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¿Cogemos el metro al centro?

¿Cogemos el metro al centro?
Do we take the metro to the center?
From Lesson 70:Public Transport·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Cogemos el metro al centro?

al
to the (m)
el centro
the center
coger
to take
el metro
the metro

Questions & Answers about ¿Cogemos el metro al centro?

Why isn't there a word for "Do" at the beginning of the question?
In English, we use "do" to make questions. Spanish doesn't do this. Instead, you just use the normal verb form cogemos (we take) and add question marks. The tone of your voice going up at the end makes it a question!
I translated cogemos as "we take", but could this also mean "shall we take"?
Yes! In Spanish, the present tense is frequently used to make suggestions about what to do right now. So asking ¿Cogemos el metro? is the most natural way to say "Shall we take the metro?" or "Should we take the metro?".
I've heard the verb coger is a bad word. Is it safe to use here?
Yes, in Spain it is completely safe and very common! In Spanish from Spain, coger simply means "to take" or "to catch" (like a train, a bus, or an object). Just be aware that in many Latin American countries, it is indeed a slang swear word. Since you are focusing on Spain, you will use it for transport all the time.
Why does the sentence use al centro instead of a el centro?
al is a mandatory combination of two words: a (meaning "to") and el (meaning "the"). In Spanish, whenever a is followed directly by el, they must squeeze together into al. So al centro means "to the center".

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