"La gente habla (el) español"
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La gente habla (el) español. Is the "el" needed here or can it be omitted? Can someone explain when definite articles are needed?
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updated Jun 21, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by indysidnarayan
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After certain verbs the definite articles are not used with languages. Hablar happens to be one of them, so the "el" is not needed in your example. They are also omitted after some prepositions like en and de with languages.
updated Jun 21, 2010
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Thank you very much! - indysidnarayan, Jun 21, 2010
