Learn Spanish (Spain): Y vosotros, ¿os ducháis en el gimnasio?

Y vosotros, ¿os ducháis en el gimnasio?

And you all, do you shower at the gym?

Breakdown of Y vosotros, ¿os ducháis en el gimnasio?

and

vosotros

you all

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

el gimnasio

the gym

Questions & Answers about Y vosotros, ¿os ducháis en el gimnasio?

Why do we use os before ducháis?

Os is a reflexive pronoun. In Spanish, daily routine verbs like showering are usually reflexive, meaning the action is done to oneself. The dictionary form is ducharse (to shower oneself). Because the subject is vosotros (you all), the matching reflexive pronoun must be os.

Are both vosotros and os required here?

The word os is completely required to make the verb reflexive. However, the subject pronoun vosotros is optional. It is used here to add emphasis or contrast, much like asking And what about YOU ALL, do you shower at the gym?

Why does ducháis have an accent mark on the a?

When conjugating regular -ar verbs for vosotros in the present tense, the ending is always -áis. The written accent mark tells you to put the spoken stress on the a rather than the i.

Can I attach the pronoun to the end and say ducháisos?

No, not in this case. When a verb is conjugated in a normal present tense sentence, like ducháis, the reflexive pronoun (os) must go immediately before it. You only attach reflexive pronouns to the very end of a verb if it is in its original, unconjugated form (like ducharse).