Breakdown of Ella se conecta al wifi en el hotel.
ella
she / her (after a preposition)
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
el hotel
the hotel
al
to the (m)
se
himself / herself / themselves (reflexive)
conectar
to connect
el wifi
the Wi-Fi
Questions & Answers about Ella se conecta al wifi en el hotel.
Why is it se conecta instead of just conecta?
The verb conectarse is used here because she is connecting herself or her device to a network. If you just used the non-reflexive conecta, it would usually mean she is physically connecting two separate things together, like plugging a cable into a wall.
How is the word wifi pronounced in Spain?
In Spain, it is pronounced as WEE-fee. Spanish speakers apply their own vowel sounds to this loanword rather than using the English pronunciation.
How do we know wifi is a masculine word to use al?
Foreign loanwords in Spanish usually default to masculine unless there is a specific reason for them to be feminine. Because it is masculine, it takes the article el, which combines with the preposition a to make the contraction al (to the).
Why use en el hotel when the English translation says "at the hotel"?
Spanish does not have a distinct preposition that exactly matches the English word "at". The preposition en is used to indicate general location, covering both "in" and "at" depending on the context.
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