | we used to go | |
| vosotros | you all used to go | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to go |
Irregular in every form: worth learning by heart.
Ir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will go | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will go | |
| vos | you will go | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will go | |
| nosotros | we will go | |
| vosotros | you all will go | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will go |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Ir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would go | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would go | |
| vos | you would go | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would go | |
| nosotros | we would go | |
| vosotros | you all would go | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would go |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Ir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I go | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you go | |
| vos | that you go | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she go | |
| nosotros | that we go | |
| vosotros | that you all go | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they go |
Irregular stem vay- + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Ir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I went | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you went | |
| vos | if you went | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she went | |
| nosotros | if we went | |
| vosotros | if you all went | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they went |
Irregular stem fu- + -era, -eras, -éramos, -erais, -eran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (fuese), more common in writing.
Ir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | go! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | go! | |
| usted | go! | |
| nosotros | let's go! | |
| vosotros | go! | |
| ustedes | go! |
Irregular tú form: ve. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (vaya, vayamos, vayan).
Ir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't go! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't go! | |
| usted | don't go! | |
| nosotros | let's not go! | |
| vosotros | don't go! | |
| ustedes | don't go! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + vayas, vaya…
Always the verb haber + the past participle ido, which never changes.
Ir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he ido |
|---|---|
| tú | has ido |
| vos | has ido |
| él, ella, usted | ha ido |
| nosotros | hemos ido |
| vosotros | habéis ido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han ido |
Ir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había ido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías ido |
| vos | habías ido |
| él, ella, usted | había ido |
| nosotros | habíamos ido |
| vosotros | habíais ido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían ido |
Ir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré ido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás ido |
| vos | habrás ido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá ido |
| nosotros | habremos ido |
| vosotros | habréis ido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán ido |
Ir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría ido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías ido |
| vos | habrías ido |
| él, ella, usted | habría ido |
| nosotros | habríamos ido |
| vosotros | habríais ido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían ido |
Ir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya ido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas ido |
| vos | hayas ido |
| él, ella, usted | haya ido |
| nosotros | hayamos ido |
| vosotros | hayáis ido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan ido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Just like “going to,” ir a + infinitive is the everyday future: voy a comer. Don't drop the a, and remember the preterite fui is the same as ser's.
Examples with ir
Voy al supermercado.
I'm going to the supermarket.
Ayer fuimos a la playa.
Yesterday we went to the beach.
De niño, iba a pie al colegio.
As a kid, I used to walk to school.
Hear ir from native speakers
Practice ir
Half of these are in the imperfect, the tense people look up most for ir. Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.
With full sentences: imperfect exercises.
Verbs like ir
Irregular preterite (ir → fui). Also irregular in the preterite:
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