Questions & Answers about La banda corrió al escenario.
Why is it corrió and not corrieron if a band has multiple people?
What is the infinitive of corrió, and how does its past tense ending compare to -ar verbs?
The infinitive is correr (to run). In the past tense (the preterite), regular -er and -ir verbs share the exact same endings. For the 'he/she/it' form, that ending is -ió (corrió). This is different from -ar verbs, which just use -ó (like habló for 'he spoke'). Notice the extra i in the -er/-ir ending!
Where does al come from?
The word al is a mandatory combination of the preposition a (to) and the masculine singular article el (the). Whenever a and el are next to each other, they always merge into al. Because escenario is masculine, we say al escenario (to the stage) instead of 'a el escenario'.
Does escenario mean 'scenario'?
It can, but in contexts involving music, theater, or performances, el escenario specifically means 'the stage'. It is a very common vocabulary word to know for concerts and plays.
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