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Ella reúne a sus amigos en casa.

Ella reúne a sus amigos en casa.
She gathers her friends at home.
From Lesson 138:Reciprocal verbs and pronouns (nos, se)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Ella reúne a sus amigos en casa.

Wait, I thought 'to gather' or 'to meet' was reunirse. Why isn't there a se in this sentence?
Because in this sentence, she is gathering other people (her friends). You use pronouns like se or nos when the action is reflexive (doing it to yourself) or reciprocal (doing it to each other, like "they meet up"). Since she is performing the action on someone else, we just use the normal, non-reflexive verb reunir.
Why do we need the a in reúne a sus amigos?
This is the "personal a." In Spanish, whenever the direct object of a verb is a specific person or a group of people, you must put an a right in front of it. Since her friends are people, it has to be reúne a sus amigos rather than just reúne sus amigos.
Why is there an accent mark on the 'u' in reúne?
The accent mark breaks up a diphthong (two vowels blending into one syllable). Without it, the 'e' and 'u' would blend together into a single sound. The accent on the 'u' tells you to separate the syllables and put the stress right on that letter, making it sound like re-U-ne.
Could I say en su casa instead of just en casa?
Yes, you could say en su casa if you wanted to specifically emphasize "in her house." However, just like in English, en casa is a very natural and common set phrase that translates directly to "at home."

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