Breakdown of Siempre vamos al spa para descansar.
para
for / in order to (+ infinitive) / by (a deadline)
siempre
always
ir
to go
al
to the (m)
descansar
to rest
el spa
the spa
Questions & Answers about Siempre vamos al spa para descansar.
Does siempre count as an adverb, and why doesn't it end in -mente?
Yes, siempre (always) is an adverb, but it tells us when something happens, not how. The -mente ending is added to adjectives to create adverbs of manner (describing how an action is done, similar to "-ly" in English). Since siempre is already a built-in time word, it does not use this ending.
Why do we use para instead of por before descansar?
We use para followed by an infinitive verb (a verb in its basic form, like descansar) to show the purpose of an action, translating to "in order to". Here, the purpose of going to the spa is in order to rest.
Why is it al spa rather than a el spa?
Whenever the preposition a (to) is followed directly by the masculine word for "the" (el), they must combine into the mandatory contraction al. Because spa is a masculine noun, a plus el becomes al.
Why isn't there a word for "we" before vamos?
The verb vamos already has the "we" meaning built into its ending. In Spanish, you usually drop subject pronouns like nosotros (we) because the verb form makes it completely clear who is doing the action.
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