Present of anar

Level 1

Anar means to go and has six irregular forms.

How It Works

Person	Form	Example
ieu	vau	Vau a Nimes.
tu	vas	Vas al mercat?
el, ela	va	Maria va a l'escòla.
nosautres	anam	Anam al pargue.
vosautres, vos	anatz	Anatz a Albi?
eles, elas	van	Van a l'ostal.

Add the destination after the verb. Use a before a city: Vau a Nimes. Before a common noun, a joins the article: al mercat (a + lo), a la plaça, a l'escòla. The destination never changes the form of anar.

Because vau, vas, va and van look so different from anar, learn them as a set. Va is also the word in the greeting Cossí va? Later, anar plus an infinitive says what you are going to do (Vau manjar.).

Examples (4)

Vau a Nimes.
I am going to Nîmes.
Vau is the I form.
Vas al mercat?
Are you going to the market?
Al is a + lo.
Anam al pargue.
We are going to the park.
Anam keeps the an- stem.
Van a l'ostal.
They are going home.
Van is the form for they.

Common Mistakes

Treating anar as a regular -ar verb.
Ani al mercat.
Vau al mercat.
Anar is irregular. The I form is vau, not ani.

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Present of anarLevel 1

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Anar is another table of six irregular forms, so èsser comes first.

Present of èsser
Know the present of èsser, because anar fills the same six slots with its own forms: vau, vas, va, anam, anatz, van.
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