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Why is the direct object added to the infinitive? In this Spanish phrase "voy a irme a casa", "me" is the direct object added to the infinitive "ir". Why, if "voy" already is the subject? Then is the literal translation "I am going myself home"?

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Hola, The tricky thing here is that you are not actually using "ir" (to go) you are using "irse" (to leave). And you must adapt the "se" part of the word. If we take for example "bañarse" and put it in the same sentence it would be: (yo) voy a bañarme. (tu) vas a bañarte. (el/ella/usted) va a bañarse. (nosotros) vamos a bañarnos. (ellos) van a bañarse. "se" endings encompass vast different grammar universes, in this case "ir" and "irse" belong to the one (according to some people) in which they have different meanings, there are not many example of this, but if you are interested here are some more, using your sentence: "morir" and "morirse", first one is to die, second one too, but on natural conditions, so you can not say that "voy a morirme asesinado", but you can say "voy a morir asesinado" (not a happy example) marchar / marcharse, first one is to march, like "voy a marchar con los soldados", second one is to leave/depart "voy a marcharme de esta ciudad". Notice that the "se" ending must be adapted to the person: "me" when it is "yo". Going back to your example, if you were using "ir" it would be: "voy a ir a casa" the "me" you found on your sentece belongs to the "se" from "irse". Hope this helps. Kind Regards.
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Buenos días Katherina. Es un error muy común traducir literalmente. Cuando un verbo en forma personal precede al infinitivo o al gerundio en una perífrasis verbal, los pronombres (uno o varios) pueden ir bien antepuestos y separados, o bien pospuestos y unidos: Me voy a ir a casa. Voy a irme a casa. Ambas son expresiones correctas, solo que en la primera oración se puede omitir la palabra "Me", ademas la traducción correcta es: "I'm going to go home." Es oportuno señalar que cuando el pronombre se une al verbo para formar una sola palabra, se le conoce como pronombre enclítico. ¡Feliz día!
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Irse es leave, que tambien puede significar dejar un lugar o marchar irme de vacaciones es go on holidays pero irme a secas es i leave. Intenta sustituirlo por dejar (un lugar o una cosa), si cuadra va a ser leave. I am not going to leave today-no voy a dejar (este lugar) hoy. Si quisiese decir que no voy a ir (a un lugar) sera go. En esta frase se ve porque tendrias que decir a donde vas para usar ese me: voy a irme - i will leave / voy a irme de vacaciones - i will go on vacations / voy a ir - i will go

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