Breakdown of Ve al telón y pon la silla aquí.
y
and
la silla
the chair
aquí
here
ir
to go
al
to the
poner
to put
el telón
the curtain (theater)
Questions & Answers about Ve al telón y pon la silla aquí.
Why is it ve here to mean 'go'? Doesn't ve mean 'he/she sees'?
Is pon the normal way to tell someone to put something down?
Yes, when you are talking to someone you address as tú. Pon is the highly irregular affirmative command form of the verb poner (to put/place). If it followed the normal rules, it would be pone, but poner belongs to a small group of verbs that have short, one-syllable commands (along with verbs like hacer -> haz and salir -> sal).
Why does the sentence use 'al telón' instead of 'a el telón'?
In Spanish, whenever the preposition a (to) is followed right away by the masculine word for 'the' (el), they are forced to merge to make the contraction al. Because telón is a masculine noun, 'to the curtain' becomes al telón.
Does 'telón' mean the same thing as 'cortina'?
Not exactly. While both mean 'curtain', a cortina is usually a normal window curtain you would find in a house. A telón is specifically a very large, heavy curtain, most commonly the main stage curtain in a theater.
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