Los estudiantes trabajan juntos en el proyecto.

The students work together on the project.

Breakdown of Los estudiantes trabajan juntos en el proyecto.

• en: on
• trabajar: to work
• el estudiante: the student
• el proyecto: the project

Questions & Answers about Los estudiantes trabajan juntos en el proyecto.

Why do we say Los estudiantes instead of just Estudiantes?

In Spanish the definite article los is used to talk about a specific group: ‘the students.’ If you drop the article and say Estudiantes trabajan…, it sounds more general—“Students work…”—as a general statement or fact.

What form of the verb trabajar is trabajan?

Trabajan is the present indicative, third-person plural form (“they work”). It matches Los estudiantes (they), so we don’t attach any pronoun; the ending ‑an tells us who’s doing the action.

Why don’t we need a subject pronoun like ellos before trabajan?

Spanish verbs carry person and number information in their endings. Since trabajan is already “they work,” adding ellos (“they”) would be redundant unless you want to add extra emphasis or contrast.

Why is juntos placed after the verb? Could it go somewhere else?

Adverbs of manner (how something is done) usually follow the verb: trabajan juntos. You could also say juntos trabajan, but that fronting is less neutral and might stress juntos (“It’s together that they work”). After the verb is the default.