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Nosotros comemos en el salón.

Nosotros comemos en el salón.
We eat in the living room.
From Lesson 23:Origin and possession (de, del)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nosotros comemos en el salón.

We just learned about combining de and el into del. Do we combine en and el into one word here?
No, en (in/on/at) and el (the) always stay as two separate words: en el. In Spanish, the only two mandatory contractions you need to worry about are del (de + el) and al (a + el).
Do I have to say nosotros, or could I just say comemos en el salón?
You can absolutely just say comemos en el salón! In Spanish, the verb ending (the -emos in comemos) already tells us that "we" are doing the action. Native speakers usually drop words like nosotros unless they want to add special emphasis.
Why does the verb comemos end in -emos?
It comes from the base verb comer (to eat). For regular verbs that end in -er, the "we" (nosotros/nosotras) form always takes the -emos ending.
Why is there an accent mark on the 'ó' in salón?
The accent mark tells you to put the spoken emphasis on that last syllable (sa-LON). Without it, Spanish pronunciation rules would automatically put the stress on the first syllable because the word ends in the letter 'n'.

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