Se puede utilizar to be not going to para expresar que no pretendíamos hacer algo. El verbo to be se escribe en pasado según el sujeto.
- I was not going to… (Yo no iba a…)
- You were not going to… (Tú no ibas a…)
- He was not going to… (Él no iba a…)
- She was not going to… (Ella no iba a…)
- It was not going to… (Eso no iba a…)
- We were not going to… (Nosotros no íbamos a…)
- You were not going to… (Usted no iba a…)
- They were not going to… (Ellos no iban a…)
Las contracciones son frecuentes:
- I wasn’t going to… (Yo no iba a…)
- You weren’t going to… (Tú no ibas a…)
- He wasn’t going to… (Él no iba a…)
- She wasn’t going to… (Ella no iba a…)
- It wasn’t going to… (Eso no iba a…)
- We weren’t going to… (Nosotros no íbamos a…)
- You weren’t going to… (Usted no iba a…)
- They weren’t going to… (Ellos no iban a…)
Ejemplos sin contracción:
- I was not going to see you tomorrow. (Yo no iba a verte mañana)
- He was not going to visit her next week. (Él no la iba a visitar la siguiente semana)
- They were not going to eat out tonight. (Ellos no iban a comer fuera esta noche)
- She was not going to leave for Europe on Monday. (Ella no iba a partir a Europa el lunes)
- She was not going to wait me after the show. (Ella no iba a esperarme después del espectáculo)
- I was not going to get up early tomorrow. (Yo no iba a levantarme temprano mañana)
- It was not going to rain today. (No iba a llover hoy)
- You were not going to study to be a lawyer. (Tú no ibas a estudiar para ser un abogado)
- We were not going to stay home tonight. (Nosotros no íbamos a quedarnos en casa en la noche)
- They were not going to build a summer home. (Ellos no iban a construir una casa de verano)
- Jane was not going to start her new job next week. (Jane no iba a comenzar su nuevo trabajo la próxima semana)
- Donald was not going to move the store to the suburbs. (Donald no iba a mudar la tienda a los suburbios)
- It was not going to be a cood day. (No iba a ser un día fresco)
- You were not going to do it. (Tú no ibas a hacerlo)
- They were not going to spend the day together. (Ellos no iban a pasar el día juntos)
- She was not going to give him a kiss. (Ella no iba a darle un beso)
- Lynda was not going to get married with me in December. (Lynda no iba a casarse conmigo en diciembre)
- I was not going to sleep all day. (Yo no iba a dormir todo el día)
- My brother was not going to visit us tomorrow. (Mi no hermano iba a visitarnos mañana)
- I was not going to cook for her. (Yo no iba a cocinar para ella)
Ejemplos con contracción:
- I wasn’t going to see you tomorrow. (Yo no iba a verte mañana)
- He wasn’t going to visit her next week. (Él no la iba a visitar la siguiente semana)
- They weren’t going to eat out tonight. (Ellos no iban a comer fuera esta noche)
- She wasn’t going to leave for Europe on Monday. (Ella no iba a partir a Europa el lunes)
- She wasn’t going to wait me after the show. (Ella no iba a esperarme después del espectáculo)
- I wasn’t going to get up early tomorrow. (Yo no iba a levantarme temprano mañana)
- It wasn’t going to rain today. (No iba a llover hoy)
- You weren’t going to study to be a lawyer. (Tú no ibas a estudiar para ser un abogado)
- We weren’t going to stay home tonight. (Nosotros no íbamos a quedarnos en casa en la noche)
- They weren’t going to build a summer home. (Ellos no iban a construir una casa de verano)
- Jane wasn’t going to start her new job next week. (Jane no iba a comenzar su nuevo trabajo la próxima semana)
- Donald wasn’t going to move the store to the suburbs. (Donald no iba a mudar la tienda a los suburbios)
- It wasn’t going to be a cood day. (No iba a ser un día fresco)
- You weren’t going to do it. (Tú no ibas a hacerlo)
- They weren’t going to spend the day together. (Ellos no iban a pasar el día juntos)
- She wasn’t going to give him a kiss. (Ella no iba a darle un beso)
- Lynda wasn’t going to get married with me in December. (Lynda no iba a casarse conmigo en diciembre)
- I wasn’t going to sleep all day. (Yo no iba a dormir todo el día)
- My brother wasn’t going to visit us tomorrow. (Mi no hermano iba a visitarnos mañana)
- I wasn’t going to cook for her. (Yo no iba a cocinar para ella)