Learn Spanish (Latin America): Los huéspedes siguieron al gerente por el pasillo. - The guests followed the manager through the hallway.

Los huéspedes siguieron al gerente por el pasillo.

The guests followed the manager through the hallway.

Breakdown of Los huéspedes siguieron al gerente por el pasillo.

los

the (masculine plural)

to the

por

for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)

el gerente

the manager

Questions & Answers about Los huéspedes siguieron al gerente por el pasillo.

Why is it siguieron and not seguieron?

Siguieron comes from the -ir verb seguir (to follow). In the preterite (past) tense, some -ir verbs have a stem change, but only in the third-person forms (he/she/you formal, and they/you all). For seguir, the e in the stem changes to an i, giving us siguieron (they followed).

Do I pronounce the u in siguieron?

No, the u is completely silent. In Spanish, the combination gui is pronounced like "gee" in "geese". The u is just there to force the g to make a hard sound. Without it (gieron), the g would sound like an English "h".

Why is it al gerente and not just el gerente?

Al is a mandatory contraction of a + el. Here, the a is the "personal a". In Spanish, whenever the direct object of a verb is a specific person (like the manager), you must put an a right before it.

Could I use para instead of por for "through the hallway"?