Le pregunté a la veterinaria si mi pez necesitaba otro acuario más grande.

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Breakdown of Le pregunté a la veterinaria si mi pez necesitaba otro acuario más grande.

• grande: big
• mi: my
• a: to

Questions & Answers about Le pregunté a la veterinaria si mi pez necesitaba otro acuario más grande.

Why is le there if the sentence already says a la veterinaria?

Because le is the indirect object pronoun, and a la veterinaria names who that pronoun refers to.

In Spanish, it is very common to use both:

• the pronoun: le
• and the full noun: a la veterinaria

So Le pregunté a la veterinaria... literally has both:

• le = to her
• a la veterinaria = to the vet

This is called clitic doubling, and it sounds natural in Spanish.

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Le pregunté = I asked her
• a la veterinaria = the veterinarian
• si... = whether/if...

You could think of it as:

• I asked the veterinarian... in English
• but in Spanish, very often: I asked her, the veterinarian...

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Why is it pregunté a la veterinaria and not pregunté la veterinaria?