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Questions & Answers about Caminamos por el parque.
Why is the subject omitted from "Caminamos por el parque."?
In Spanish, subject pronouns are often dropped because the verb's conjugation already indicates who is performing the action. Here, caminamos clearly shows that "we" are walking, so including nosotros isn’t necessary unless you want to add emphasis.
What tense is used in caminamos, and can it mean both "we walk" and "we walked"?
Yes, caminamos is the first-person plural form of caminar and can be interpreted as either the present indicative ("we walk") or the preterite ("we walked"). Which meaning applies depends on the context or additional time expressions in the conversation.
Why is the preposition por used instead of en in this sentence?
The preposition por is used to express movement through or along an area. In this sentence, it emphasizes that the walking takes place within or through the park. If you only wanted to indicate being at a location, you’d use en (for example, Estamos en el parque means "We are in the park").
What does the article el in el parque tell me about the noun?
The article el tells you that the noun parque is masculine. In Spanish, every noun has a gender, and the article must agree with it. Since parque takes el, it confirms that the word is masculine.
Could a different phrase be used to express walking through the park?
Yes, you could also say a través del parque to mean "through the park." However, por el parque is more commonly used in everyday language to describe moving within an area, while a través de tends to emphasize traversing from one side to the other.