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Como en el restaurante viejo.

Como en el restaurante viejo.
I eat in the old restaurant.
From Lesson 15:The preposition en (en)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Como en el restaurante viejo.

Wait, doesn't como usually mean like or as?
It often does! But here, como is the I form of the verb comer (to eat). You can tell it means I eat because the rest of the sentence describes an action happening at a restaurant.
Why do we use en here for the location?
The word en is a very handy preposition that can mean in, on, or at. When you want to say that an action takes place inside a location like el restaurante, en is the word you need.
Why is the word order restaurante viejo instead of viejo restaurante?
In English, we put the describing word before the thing it describes (old restaurant). In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) like viejo usually come right after the noun.
Why is there no word for I before como?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb tells you who is doing the action. The -o ending on como already means I eat, so you do not need to add the word yo (I) unless you want to add special emphasis.

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