Please explain 'al' in Mis amigos sintieron una gran alegría al verme.
Gracias,
Ricky
Please explain 'al' in Mis amigos sintieron una gran alegría al verme.
Gracias,
Ricky
Hola Ricky,
We use "al" plus an infinitive as a way of saying "when something happened". In this case, with this sentence "Mis amigos sintieron una gran alegría al verme.", it is the same as saying "My friends felt really happy when they saw me.".
Here is a lesson about "al+infinitive". Note it is an advance class, though.
Also note: Al = contraction of a+el.
I hope it helps.
Un saludo
Inma
Hola,
I searched for the lesson you referred to in your reply above to Ricky:
"competency id= "6175" but got no results in the search tab. Is there a link?
Gracias, Nicole
Sorry Nicole
We didn't realise back then we hadn't sent the link correctly - if you are still interested this is what we meant to send for "al + infinitive".
Inma
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