Breakdown of La chica invita a la señora al teatro.
la chica
the girl
al
to the (m)
el teatro
the theater
a
personal a (marks a person object)
la señora
the lady / madam (form of address)
invitar
to invite
Questions & Answers about La chica invita a la señora al teatro.
Why is there an a before la señora?
In Spanish, when the direct object of a verb (the person receiving the action) is a specific person, you must put the word a right before it. This is called the 'personal a'. English doesn't do this, but in Spanish you have to say invita a la señora instead of just invita la señora.
Why does it say al teatro instead of a el teatro?
In Spanish, whenever the preposition a (to) is followed by the masculine word for 'the', which is el, they always combine into the single word al. So, a + el = al. This is mandatory and makes the sentence much smoother to say!
How would I ask 'Where does she invite the lady?' using the question words from this lesson?
You would use the question word dónde (where). Because she is inviting her to a destination, you put a (to) in front of it to make a dónde (or adónde). The full question becomes: ¿A dónde invita a la señora?
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