Which is correct, "del" or "el"?

Question

When I was watching the video 2.6 "The Preterit and Travels", there are two example sentences confusing me. 1. Salisteis "del" hotel a las 9 de la mañana. 2. Salieron "el" hotel a las 7 esta mañana. Which one is correct, "del" or "el"?

Answer 1

I think Joygogo's asking whether the verb salir takes the preposition de in this case (unlike English where the expression "we left the hotel" doesn't need any preposition). Based on a quick browse of SD dictionary and google (what a reliable source hehe), I'd say "del hotel" is much more common with the verb salir. Hope that helps a bit.

Hello, Manity, you did understand my question. Thanks for your explanation. - joygogo, Feb 16, 2013

You're welcome :) - Manity, Feb 16, 2013

Answer 2

Salisteis "del" hotel a las 9 de la mañana. 2. Salieron "el" hotel a las 7 esta mañana. Which one is correct, "del" or "el"?

Both are correct because they are in different sentences.

de + el = del

"del hotel" = from the hotel

"el hotel = the hotel

Answer 3

Verbs of movement need direction in Spanish. Salieron el hotel to me sounds like the hotel itself is leaving, and you just conjugated it wrong. You're going to need prepositions with verbs like "ir" "salir," etc.

Answer 4

When You have de followed by el they are always combined to "del"..the reason is that del is easier to say than de el

Answer 5

Salieron el hotel is wrong, you need the preposition "de", and you know de +el = del. That´s all.