Nuestros amigos juegan con nosotros en la playa.

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Breakdown of Nuestros amigos juegan con nosotros en la playa.

• la: the
• con: with
• en: on
• jugar: to play
• la playa: the beach
• nuestros: our
• nosotros: us

Questions & Answers about Nuestros amigos juegan con nosotros en la playa.

Why do we say Nuestros amigos instead of Nuestros amigas or Nuestras amigas?

In Spanish, when referring to a mixed group of male and female friends (or an all-male group), the masculine plural form amigos is used. If you’re talking about only female friends, you would say amigas. The possessive adjective also agrees in gender and number with amigos or amigas, so it’s nuestros amigos or nuestras amigas.

Why is the verb juegan in this form?

The verb jugar is a stem-changing verb (u → ue) in the present tense, so it would be juego, juegas, juega, jugamos, jugáis, juegan. The ending -an corresponds to the third person plural (they) form in the present tense.

Why is the pronoun nosotros used after con?

In Spanish, after the preposition con, you still need the subject pronoun to clarify who is involved. Unlike in English where we might just say “with us,” in Spanish it’s con nosotros (or con nosotras if only women are speaking). This tells us they are playing with us (the speaker plus others).

Why do we say en la playa instead of something like a la playa?

En la playa means on/at the beach, focusing on the location where the action happens. If you said a la playa, it would imply movement to the beach (like going to the beach). Since the sentence states that the activity (playing) takes place on the beach, we use en la playa.

Does the sentence change if the speakers are all female?

Yes, if you’re referring to a group of female speakers, you’d replace nosotros with nosotras. If the friends are also all female, then amigas can be used. So the sentence would become: Nuestras amigas juegan con nosotras en la playa.