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Vemos al médico en el hospital.

Vemos al médico en el hospital.
We see the doctor in the hospital.
From Lesson 27:The personal 'a' (a)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Vemos al médico en el hospital.

Why is it al instead of just el before médico?
This is a mix of two rules. First, when an action is done to a specific person, Spanish adds the word a (often called the personal a) right before the person. Second, whenever the words a and el are next to each other, they always combine into the single word al.
Where is the Spanish word for 'we' in this sentence?
In Spanish, the ending of the verb usually tells you who is doing the action. The -mos ending on vemos tells us that 'we' are the ones seeing. You could say nosotros vemos, but it is perfectly normal to drop the nosotros.
This lesson is about question words. How would I ask 'Where do we see the doctor?' based on this sentence?
You would use the question word dónde which means 'where'. You simply put it at the start of the sentence with question marks: ¿Dónde vemos al médico?
Is the first letter in hospital pronounced?
No, the letter 'h' is always silent in Spanish. You pronounce this word starting directly with the 'o' sound, and place the speaking stress on the final syllable.

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