Breakdown of Fuimos al festival de música la semana pasada.
de
from / of
la música
the music
ir
to go
al
to the
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)?
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?