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Estudiamos los animales en el museo.

Estudiamos los animales en el museo.
We study the animals in the museum.
From Lesson 15:The preposition en (en)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Estudiamos los animales en el museo.

Does en always mean "in", or could it mean "at the museum"?
The Spanish word en is very flexible! It can mean "in", "on", or "at" depending on the context. In this sentence, en el museo translates perfectly to either "in the museum" or "at the museum".
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?
The word for "we" (nosotros or nosotras) is hidden in the verb! Because the verb ends in -amos (estudiamos), we know exactly who is doing the action. Spanish speakers usually drop the subject pronoun when the verb ending already makes it obvious.
Why is there a los before animales? Wouldn't "We study animals" just be Estudiamos animales?
In English, we often drop the word "the" when talking about things in a general sense (like "animals"). In Spanish, you usually need the definite article (el, la, los, las) when talking about a general category of things. That's why we say los animales.
How do I know whether to use en el or en la for the museum?
You look at the noun! As a general rule, Spanish words that end in -o are masculine and use el, while words that end in -a are feminine and use la. Since museo ends in -o, it takes the masculine article, giving us en el museo.

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