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¿Cuándo visitas a la señora?

¿Cuándo visitas a la señora?
When do you visit the lady?
From Lesson 46:The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Cuándo visitas a la señora?

Why is there an a before la señora?
This is the "personal a", which is the focus of this lesson! In Spanish, when the direct object of a verb is a specific person (or a beloved pet), you must put the word a right before it. Since la señora (the lady) is a person receiving the action of the verb visitas (you visit), she needs the personal a.
Would it be wrong to say ¿Cuándo visitas la señora? without the a?
Yes, it would be grammatically incorrect. Unlike in English where we just say "visit the lady", the personal a is mandatory in Spanish whenever the object of the sentence is a specific person.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
The "you" is built directly into the verb visitas. In Spanish, you usually don't need to say the subject pronoun tú (you) because the -as ending of the verb already tells us exactly who is doing the action.
Why does Cuándo have an accent mark on the "a"?
In Spanish, all question words (like qué, cómo, dónde, and cuándo) get an accent mark when they are used in a question. This helps distinguish them from their non-question forms, such as when you use cuando to just say "when" in a normal statement.

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