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Tenemos que ir al aeropuerto.

Tenemos que ir al aeropuerto.
We have to go to the airport.
From Lesson 46:Obligations (tener que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Tenemos que ir al aeropuerto.

tener
to have
el aeropuerto
the airport
ir
to go
a
to
que
that / than

Questions & Answers about Tenemos que ir al aeropuerto.

Why is there a que between tenemos and ir?
In Spanish, to say you "have to" do something, you use the phrase tener que followed by an infinitive (an unconjugated verb, like ir). If you leave out que, it just means "we have", which doesn't make sense with another verb right after it.
Does que translate to "to" in this sentence?
It might look like it since "we have to go" translates to tenemos que ir, but que by itself usually means "that" or "what". However, when it's grouped with a conjugated form of tener (like tenemos), it forms a fixed phrase meaning "to have to". You don't translate the individual words; you learn the whole phrase!
Where does the word al come from?
al is a mandatory contraction of the word a (to) and the masculine word for "the", which is el. When you want to say "to the airport", instead of saying a el aeropuerto, you mash them together to make al aeropuerto.
Can I say "Nosotros tenemos..." instead of just "Tenemos..."?
Yes, you can! However, because the verb ending in tenemos already tells us the subject is "we", the pronoun nosotros is almost always dropped in everyday Spanish unless you want to add special emphasis.

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