Talking About Goals and Intentions in Spanish

How to Express What You Want to Achieve, Why You Want It, and What You Plan to Do

Introduction — Guided by your teacher

In the previous article, you learned how to say what you are going to do:

Voy a estudiar
Voy a cambiar
Voy a empezar

Now we go deeper.

Because when humans talk about the future, they don’t only talk about plans.
They talk about goals, intentions, reasons, and dreams.

In English you say:

I want to learn Spanish.
I plan to travel.
I’m trying to change my habits.
I hope to improve this year.

Spanish has very powerful, very common structures for this, and native speakers use them constantly.

In this article you will consciously learn:

• how to say what you want to do → querer + infinitive

• how to say what you plan to do → pensar + infinitive

• how to say what you try to do → tratar de + infinitive

• how to say what you hope to do → esperar + infinitive

• how to explain why → porque / para

You are moving from basic communication to meaningful communication.