Breakdown of La guardia del museo trabaja por la noche.
el museo
the museum
trabajar
to work
del
from the / of the
por la noche
at night
la guardia
the guard (corps), the watch
Questions & Answers about La guardia del museo trabaja por la noche.
Why is it la guardia here instead of el guardia?
What is del a combination of?
Del is a mandatory contraction of the preposition de (of/from) and the masculine singular article el (the). Here, de + el museo becomes del museo (of the museum).
Why do we use por to say "at night"?
In Spanish, when talking about general periods of the day, you typically use the preposition por. So, "at night" or "during the night" is usually expressed as por la noche. While you might sometimes hear en la noche in parts of Latin America, por la noche is the most standard way to express this.
Since la guardia refers to a group of people, why is the verb trabaja singular?
Even though la guardia represents a group of people, the noun itself is singular. Just like in English when we say "the team plays" or "the watch works", collective nouns take singular verbs in Spanish.
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