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Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): Informamos a la directora. - We inform the principal.

Hardcore Spanish (Spain)
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Informamos a la directora.

Word

Informamos a la directora.

Meaning

We inform the principal.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Spanish (Spain)

Lesson

Reviewing a draft income-tax return

Breakdown of Informamos a la directora.

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Questions & Answers about Informamos a la directora.

What tense is informamos here?

Informamos can mean either we inform (present) or we informed (preterite/simple past). In this verb form, the nosotros present and preterite look the same for regular -ar verbs.

Context tells you which one it is:

Hoy informamos a la directora = Today we inform / are informing the director
Ayer informamos a la directora = Yesterday we informed the director

Why is there no nosotros in the sentence?

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, -amos tells you it is we.

So:

Informamos a la directora = normal, natural Spanish
Nosotros informamos a la directora = also correct, but usually used for emphasis, contrast, or clarity

Nosotros informamos a la directora, no ellos = We informed the director, not them

Why is there an a before la directora?

This is the personal a. Spanish uses a before a specific person who is the object of the verb.

So:

Informamos a la directora = the object is a person
Informamos el cambio = the object is a thing, so no personal a

This a is not usually translated into English.

Why do we say la directora and not just directora?

Spanish often uses the definite article with job titles or roles when talking about a person.

So a la directora is the normal way to say the director / headmistress in this kind of sentence.

Compare:

Informamos a la directora = talking about her
Directora, ¿tiene un momento? = directly addressing her, so no article

Also compare:

Es directora = She is a director
Es la directora del colegio = She is the director of the school

Is directora feminine? How would this change for a male director?

Yes. Directora is the feminine form of director.

If the person were male, you would say:

Informamos al director

Notice the contraction:

a + el = al

But there is no contraction with la:

a la directora stays a la directora

Is informar the same as decir?

Not exactly.

Informar is more formal and often sounds official, professional, or administrative. It is closer to to inform, to notify, or sometimes to brief.

Decir is more general and everyday: to say / to tell.

So:

Informamos a la directora sounds formal or official
Le dijimos a la directora sounds more everyday: We told the director

Both can be correct, but they do not always have the same tone.

If I replace a la directora with a pronoun, do I use la or le?

A learner will often expect la, and that is a good standard choice:

La informamos

That is because the person being informed is commonly treated as the direct object in this structure.

However, in Spain you may also hear le in real usage, especially in formal language or in areas where leísmo is common:

Le informamos

So for learning purposes:

La informamos = a safe, standard grammatical choice
Le informamos = also something you may hear in Spain

How do I say what we informed the director about?

A very common pattern is:

informar a alguien de algo
informar a alguien sobre algo

Examples:

Informamos a la directora del problema = We informed the director about the problem
Informamos a la directora sobre los cambios = We informed the director about the changes
La informamos de que llegaríamos tarde = We informed her that we would arrive late

Notice this contraction too:

de + el = del

So de el problema becomes del problema.

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