mjheil - Hey JP, another use of irse

That's right! irse means "to get outta here" or "to skidadle," or "to take off" so the first person form is "me voy" is "I'm outta here." Or as we used to say back on the homestead, "BOOM... I'm gandhi!"

I've really been having a lot of trouble getting to grips with this whole reflexive verb thing. If ever use one correctly, its more by luck than judgement but i think i had a moment of insight today so please bear with me while i write it down... Is it true to say that these verbs have "multiple" infinitive forms? e.g. irme, irse, irnos, and that you use one of these forms after a conjugated verb etc.. e.g. quiero irme.(.i want to go(myself) away) or tienen que irse (you all have to take(yourselves) out of here?) me,se,nos, depending on who is doing the "getting gone". (se ,i believe, covers everthing other than the 1st person forms (for the moment)) If, however, you need conjugate a reflexive verb; e.g. we will be "outta here" tomorrow you pick the correct form for whoever is performing/has performed/will perform the action, move the me/se/nos to the "front" and conjugate the non reflexive part of the verb as normal? e.g. nos irémos manyana (yes? sounds plausable methinks) There is now a unique 2nd person form as well me voy, (te vas) se va, nos vamos, se van I`m guessing that this me+, te+, se+ or nos+ conjugated verb pattern is unique so that it cant be mistaken for the non reflexive version of the verb with an added me/te/se/nos for emphasis/clarification/whatever ie one would always saysYo voy to stress that "I" go and never me voy. Yo me voy would mean "I" am outtahere and not Myself, thats me folks, I go or to put it another way, if you hear "me voy" then the verb must be irse ! yes? Is that it ? Have i got it? I have been trying to construct sentences that always use the reflexive as an infinitive and I`ve been baffled when any conjugated forms came up sorry if I`m stating the obvious here but I`ve never had this explained in a way i can grasp and use with confidence. Me voy! :-)