a (destinació i hora)

A for Destination and Clock Time

Level 2

A introduces many destinations, locations and clock times.

How It Works

Use a before a city destination or location: vaig a Girona, soc a Girona. With casa in the home expression, no article is needed: torno a casa. With a definite masculine noun, contract a + el to al and a + els to als.

Destination and clock-time phrases can occur in the same clause: anem al museu a les deu. Al contains the article for museu; a les stays separate because les is feminine plural. Casa in the home expression commonly remains articleless.

A city name normally follows a directly: arribem a Barcelona. For an endpoint rather than a simple destination, fins a can make the limit explicit: caminarem fins a la plaça. Do not translate English at or in mechanically; compare a Barcelona with en un calaix, whose indefinite containment phrase uses en in the model taught here.

Examples (3)

  1. Arribem a Barcelona a les sis.

    We arrive in Barcelona at six.

  2. Torno a casa aviat.

    I am returning home soon.

  3. Ens veiem al museu a la una.

    We will meet at the museum at one.

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a (destinació i hora)Level 2A for Destination and Clock Time

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