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Mi hermana y yo estudiamos en la misma universidad.

Mi hermana y yo estudiamos en la misma universidad.
My sister and I study at the same university.
From Lesson 110:Same and different (el mismo, igual que, más de diez)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Mi hermana y yo estudiamos en la misma universidad.

Why is the verb estudiamos in the "we" form when the sentence starts with "my sister"?
The full subject is Mi hermana y yo (My sister and I). Whenever you combine someone else and yourself (yo), it becomes nosotros (we). Because of this, the verb takes the nosotros ending, which is estudiamos.
Why does the adjective misma come before the noun universidad? I thought Spanish adjectives go after the noun.
You are right that most descriptive adjectives go after the noun in Spanish. However, mismo (same) is a common exception. It almost always comes directly before the noun it modifies, just like in English.
How can I tell that universidad is a feminine noun so I know to use la and misma?
In Spanish, almost all nouns that end in -dad (like universidad, ciudad, or verdad) are feminine. That is why it uses the feminine "the" (la) and the feminine adjective misma.
Why do we use en here for "at"?
The preposition en translates to "in", "on", and "at" in English. When talking about being located or doing something at an institution or physical place, Spanish simply uses en. To say you study "at the university", you say en la universidad.

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