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Prepositions & Contractions

Preposiciones y contracciones

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Beginner · Step 17 of 21Course step 17 of 48

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Understand it · Entiéndelo
.I: Subject — who or what?; am going: Verb — action or state; to: Preposition; the park: Noun
.Voy: Verb — action or state; al: Preposition; parque: Noun
I am coming from the park.
del parque.
I am at home.
en casa.

Build it step by step · Constrúyelo paso a paso

I am going with Ana.
.Voy: Verb — action or state; con: Preposition; Ana: Noun
The book is his.
El libro de él.
Self-check · Comprueba tu respuesta

Al parque; del parque. De él does not contract because él is a pronoun.

Check and try again · Comprueba y vuelve a intentar

Voy al parque. Vengo del parque. A + el becomes al; de + el becomes del. Compare de él, which keeps the pronoun separate.

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1. Which combination becomes al?

2. Choose the contraction for de + el parque.

3. Build voy + a + el parque.

4. Which phrase keeps the pronoun él separate?

5. You come from the park. Choose the sentence.

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