Too many "a", "el" and "que"s for me to grasp
Hola.
I came across this phrase which I was hoping someone could dissect and tell me what all the a's, el's, and que's stand for. I know pretty much what phrase says, but I would like to know the logic behind the grammar.
"Creo que al punto al que quieres llegar..."
I think the phrase says "I believe that the point you want to make..." why is the first "a" used in "al punto"? Why is the second "a used in "al que"? I see where the second "a" might be used to mean "to which" but I'm not sure.
Gracias!
1 Answer
"Creo que al punto al que quieres llegar..."
The first ''a'' has to do with the direction of the conversation towards a point, the second has to do with the usage of ''llegar'' which implies also arriving ''at'' a point.
- llegar a un punto. - To arrive at a point.
El punto al(a el)(punto) que quieres llegar. / This is the equivalent of saying . ''The point at which(al que) you want to arrive. After already using the word punto... It is omitted the second time because you already know its the subject. Like after using a persons name we use ''he/she'' because the other person already knows who it was we were talking about.
Después de dos horas platicando, llegamos al punto al(''a'' for direction of our conversation. ''el'' in place of ''el punto'' being our destination'') que queríamos llegar en el principio.
After two hours talking we got to the point to which we wanted to get originally(in the beginning).
