Breakdown of Trabajar junto a ella no es difícil.
ser
to be
ella
she
no
no, not
trabajar
to work
a
to
junto a
next to
difícil
difficult
Questions & Answers about Trabajar junto a ella no es difícil.
The English translation says "Working", but the Spanish sentence uses Trabajar (to work). Why not use Trabajando?
In English, we often use words ending in "-ing" (like "working") as the subject of a sentence. In Spanish, you cannot do this. You must use the infinitive (the basic, unconjugated form like trabajar) when an action acts as a noun. So, Trabajar here translates to "Working" or "To work".
Why do we use ella here instead of an object pronoun like la?
The phrase junto a (next to) ends with the preposition a. In Spanish, after prepositions like a, de, or para, you must use a prepositional pronoun. For "her", the prepositional pronoun happens to be exactly the same as the subject pronoun: ella.
Do I always need the a in junto a ella? Can I just say junto ella?
Yes, you always need the a. The fixed phrase for "next to" or "together with" is junto a. You cannot drop the a when connecting it to a person, place, or thing.
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