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to say " I am at home or I am in the house" which sentence is acceptable? estoy en casa or estoy en la casa?
2nd: to say I am in the class " estoy en la clase or estoy en clase"? in some books "la" isn't used. what's the difference??
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updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by aysehilal
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Estoy en casa would mean I am a home, that is not used much in Colombian Spanish, rather estoy en mi casa.
Estoy en la casa refers to being in a specific house known to both parties.
Estoy en la clase - here clase pertains to the class room, the people of the class, everything that makes up the class
Estoy en clase refers to being in the process of being taught
updated Dec 26, 2010
posted by afowen
thank you - aysehilal, Dec 26, 2010
No worries. Although there are great differences between when to use definite articles in Spanish and English, in these examples they work the same way. - afowen, Dec 26, 2010
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Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
Estoy en clase. - I am in class.
The 'la' is simply not needed in this case... Just as in English, you do not need 'the' here.
updated Dec 26, 2010
edited by NikkiLR
posted by NikkiLR
Sorry... I only answered one part of the question... afowen gave a good explication of when to use 'la', though. :) - NikkiLR, Dec 26, 2010
