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No es posible usar la palabra 'lo' en la frase : no lo entiendo?

Hello! I don't see the transcription. I spent time transcribing my understanding of this, and I hope I will be able to check my answer. -A

1. cuantos años tiene mafalda? How old is Mafalda?

How old is Mafalda?

How do you know when to use definite articles after the preposition "de"?   For instance "la influencia de la globalización" or "la vida de las mujeres"?   Why not just "la influencia de globalización" or "la vida de mujeres"?      In this article on "de", Using the preposition "de" in Spanish with nouns for description , none of the examples have a definite article after de.

She hates cats. Not THE cats. Why "los gatos" then?

Question: ¡Estén atentos! means: Pay attention!

I don't see anywhere on the lesson that explains this usage. It seems like it's being used as a command/order.

Él pudo irse de vacaciones

why we use 'irse' in this sentence? instead of 'ir'

What is the difference between camarero and camarera

I know this keeps coming up, but in the examples we see: “las llaves de la casa”, and “la reserva de hotel”. Both these expressions follow the structure of NOUN + DE + NOUN. Why do we only use “la” for the first one?