Mis amigos y yo colaboramos en un proyecto comunitario en la escuela.

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Breakdown of Mis amigos y yo colaboramos en un proyecto comunitario en la escuela.

• la escuela: the school
• en: on
• el amigo: the friend

Questions & Answers about Mis amigos y yo colaboramos en un proyecto comunitario en la escuela.

Why is it mis amigos y yo and not yo y mis amigos at the start?

Both are grammatically correct, but Spanish strongly prefers to mention other people before oneself as a matter of politeness and style.
So:

• Mis amigos y yo = more natural, more polite
• Yo y mis amigos = understood, but sounds a bit self-centered or childish in many contexts

In normal speech and writing, Mis amigos y yo is the standard order.

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Why don’t we just say nosotros instead of mis amigos y yo?

You could say Nosotros colaboramos en un proyecto comunitario en la escuela, and it’s correct.
However, mis amigos y yo is more specific: it tells you who nosotros are. It emphasizes the group composition, not just “we” in general.

Use nosotros when it’s already clear who “we” are, and mis amigos y yo when you want to spell it out.

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Why is there no nosotros in the sentence? I thought Spanish uses subject pronouns.

Spanish usually omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.
The verb colaboramos already tells us the subject is nosotros / mis amigos y yo.

You only add nosotros for emphasis or contrast, e.g.:

• Nosotros colaboramos, pero ellos no.
  (We collaborate, but they don’t.)

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Is present tense or past tense?