Vocab help

Question

Okay, I'm currently in lv1:Unit 2 of Rosettta stone, and I'm having some trouble with a word.

The sentence says, "El hombre está debajo del carro". That should mean The man is underneath the car right?

So whats the del after it for?

Another one would be "Los niños están debajo de la cama" That would mean "The boys are underneath the bed"

So whats the de for?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

"del" is a conjugation of de + el

underneath = debajo de

the car = el carro

Hence they used the contraction "debajo del carro".

(The above link is to "underneath" in the Spanishdict.com dictionary)

Thanks! - JCaves, Jul 25, 2013