Question from Spanish Grammar Drills

Question

I've been working my way through Rogelio Alonso Vallecillos' <i>Spanish Grammar Drills</i>. Chapter 9, lesson 52 is a set of answer sentences where you're supposed to write the appropriate question that would yield that answer. Number 13 reads:

"Las camisas las compré en una tiendacita que hay detrás de la iglesia." The question was to be, ¿Dónde compraste las camisas?

I don't understand why there are two las'es in the answer sentence. Can someone explain? Thanks in advance. -GB

Answer 1

Hmm...that sentence makes sense but it sounds strange to find it in a lesson textbook. Anyway, its construction would equate more or less to this in English: "The shirts, I bought them in a little store that's behind the church." Hope that helps!

because are in plural. in spanish you need put before nouns an article. check Definite article forms (regular and exceptions). - Sarara, Apr 6, 2013

Answer 2

That makes sense, though I would have caught on faster if there were a comma after the word camisas. Thanks for the response.