New phrases

Go, or went?

Tell a place from a verb after vaig, vas, and va.

A place after vaig is the present: Vaig a casa, I go home. Tomorrow uses that present: Demà vaig a casa. A verb after vaig is the past: Vaig anar a casa, I went home.

• Vaig a casa.I go home.
• Vaig anar a casa.I went home.
• Vas al cafè?Do you go to the café?
• Vas anar al cafè?Did you go to the café?
• Va a la plaça.She goes to the square.
• Va anar a la plaça.She went to the square.
• Ahir vaig anar a casa.Yesterday I went home.
• Demà vaig a casa.Tomorrow I go home.

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