Breakdown of Demà vaig a l'estació amb la meva filla, i després venim a casa.
amb
with
i
and
demà
tomorrow
la casa
the home
Questions & Answers about Demà vaig a l'estació amb la meva filla, i després venim a casa.
Why is vaig used here? I thought vaig was part of the past tense.
That is a very common source of confusion.
In this sentence, vaig is the present tense of anar:
- jo vaig = I go / I am going
But vaig also appears in the periphrastic past:
- vaig anar = I went
So:
- vaig by itself can mean I go
- vaig + infinitive can form a past meaning, like vaig veure = I saw
Here, because we have Demà (tomorrow), vaig is understood as present with future meaning: Tomorrow I’m going...
Why is the present tense used with Demà instead of a future tense?
Catalan, like English, often uses the present tense to talk about planned or scheduled future actions.
So Demà vaig a l'estació is very natural, just like English Tomorrow I’m going to the station.
You could also use the future:
- Demà aniré a l'estació
That is also correct, but the present often sounds more immediate or more like a plan.
Why does the sentence start with vaig and then switch to venim?