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Nosotros vamos al mercado y al teatro hoy.

Nosotros vamos al mercado y al teatro hoy.
We go to the market and the theater today.
From Lesson 30:Going to a place (ir a)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Nosotros vamos al mercado y al teatro hoy.

y
and
nosotros
we
ir
to go
hoy
today
al
to the
el teatro
the theater
el mercado
the market

Questions & Answers about Nosotros vamos al mercado y al teatro hoy.

Why is it al mercado instead of a el mercado?
In Spanish, whenever the preposition a (to) is followed immediately by the masculine word for "the" (el), they must combine into the single word al. You will never write or say "a el" together. Since both mercado and teatro are masculine words, we use al for both!
In English we can say "to the market and theater". Why is al repeated before teatro?
In Spanish, you generally need to repeat the preposition and the article for each noun in a list. So, you must say "to the market and to the theater" (al mercado y al teatro) rather than grouping them together and skipping the second al.
Do I have to include Nosotros at the beginning of the sentence?
No, it is optional! Because vamos is exclusively the "we" form of the verb ir (to go), the word Nosotros isn't strictly necessary to know who is going. You can just say Vamos al mercado... and the meaning is exactly the same.
Can this sentence also mean "We are going to the market" right now?
Yes! In Spanish, the simple present tense (like vamos) is often used to express actions happening right now or in the near future. Depending on the context, vamos can translate to "we go" or "we are going".

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