Breakdown of Nosotros caminamos del zoológico al barrio.
nosotros
we
caminar
to walk
al
to the
del
from the / of the
el zoológico
the zoo
el barrio
the neighborhood
Questions & Answers about Nosotros caminamos del zoológico al barrio.
Why is it del zoológico instead of de el zoológico?
In Spanish, when the word de (from) is followed right away by el (the, for masculine words), they must squeeze together and form the contraction del. You will never write de el together as two separate words!
Why does the sentence use al barrio to mean 'to the neighborhood'?
Just like del, al is a mandatory contraction. It combines the word a (to) and the masculine word for 'the', el. Because barrio is masculine (el barrio), a + el always becomes al.
Could I just say Caminamos del zoológico al barrio without Nosotros?
Yes! Because the verb ending in caminamos already tells us the subject is 'we', the word Nosotros is optional. You can drop it and the sentence means the exact same thing.
Why is caminamos translated as 'are walking' instead of 'walk'?
In Spanish, the simple present tense like caminamos covers both 'we walk' (a general habit) and 'we are walking' (something happening right now). English needs two different forms for this, but Spanish often just uses one!
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