Articles after Prepositions?
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When you say what did you eat for breakfast, do you say ¿Qué comes para desayuno? or ¿Que comes para el desayuno? Do you include the article or not, or does it not matter?
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updated Apr 11, 2016
posted by superandylu
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Your English variant is in past tense, so it should be: ¿Qué comiste / comió para el desayuno? In this case the article matters.
But a more natural way is: ¿Qué desayunaste / desayunó?
updated Apr 11, 2016
posted by 005faa61
I was just going to say that. :) - Daniela2041, Apr 11, 2016
Yet another problem area for me. I leave out a lot of necessary articles. - gringojrf, Apr 11, 2016
And for me. When I put them in, they turn out to have been unnecessary. When I leave them out, they're necessary. I've asked two Spanish teachers for help, neither of whom understood why they would be a problem. They say to use them as in English. Well .. - AnnRon, Apr 11, 2016
...no. I don't say "What did you eat for THE breakfast in English. - AnnRon, Apr 11, 2016
Sorry for the missing question mark and quotation mark. Careless of me. - AnnRon, Apr 11, 2016
