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Las chicas van al supermercado luego.

Las chicas van al supermercado luego.
The girls are going to the supermarket later.
From Lesson 24:The verb ir (voy, vas)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Las chicas van al supermercado luego.

la chica
the girl
el supermercado
the supermarket
ir
to go
al
to the (m)
luego
later

Questions & Answers about Las chicas van al supermercado luego.

Why do we use van here instead of another form of ir?
van is the "they" form of the verb ir (to go). Since our subject is Las chicas (The girls), which is a "they", we use van. Remember that ir is completely irregular, meaning its forms don't look like the normal "-ir" verbs you have learned.
The translation says "are going", but isn't van the simple present tense for "go"?
Yes, it is! In Spanish, the simple present tense can translate to both "go" (for routines) and "are going" (for plans happening now or in the near future). Here, the word luego (later) shows us that it is a future plan, so "are going" sounds most natural in English.
Why does the sentence use the word al before supermercado?
al means "to the". In Spanish, when the word a (to) is followed right away by the masculine word for "the", which is el, they combine into the contraction al. Because supermercado is masculine, we must say al supermercado instead of a el supermercado.
Can I move the word luego (later) to the start of the sentence?
Yes, you can! Spanish word order is quite flexible with time words. Saying Luego las chicas van al supermercado is perfectly correct and means exactly the same thing.

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