al tocar al timbre
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in the sentence "al tocar el timbre,oyó una voz: ¡Pase!", where does al come from, "a el"?
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updated Aug 30, 2009
posted by zhoujian
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"When he rang the doorbell, he heard a voice. Come in!"
Literally "On ringing the doorbell..." This sounds quite stiff and formal in English but I remember reading a post by our friend Lazarus saying that it sounds perfectly natural in Spanish. I think you can do this with any verb...
Al ver el accidente... (On seeing the accident - when I saw the accident)
Al encontrar las llaves... ( On finding the keys - When he found his keys)
....but I am not a native speaker so......
updated Aug 30, 2009
edited by patch
posted by patch
