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Normalmente vamos a la playa.

Normalmente vamos a la playa.
Normally we go to the beach.
From Lesson 73:Adverbs of frequency (a menudo, a veces)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Normalmente vamos a la playa.

ir
to go
a
to
la playa
the beach
normalmente
normally

Questions & Answers about Normalmente vamos a la playa.

How do adverbs ending in -mente work?
They are just like English adverbs ending in '-ly'. You take the feminine form of an adjective (for normal, it is the same for masculine and feminine) and add -mente to the end.
Does normalmente have to go at the beginning of the sentence?
No, adverbs of frequency are quite flexible in Spanish. You could also say Vamos a la playa normalmente. Putting it at the beginning is just a natural way to set the context for how often the action happens.
Why isn't there a word for 'we' in this sentence?
The verb vamos already means 'we go'. In Spanish, you can almost always drop subject pronouns like nosotros (we) because the verb itself tells you exactly who is doing the action.
Why is it a la playa instead of combining the words into al?
You only combine the preposition a (to) and the word el (the) into the single word al for masculine nouns. Since playa is feminine, it uses la, and a la never combines.

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