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Él siempre cena en la casa de mi amigo.

Él siempre cena en la casa de mi amigo.
He always has dinner in my friend's house.
From Lesson 19:Regular -ar verbs·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Él siempre cena en la casa de mi amigo.

I notice cena translates to 'has dinner.' Do I need to use the Spanish word for 'have' or 'eat' with it?
Nope! In Spanish, cenar is a regular -ar verb that means 'to have dinner' all by itself. Since the subject is Él (he), we drop the -ar and add the -a ending to make cena. You don't need extra verbs like 'to have' or 'to eat' here.
Why does the sentence say la casa de mi amigo instead of mi amigo's casa?
Spanish doesn't use an apostrophe 's' to show that something belongs to someone. Instead, you use the pattern 'the [object] of [person]'. That is why 'my friend's house' is structured as la casa de mi amigo (the house of my friend).
Why does Él have an accent mark on the 'E'?
The accent mark shows that Él means the pronoun 'he'. If you write el without the accent mark, it means 'the' (as in el amigo, the friend). This small mark helps you tell the two words apart in writing!
Does siempre have to come right before the verb?
While Spanish word order can sometimes be flexible, frequency words like siempre (always) usually go right before the verb, just like they do in English. Saying Él siempre cena is the most natural way to phrase this.

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