En clase repetimos las frases siguiendo el ritmo de la música.

In class we repeat the sentences following the rhythm of the music.

Breakdown of En clase repetimos las frases siguiendo el ritmo de la música.

• la música: the music
• en: in
• nosotros: we
• de: of

Questions & Answers about En clase repetimos las frases siguiendo el ritmo de la música.

Why is it en clase and not en la clase?

In Spanish, some common locations used as activities usually drop the article when you talk about being there in a general, habitual way:

• en clase – in class
• en casa – at home
• en misa – at (church) mass
• en prisión – in prison

En clase here means “during (the) lesson / when we are in class” in a general sense, not a specific particular class.

You can say en la clase if you want to emphasize a specific class session or a particular classroom, but the neutral, most common way to say “in class” in Spain is en clase.

How do I know that repetimos here means “we repeat” (present) and not “we repeated” (past)?

For the verb repetir, the form repetimos is the same for:

• present, nosotros → (nosotros) repetimos = we repeat
• preterite, nosotros → (nosotros) repetimos = we repeated

So you need context and/or time expressions to know the tense.

In En clase repetimos las frases…, there is no past time marker (like ayer, el otro día, la semana pasada, etc.), and it’s describing what generally happens in class. That strongly suggests it’s present tense → “In class we repeat the sentences…”.

Why is there no nosotros? Why not En clase nosotros repetimos…?