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No reserven el área de la piscina para los niños.

No reserven el área de la piscina para los niños.
Do not reserve the pool area for the children.
From Lesson 164:Formal negative commands·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about No reserven el área de la piscina para los niños.

Why does the verb change to reserven instead of the normal present tense reservan?
Because this is a negative formal command directed at a group (ustedes). To tell a group formally not to do something with an -ar verb like reservar, you swap the typical a vowel for an e, giving us no reserven.
Wait, why is it el área? Isn't área a feminine word?
Yes, área is definitely feminine! However, because it starts with a stressed letter a, saying la área would sound awkward. To make it flow better, Spanish uses el for the singular. You might remember this rule from el agua. If it were plural, it would go back to normal: las áreas.
Why do we use para here instead of por?
We use para because the children are the intended recipients of the pool area. If you used por los niños, it would mean you are reserving it on behalf of the children (as if they asked you to do it for them) or because of them.

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