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Fuimos al festival de música la semana pasada.

Fuimos al festival de música la semana pasada.
We went to the music festival last week.
From Lesson 105:Past time expressions (ayer, anoche)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Fuimos al festival de música la semana pasada.

Why do we say la semana pasada when English just says 'last week'?
In English we say 'last week', but in Spanish you need the article la (the) before these time expressions. Literally, it translates to 'the past week'. Notice that pasada acts like an adjective describing semana, so it comes after the noun and ends in -a to match the feminine word semana.
Wait, isn't fuimos the past tense of ser (to be)?
Yes, but it is also the past tense of ir (to go)! In the preterite past tense, ser and ir share the exact same forms. You can tell it means 'we went' here because it is followed by a destination: al festival (to the festival).
Why is it al festival instead of a el festival?
al is a mandatory combination of the preposition a (to) and the masculine word for 'the', which is el. Whenever a and el are next to each other, they merge into al. You cannot say a el.
Why is the word order festival de música instead of música festival?
In Spanish, you can't stack nouns together to describe things like we do in English (music festival, car door). Instead, you start with the main thing (festival), add de (of), and then the type (música). You are literally saying 'festival of music'.

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