IR vs IRSE - How to Say "To Go" & "To Leave" in Spanish (Grammar Tip)

See how the Spanish verbs ir vs irse change meaning and how we should use them in a Spanish sentence.
Plus avoid the most common errors that students make with these two verbs.
Specifically, here is what you will learn in this video:
First, you'll learn the subtle difference between ir and irse and the English equivalent for each of these verbs.
While many Spanish reflexive verbs have an equivalent in English such as "to wash yourself" or "to dress yourself", "irse" behaves differently.
You also learn about how to form Spanish reflexive verbs and how to conjugate both the reflexive and non-reflexive versions of "ir".
Lastly, you'll learn about a few common mistakes that occur with ir and irse including knowing when to use "voy" vs "me voy" and how to combine "irse" with other verbs in phrases such as "I have to leave".
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  • @ms.chelleg2068
    @ms.chelleg20683 жыл бұрын

    I had so many lightbulb moments you’ve just changed my Spanish game ENTIRELY!!!

  • @sorchamurphy7955
    @sorchamurphy79554 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh, I have been so confused about me voy and voy. This video has pulled back the curtains & made it crystal clear in less than 12 minutes 👏

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback Sorcha, I'm glad the video has help make things clear! 😀

  • @AGaniusha

    @AGaniusha

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yessss! That's amazing! Thank youuu!

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    @thomasrobertson22252 жыл бұрын

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  • @garyj4870
    @garyj487027 күн бұрын

    Finally... I now know how to use ir in the reflexive... thank you

  • @leecorbien7671
    @leecorbien7671 Жыл бұрын

    By keeping your topics concise you help to strengthen the student's attention -and retention. Thank you, Andrew Barr.

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    @Sadfishlexy7 ай бұрын

    Omg thank you so much

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    @manna195905 ай бұрын

    Gracias Señor

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    @Jonathan-bh2bc2 жыл бұрын

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  • @jaqpenwell443
    @jaqpenwell4435 ай бұрын

    nunca he entendido la diferencia realmente ... hasta ahora - ¡Muchísimas gracias! :-D

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    @bruce23572 жыл бұрын

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    @bun-bun56104 жыл бұрын

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    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @DevPreston3 жыл бұрын

    Hugely helpful, thank you!

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    @Brockdorf Жыл бұрын

    Everything starting at 8:30 in the video is something fundamental to understand for the beginner.

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    @jamesfreese470010 ай бұрын

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    @michaelmongiello43525 жыл бұрын

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  • @miriambeck9600
    @miriambeck960027 күн бұрын

    Very well done explanation! Thank you.

  • @markymids
    @markymids3 жыл бұрын

    I’m a new subscriber to your channel and your lessons are great. I would describe myself as an intermediate learner and your topics always seem to touch on subjects I’ve struggled with but never had a clear answer to e.g. ya vs todavía/ ir vs irme. I was also quite shocked in this video that you said nearly all verbs in Spanish have a reflexive counterpart. Did not know this but makes a lot of sense! I’ve watched countless tutorial videos and nobody has ever said that before and I’ve always thought reflexive verbs were a completely different set to normal verbs. Thanks so much for your great videos!

  • @thunderlifestudios
    @thunderlifestudios Жыл бұрын

    Not gonna lie this is what I needed, comprehensible input is great and all but you do learn in a formal way often as a kid too even before school.

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    @justinhan2864 жыл бұрын

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    @kwangbaekim24373 жыл бұрын

    Excellent teaching!

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    @ravinderyadav9663 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. You are a great Espanol teacher

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    @bj-th7ul2 жыл бұрын

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    @venitamusic33972 жыл бұрын

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    @consuelovargasgonzalez10732 жыл бұрын

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    @estoyaprendiendo74964 жыл бұрын

    Muchas Gracias

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    @neilbelcher2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Andrew. I have been studying Spanish for just over a thousand days with Duolingo supplemented with music, movies and books(reading level b1). You have in such a clear way,clarified for me so many grammatical points. So helpful thanks again.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    ¡Thanks Neil! 😊

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    @christineellis6609

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Andrew, your lessons are so clear and helpful. I have struggled for 3 years to conquer Spanish vs. English word order and little words like 'a' and de needed in unusual places but listening to your teaching expertise I am beginning to enjoy languages again after almost giving up. Grateful thanks. Christine

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    @anibarmak2 жыл бұрын

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    @j.d.jackson3465 Жыл бұрын

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    @KuldeepKumar-tm1jd2 жыл бұрын

    Maravilloso, el mejor maestro.

  • @sns1804
    @sns1804 Жыл бұрын

    mucho claro! especialidad "Si, ya voy" which translates to "leave me alone"

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    @764yahya4 жыл бұрын

    Indescribable and amazing teaching .love it all the best

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words!!!

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    @TheChrisvige2 жыл бұрын

    brilliant so lucid!!

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    @michaelwallace4043 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This makes a lot of sense.

  • @cautioussteve
    @cautioussteve4 ай бұрын

    so clear, thank you

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    @anneharris45722 жыл бұрын

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    @cappypharoah2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sonny4V
    @sonny4V4 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. I'd rather say "Muy buena explicación". Gracias.

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    @samcalhoun80772 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this great video. This clarified so much for me!

  • @Krealock
    @Krealock2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ☀️

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    @hanskjellberg93514 жыл бұрын

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    @helenquiroz183511 ай бұрын

    So so helpful, thank you!

  • @magnum567134
    @magnum5671342 жыл бұрын

    "Me voy" and "Nos vamos" are phrases I've heard my whole life that I knew, but didn't know. Like, leaving a family member's house, my mother would say , "Me voy" or "Nos vamos" and I knew it was something like "I'm/we're leaving" but never thought about the construction of it

  • @maiphan3080
    @maiphan30803 жыл бұрын

    I am a beginner. Thank you for your lesson it is so clear , so easy to understand.

  • @dancaroma
    @dancaroma Жыл бұрын

    As always, super useful!!! Thank you:)

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    @patrickkielly Жыл бұрын

    Great video, thank you.

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    @EMMASTENSON3 жыл бұрын

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    @hvince67 Жыл бұрын

    this lesson is amazing. Thank you so much!

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    @jasmineyassi7904 Жыл бұрын

    Gracias🌹

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    @sharondube92072 жыл бұрын

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    @yesidelinney26165 жыл бұрын

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  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback Yeside!!

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    @beefreefriend85732 жыл бұрын

    Thank you from Indonesia

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    @renedeleon4002 Жыл бұрын

    Gracias ❤

  • @emilianofuentes4129
    @emilianofuentes41292 жыл бұрын

    🌟Excellent video!🌟 There's another meaning for 'irse', but it is always followed by 'a' or 'para', or also 'a' plus the verb 'vivir', then we have 'irse para', 'irse a' or 'irse a vivir', meaning pretty much the same thing. It can be used in every tense. That meaning is 'to move to'. Example: Antes vivía en Chicago, pero ahora me vine a Miami: I used to live in Chicago, but I currently live in Miami. Mi hermano se fue para los Estados Unidos cuando era pequeño: my brother moved to the US when he was a kid. En unas semanas me iré a vivir a la Ciudad de México: I'll move to Mexico City in the weeks to come. No nos habríamos venido a vivir a Cancún si nos hubiera ido bien en Madrid: we would not have moved in Cancún if it had gone well in Madrid.

  • @gizemns123
    @gizemns1233 жыл бұрын

    Gracias!

  • @believeinpeace
    @believeinpeace Жыл бұрын

    You are the best!

  • @shamimgough1714
    @shamimgough17142 жыл бұрын

    Good explanation and teaching. Simple and too the point. You could also say I or anyone takes themselves out of here and goes somewhere else. It's physical leaving a place.

  • @7MinuteAETutorials
    @7MinuteAETutorials4 жыл бұрын

    This helped so much!

  • @samirhernandez7124

    @samirhernandez7124

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dñidid x

  • @kimoanhdao9029
    @kimoanhdao90294 жыл бұрын

    Hello Andrew, for me, this is the best explanation. Many thanks for sharing.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Oanh, I'm glad you found it helpful!

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    @misstango1001 Жыл бұрын

    Great lesson

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    @marky43983 жыл бұрын

    Gracias ☺️

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    @cjndyle8883 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the help

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    @anitatibalao85543 жыл бұрын

    Gracias muy util!

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    @nahladachil1524 жыл бұрын

    Iam from libya Iam so lucky because i found this channel thank you 🙏

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    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Nahla 😀

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    @Breezy57852 жыл бұрын

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    @realfastspanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Eric!! 🙏

  • @janajoujan7658
    @janajoujan76582 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful. can you do a video on the many uses of “se”?

  • @terrimac380
    @terrimac380 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, gracias

  • @soundsofnature7203
    @soundsofnature7203 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. This was very informative and so simple to understand. I’m Russian and it is definitely easier for me to understand this theme than for an English speaker, but some things like “tengo que” is so much easier if you know English. Definitely pays to know more than one language.

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    @charlespresley55964 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I discovered this channel. Your style of explanation is very clear. Subscribed.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for subscribing and for the kind feedback Charles!!

  • @sheenajack4696
    @sheenajack46965 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed the lesson and so easy to understand. For years I´ve been saying Lo hare. Great presentation.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback Sheena! I'm glad you found the lesson easy to follow.

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    @davajohnson28443 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful

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    @jessiesingh56183 жыл бұрын

    Really Helpful and educational

  • @lizardlady69
    @lizardlady692 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this was super helpful!!! Thank you!

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome Jessica! Thanks for the comment!! 🙏

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    @thatawesomeplant1924 Жыл бұрын

    tsym, you are helping so much for my spanish exams :)

  • @jackiejamieson1312
    @jackiejamieson13125 жыл бұрын

    Hi Andrew, thanks for a really great lesson on both verbs, it will really help me with my learning. Please do more! Muchas Gracias

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback Jackie!

  • @monaoconnell5650
    @monaoconnell5650 Жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias por ayudarme.

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    @lindasmith66682 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. It was very helpful.

  • @StewartBlues
    @StewartBlues5 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson Andrew , crystal clear and very well presented and professionally produced, many thanks. I just subbed, please keep up the great work.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the sub 🙏

  • @michaelbeauparlant4373
    @michaelbeauparlant43732 жыл бұрын

    Andrew! very good explanation! you are good!

  • @denisbalcom1429
    @denisbalcom14294 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andrew I love your videos! It would be awesome to see more like this one cause there are so many conjugations ~^_^~

  • @pirakoXX
    @pirakoXX4 жыл бұрын

    Great information, now I finally understand the difference - and much more! (y)

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear! 😀

  • @yesidelinney2616
    @yesidelinney26164 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soo much. I have been following you for a few years. Your explanations are so efficiently explained. Thank you so much for your generosity.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind words! 🙏

  • @belenmontoya930
    @belenmontoya9304 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! soy profesora de español para inmigrantes en España y uno de mis alumnos que habla inglés me ha preguntado cuando usar “que y cual “ y “ aun y todavía”. 😊Tus videos lo explican muy bien!!! Gracias, les enviare tus videos a todos mis alumnos angloparlantes. Por cierto al conjugar un verbo creo hay que incluir las tres personas del singular y las tres del plural .. asi incluimos también vosotros .. 😊 ¿os vais? ¿ya os vais?

  • @emilianofuentes4129

    @emilianofuentes4129

    2 жыл бұрын

    No creo que sea necesario incluir la conjugación de los verbos para el pronombre 'vosotros', pues es obvio que él enseña español latinoamericano y se enfoca en esa variante de la lengua, y aquí en Latinoamérica ese pronombre está en desuso absoluto, además, es un arcaísmo solamente presente en textos como la Biblia, por lo que no es necesario aprenderlo ya sabiendo la conjugación de los verbos para 'ustedes', pues 'vosotros' solo se usa en España.

  • @ikemyung8623

    @ikemyung8623

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. Even though vosotros is rarely used in the new world, one still must understand its use if they are going to be fluent in Spanish. Also, please list the conjugations in two columns (singulars and plurals) ideally in a chart of sorts. I believe this is helpful for several reasons. Thanks for explaining "me tengo que ir" etc. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6KMsNRvoLKtj5M.html

  • @Muhahahahaz

    @Muhahahahaz

    9 ай бұрын

    The true suggestion would be to teach “vos” Literally 40% of Spanish speakers use “vos,” whereas over 98% of them do not use “vosotros” at all It’s rather strange that I’ve never heard anyone advocate for “vos,” yet many “academics” seem to complain when vosotros isn’t taught… 🤔 Sounds like blatant Spain-centrism to me… If only they could leave the colonial mindset behind, and admit the fact that “vos” is far more important to learn, if you want to communicate effectively with the most people. Not just those hand-picked by the self-aggrandizing RAE 🙃 (At the end of the day, it’s up to the Spanish student and their needs, of course. If you live in Europe, and would only ever use Spanish in Spain, then by all means learn vosotros. Personally, I do not bother testing myself on vosotros, but I can immediately recognize and understand the conjugations when I see them written down However, what I find unforgivable is that not a single teacher or service has ever once tried to teach me vos. It never seems to show up in any of the wise and powerful textbooks… Yet as a Californian in constant contact with Latin-Americans, and easy travel to Mexico and beyond, vos would be far more useful to me I literally don’t know anything past “vos sos,” and I think that’s really sad. I’m sure they’ll understand me just fine if I use tuteo, but I won’t be able to understand anyone using voseo. I cannot recognize vos forms at all, and not a single one of the books or apps I use even gives me the option to study it!)

  • @peterblake6541
    @peterblake65415 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andrew, Ir & Irse are now so much clearer in my head, I never realised that every verb could be reflexive. I also feel a bit silly for saying that, maybe that is very basic.( well not for me). I will watch every video that you make, Yo prometo. Graaaaacias!!

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    5 жыл бұрын

    ¡¡Gracias a ti Peter!! Thanks for watching.

  • @hamgarn
    @hamgarn2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! T ank you!

  • @thomaslambert6007
    @thomaslambert600710 ай бұрын

    i really like the conversion from irme to me..... ir ... tu eres un incredible maestro !! muchos muchos gracias. If you ever come to Tasmania I would love to give you some tips on what is good to do here... as a repayment for your teaching me Spanish 10/10!!

  • @holycollie6316
    @holycollie63162 жыл бұрын

    Gracias! Y también se me olvidó a añadir. Tengo por ejemplo problemas con objeto directo y indirecto a veces. Y sería útil a hablar cuando usamos 'a' y 'de" frente del verbo y también siempre me confuso con acento (más y mas etc). Y los verbos reflexivos quizás))) Muchas gracias 🙂🎊

  • @TheMasterr95
    @TheMasterr953 жыл бұрын

    Thank you a lot

  • @nafeesshah9031
    @nafeesshah90312 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @gldresser
    @gldresser2 жыл бұрын

    Hola! Muchas gracias por el video. Can you explain the difference between ir and irse in the command form? Specifically, what's the difference between ¡Vamos! and ¡Vámonos!? Is it simply "Let's go" vs "Let's leave"? And which would be more commonly used? Thanks again for all your videos, podcasts, and blog posts!

  • @markmontes1795
    @markmontes17952 жыл бұрын

    Hey, it’s late at night and I’m looking at stars and listening to Spanish, nice night. Anyway, this video on ir and irse bout blew my melon open. Good stuff!!! You da man!

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😀

  • @ianandrewjamieson
    @ianandrewjamieson3 жыл бұрын

    Nice one

  • @caseyphillips6567
    @caseyphillips65672 жыл бұрын

    If you guys like his short videos, check out his live classes! Excellente!

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the support Casey!! 😊

  • @optimizing_fitness
    @optimizing_fitness Жыл бұрын

    Este video es muy útil, Andrew. Gracias. ¡Me voy!

  • @peterg1978
    @peterg19783 жыл бұрын

    Hullo Andrew, I have been getting your weekly emails for about a year. I have not seen a video of yours before. I was thrilled to hear your Australian accent. I live in Sydney

  • @corateacher
    @corateacher4 жыл бұрын

    In my mind, I always translated "irse" as "to take oneself off." (I'm not sure why that construction worked i my mind.) Thanks for giving me a much easier way to think of the differences between the two verbs.

  • @realfastspanish

    @realfastspanish

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome! 😊

  • @MiMi-yw7wg
    @MiMi-yw7wg2 жыл бұрын

    Gracias, me gustaría mucho tu vídeos

  • @claudiavaldiviacarrasco5702
    @claudiavaldiviacarrasco57022 жыл бұрын

    Si no tienes un vídeo para aprender a utiliza el subjuntivo me gustaría que lo hicieras porque como nativa no sé muy explicarlo, jeje Pero me encantaría aprender para poder compartirlo con mi amiga :D

  • @grupokan
    @grupokan2 жыл бұрын

    Excelente video Andrew, sabes que es muy util para las personas de habla hispana estas explicaciones de frases y gramática en español desde la perspectiva de las personas de habla inglesa, aparte de que tu forma de hablar ingles es muy clara para las personas que no lo hablamos correctamente y tu español es excelente, muchas de las cosas que explicas en tus videos acerca de nuestra lengua materna nos ayuda también a reflexionar si estamos usándola correctamente. Saludos a todas las personas que están interesadas en aprender a hablar español, felicitaciones y un million de gracias. Thank you very much.