Breakdown of Él va al gimnasio y luego a la piscina.
él
he
y
and
ir
to go
a
to
al
to the
luego
later
el gimnasio
the gym
la piscina
the pool
Questions & Answers about Él va al gimnasio y luego a la piscina.
Why does it say al gimnasio instead of a el gimnasio?
When the preposition a (to) meets the masculine article el (the), they must combine into a single word: al. This is a mandatory contraction in Spanish. However, this only happens with masculine words. For feminine words like piscina, the words stay separate as a la.
Why does Él have an accent mark?
The accent mark tells us this word means he. Without the accent mark, el means the (like in el gimnasio). Spanish often uses accent marks to tell apart two short words that are spelled the same but have completely different meanings.
Where does the word va come from?
va is the he/she/it form of the highly irregular verb ir (to go). Because ir is irregular, its forms do not look like the original verb. For example, if you wanted to say I go, you would use voy.
Why isn't the verb va repeated before a la piscina?
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