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¿Vas al campo con tu amigo?

¿Vas al campo con tu amigo?
Are you going to the countryside with your friend?
From Lesson 25:Destination (a, al)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Vas al campo con tu amigo?

Why is it al and not a el?
When the preposition a (to) is followed immediately by the masculine word for 'the', which is el, they combine into one word: al. Instead of saying a el campo, you always say al campo.
Could I use en instead of a here?
No, because the verb ir (to go) involves movement toward a destination. In Spanish, you use the preposition a for movement to a place. You use en (in/at) when you are already located somewhere.
Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?
Vas is the 'you' (informal) form of the verb ir (to go). Because Spanish verbs change their endings depending on who is doing the action, the pronoun tú (you) is often dropped. The word vas on its own means 'you go' or 'are you going'.
Why doesn't tu have an accent mark here?
Tu without an accent mark means 'your', as in tu amigo (your friend). If it had an accent mark (tú), it would mean the person 'you'.

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