Timeline for What is the use of 'de' preposition in 'Yo voy *de* compras todos los sábados'
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| Mar 2, 2019 at 0:37 | comment | added | aparente001 | @Gustavson - I'm with pablodf76 on this. In your example, my reaction would be A: ¿A comprar qué? // Also, "comprar todos los sábados" sounds like I'm going to buy me a bushel of Saturdays, and in fact buy them all out, leaving the shelves bare of Saturdays. | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 22:22 | comment | added | Gustavson | Although voy de compras may sound more natural, I also find voy a comprar natural in contexts like the following: A: ¿Qué haces todos los sábados? - B: Voy a comprar / A: ¿Adónde vas? - B: Voy a comprar. | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 20:30 | comment | added | pablodf76 | It's not wrong, but it's not natural (without any context), don't you think so? At least it's not equivalent to Voy de compras todos los sábados. | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 19:48 | comment | added | Gustavson | Pablo, there's nothing wrong with Voy a comprar todos los sábados. Although "comprar" is mainly transitive, it can also be used intransitively. | |
| Feb 27, 2019 at 23:18 | history | answered | pablodf76 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |