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Invito al señor a la fiesta.

Invito al señor a la fiesta.
I invite the gentleman to the party.
From Lesson 27:The personal 'a' (a)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Invito al señor a la fiesta.

Why is the word "I" missing at the beginning of the sentence?
In Spanish, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. Because invito ends in -o, it already means "I invite". You can say yo invito if you want to emphasize it, but it is standard to drop the yo!
What exactly is al in this sentence?
The word al is a mandatory combination of two words. When the preposition a meets the masculine "the" (el), they merge into al. In this sentence, the a is the "personal a", an extra word Spanish adds when an action directly affects a specific person. So, invito a el señor automatically becomes invito al señor.
Why doesn't a la fiesta merge together like al señor?
The rule to merge words only applies to a + el. When a is followed by the feminine "the" (la), they must stay as two separate words: a la. Also, notice that the a here translates to "to" (to the party), while the first a was just a grammatical marker pointing out a person!
Since this lesson is about question words, how would I ask "Where do I invite the gentleman?"
You would use the question word dónde (where). Since you are asking about a destination ("to where"), you put a in front of it to make adónde (or a dónde). The question becomes: ¿Adónde invito al señor?

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