El to Al.....

Question

When does el become al. Thanks

Answer 1

"Al" is a contraction of "a" and "el", so you use "al" instead, unless it is "a él" ("él" used as a pronoun personal). In this case should be separate words.

Answer 2

Actually al is a contraction of "A el", which applies in cases like :

We are going to the boat. Vamos al barco.

Give that candy to the child. Dale el dulce al niño. etc.

Answer 3

El partido. the match, vamos al partido, we go to the match, A = to El = the contract them together = Al = to the of course the place you are going to must be masculine gender if it is female you would say A la i.e. A la escuela, to the school.