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Viajamos por la ciudad.

Viajamos por la ciudad.
We travel through the city.
From Lesson 32:In and by (en)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Viajamos por la ciudad.

Since this lesson is about using 'en' for location, why does this sentence use 'por' instead of 'en la ciudad'?
The lesson teaches en for being located in a place or using transport (like en tren). However, we use por here because it describes movement 'through' or 'around' a place. If you said Viajamos en la ciudad, it sounds like you are just doing your traveling while statically inside the city limits. Viajamos por la ciudad emphasizes moving all around or through it.
Why is there no word for 'we' in this sentence?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. The -amos ending on viajamos specifically means 'we'. Because the verb makes it so clear, you can safely drop the pronoun nosotros (we).
Is viajamos present tense ('we travel') or past tense ('we traveled')?
It can actually be both! For regular verbs ending in -ar, like viajar (to travel), the 'we' form is exactly the same in the present tense and the past tense. You just have to figure out which one it means based on the context of the conversation.
Why does ciudad use the feminine word la even though it doesn't end in -a?
While it is true that most feminine words end in -a, Spanish has a few other endings that are strictly feminine. Words ending in -dad, like ciudad (city) and universidad (university), are always feminine. That is why we use la.

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