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Casi nunca vamos a la playa.

Casi nunca vamos a la playa.
We almost never go to the beach.
From Lesson 73:Adverbs of frequency (a menudo, a veces)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Casi nunca vamos a la playa.

ir
to go
a
to
la playa
the beach
nunca
never
casi
almost

Questions & Answers about Casi nunca vamos a la playa.

Does nunca always go at the beginning of the sentence?
It can go before or after the verb. When a negative word like nunca goes before the verb, as in casi nunca vamos, you don't need any other negative words. However, if you move it after the verb, Spanish requires a "double negative" by putting no before the verb: No vamos casi nunca a la playa. Both versions mean the exact same thing!
What does casi do in this sentence?
Casi means "almost." You can put it directly in front of frequency adverbs to adjust how often something happens. Casi nunca means "almost never," and you will also frequently hear casi siempre to mean "almost always."
Where is the word for "we"?
It is built right into the verb! Because vamos is the "we" form of the verb ir (to go), adding the pronoun nosotros is completely optional. You would only add it if you wanted to strongly emphasize who is going.
I remember learning the word al for "to the." Why does this sentence use a la?
You use the contraction al only when the preposition a (to) is followed by the masculine article el (the). Because playa is a feminine noun, it uses the feminine article la. The words a and la never combine, so they stay separate as a la playa.

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