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¿Cuándo vuelves a la ciudad?

¿Cuándo vuelves a la ciudad?
When do you return to the city?
From Lesson 31:Stem-changing verbs: o to ue·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Cuándo vuelves a la ciudad?

la ciudad
the city
cuándo
when
a
to
volver
to return

Questions & Answers about ¿Cuándo vuelves a la ciudad?

Why is it vuelves and not volves?
Vuelves comes from the verb volver (to return). It is a stem-changing verb, meaning the -o- in the stem changes to -ue- when conjugated, except for the we and you all forms. Since this sentence is about you (informal singular), it becomes vuelves.
Why does Cuándo have an accent mark?
In Spanish, all question words get an accent mark to tell them apart from their non-question forms. The accent mark on cuándo shows it is being used as a question word (When?), though it does not change how the word is pronounced.
Why do we use the preposition a here?
The verb volver involves movement towards a destination. In Spanish, we use a (to) to show the destination of that movement, resulting in a la ciudad (to the city).
How do I know that ciudad is feminine and needs la?
Most Spanish nouns that end in -dad, like ciudad or universidad, are feminine. That is why it uses the feminine word for the, which is la.

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