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¿Vais al estadio?

¿Vais al estadio?
Are you going to the stadium?
From Lesson 25:Destination (a, al)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Vais al estadio?

ir
to go
al
to the (m)
el estadio
the stadium

Questions & Answers about ¿Vais al estadio?

Why does this sentence use al instead of a el?
In Spanish, when the preposition a (to) is followed immediately by the masculine word for "the" (el), they must combine to form the single word al. It is much smoother to say! So, a + el estadio naturally becomes al estadio.
Why do we use the preposition a in this sentence?
The preposition a translates to "to" and shows movement toward a destination. Whenever you use the verb ir (to go) and state where you are going, you connect the verb to the place using a.
Who exactly is the verb vais referring to?
Vais means "you (all) go" or "you (all) are going". It is the vosotros form of the verb ir (to go). In Spain, this is the standard, informal way to talk to a group of people, similar to saying "Are you guys going?" in English.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
Spanish speakers usually leave out subject words like vosotros (you plural) because the verb itself already gives it away. Since vais can only ever mean that "you all" are doing the action, adding vosotros isn't necessary unless you want to add special emphasis.

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