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Voy a la escuela a pie.

Voy a la escuela a pie.
I go to school on foot.
From Lesson 32:In and by (en)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Voy a la escuela a pie.

la escuela
the school
ir
to go
a
to
a pie
on foot

Questions & Answers about Voy a la escuela a pie.

The lesson says to use en for transportation. Why is it a pie instead of en pie?
You are right that we normally use en for modes of transportation, like en autobús (by bus) or en tren (by train). However, walking is the big exception! To say 'on foot', Spanish always uses the phrase a pie.
In English we say 'on foot'. Does the preposition a also mean 'on'?
Not usually. Prepositions rarely match up perfectly between English and Spanish. While a typically means 'to' or 'at', in this specific case, a pie is just a fixed expression you have to memorize for 'on foot'.
Why does this sentence use a la instead of the combined word al?
The combined word (contraction) al is only used when the preposition a meets the masculine article el (a + el becomes al). Because escuela is a feminine word, it takes the feminine article la. The words a and la never combine into a single word.
Where is the word for 'I' in this sentence?
The word for 'I' is yo, but it is missing here because you do not always need it in Spanish. The verb voy specifically means 'I go', and since it can only ever apply to 'I', the yo is understood without having to say it.

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