Travel & Directions
Travel & Directions
Giving directions is command practice in disguise — this lesson leans on the tú and usted commands you already learned, now applied to real navigation phrases.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Directions are usually given as commands
gire a la derecha (turn right, formal), sigue recto (go straight, informal)
turn right, go straight — English commands work the same bare-verb way
Real-world directions in Spanish reuse the command forms from your two commands lessons — formal gire for a stranger, informal sigue for a friend. This is a natural place to notice how much command-form knowledge you're now using without thinking about it as 'grammar' anymore.
Ir + preposition tracks direction, not just destination
voy hacia el centro (I'm heading toward downtown) — hacia marks direction of movement specifically
I'm heading toward downtown — 'toward' does the same job
Hacia (toward) is distinct from a (to) — it emphasizes the direction of movement rather than a fixed endpoint, useful when giving or following directions. English 'toward' carries the same nuance, so this preposition should feel intuitive once you notice the parallel.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- turn right
- English
- turn left
- English
- go straight
- English
- the corner
- English
- the traffic light
- English
- the station
- English
- the airport
- English
- the ticket
- English
- I'm heading toward downtown
- English
- where is... located?