The Seven Stems Method For Spanish Verb Conjugation

ir

to go

irregular verb

ir + vay a + fu era + ib an + present voyvasvavamosvaisvan + preterite fuifue + imperfect íbamos + imperative ve + gerund yendo
IR Yo Preterite-J Imperfect Present Subjunctive Preterite Imp.Subj. Future Conditional Imperfect yo tú él nosotros vosotros ellos voy vay a fu i fu era iré iría ib a vas vay as fu iste fu eras irás irías ib as va vay a fu e fu era irá iría ib a vamos vay amos fu imos fu éramos iremos iríamos íb amos va is vay áis fu isteis fu erais iréis iríais ib ais van vay an fu eron fu eran irán irían ib an Gerund: yendo Participle: ido Imperative tú: v e

ir has an empty IR stem. As a result, some verb forms are no more than endings, for example iré, iría, ido, and of course the infinitive ir.

All present indicative forms are exceptions, but they also follow a pattern: it's almost as if ir had an irregular stem v- that took regular AR endings in the present indicative.

“Quien no quiera ver lástimas, no vaya a la guerra.”

Whoever doesn’t want to see horrors shouldn’t go to war.

— Refrán tradicional