Breakdown of El médico no va al hospital hoy.
no
no / not
el médico
the doctor
hoy
today
el hospital
the hospital
ir
to go
al
to the (m)
Questions & Answers about El médico no va al hospital hoy.
Why is it al hospital and not a el hospital?
In Spanish, whenever the preposition a (to) is followed immediately by the masculine singular word for "the", which is el, they always combine to form the contraction al. You cannot write or say a el; it must be al.
Why do we use a (hidden inside al) after the verb va?
The verb va means "goes" (from the verb ir, to go). In Spanish, when you talk about going to a destination, you must always use the preposition a to connect the verb to the place you are going.
Are the 'h's in hospital and hoy pronounced like they are in English?
No, the letter 'h' is completely silent in Spanish. You pronounce hospital as "os-pee-tal" and hoy as "oy".
Why does the word no come before the verb va?
Making a sentence negative in Spanish is very straightforward: you just place no immediately in front of the verb you are negating. In this case, "is not going" translates simply to no va.
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