Spanish B1 · Day 5
Day 5: La hora punta — Al + infinitive in a past sequence
What you'll learn
- Grammar: "Al + infinitive" in past sequences
- Reading: Supervivencia en la hora punta
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Grammar point: "Al + infinitive" in past sequences
Temporal structures tell us when an event takes place in relation to another action. In narrative past sequences, Spanish often avoids repeating finite verbs with cuando (when) by using the compact, elegant structure al + infinitive ( al + infinitivo ). It answers questions like ¿Cuándo?
Key vocabulary (8 of 18 words)
- la multitud – crowd
- desplazarse – to commute / to travel
- apretujarse – to squeeze in / to cram
- la aglomeración – crowding
- el embotellamiento – traffic jam
- abarrotado – packed, crammed
- concurrido – busy, crowded
- el gentío – throng, mass of people
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