Learn French: Nous allons régulièrement à la salle de sport.

Nous allons régulièrement à la salle de sport.

We regularly go to the gym.

Breakdown of Nous allons régulièrement à la salle de sport.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)

Questions & Answers about Nous allons régulièrement à la salle de sport.

Why is régulièrement placed after allons? In English we say 'We regularly go'.

In French, adverbs of frequency like régulièrement (regularly), souvent (often), and parfois (sometimes) almost always go directly after the conjugated verb. You cannot put them between the subject and the verb like in English. So, instead of saying 'We regularly go', French says 'We go regularly' (Nous allons régulièrement).

Why is the gym called la salle de sport?

The word salle means 'room' or 'hall'. So la salle de sport literally translates to 'the room of sport'. This is the standard and most common way to refer to a gym or fitness center in French.

Why is it de sport and not du sport at the end?

When a noun is used to categorize or describe another noun, French links them with just de (of) without an article like le or la. It is a general 'sports room' (salle de sport), rather than a room of a specific sport. You will see this descriptive pattern often, like in jus de pomme (apple juice).

I remember that à means 'to' or 'at'. Why do we need la after it here?