Breakdown of Siempre hacemos una seña antes del saque para comunicarnos el uno con el otro.
de
from / of
una
a, an (feminine)
siempre
always
con
with
hacer
to do / to make
para
for
uno
one
otro
other
antes
before / earlier
comunicarse
to communicate
la seña
the signal (gesture)
el saque
the serve
Questions & Answers about Siempre hacemos una seña antes del saque para comunicarnos el uno con el otro.
Why does it say el uno con el otro instead of el uno al otro?
The phrase for 'each other' adapts to the preposition needed by the verb. Here, the verb is comunicarse con (to communicate with). Therefore, the preposition con is placed right in the middle of the reciprocal phrase, giving us el uno con el otro. If the verb required the preposition a (like helping each other: ayudarse el uno al otro), you would use a.
Is el uno con el otro strictly necessary here?
What is the difference between una seña and una señal?
The word una seña usually refers to a physical gesture or sign made by a person, like a hand signal in sports or a nod. Meanwhile, una señal is broader and often refers to a physical object like a traffic sign, a technical signal like Wi-Fi, or a general indicator. In this sports context, una seña is the perfect choice for a player's hand signal.
I know the verb sacar, but what does saque mean here?
Why is the pronoun nos attached to the end of comunicar?
Because comunicar follows the preposition para, it must remain in its infinitive (unconjugated) form. When a verb is in the infinitive, object pronouns like nos must be attached directly to the end of it, creating the single word comunicarnos.
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