Viajamos por la selva.

to travel

Breakdown of Viajamos por la selva.

• por: about
• la selva: the jungle

Questions & Answers about Viajamos por la selva.

Why is viajamos used here, and what form is it?

Viajamos is the first-person plural form of the verb viajar (to travel). It means we travel, we are traveling, or sometimes we traveled, depending on context.

This happens because viajamos can be:

• present tense: we travel / we are traveling
• preterite: we traveled

For -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in both tenses:

• present: viajamos
• preterite: viajamos

So the surrounding context tells you which one is meant.

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Why is por used instead of en?

Por is very common when talking about movement through, along, or around a place.

So viajar por la selva suggests traveling through the jungle or around within the jungle area.

Compare:

• viajamos por la selva = we travel through/across the jungle
• estamos en la selva = we are in the jungle

So en focuses more on location, while por often focuses on movement within or through a space.

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