The most frequently-observed crasis is now the contraction of the preposition "a" ("to" or "at") with the feminine singular definite article "a" ("the"), indicated in writing with a grave accent or the masculine singular definite article "o" (also "the"). For example, instead of "*Vou a a praia" ("I go to the beach"), one says "Vou à praia" ("I go to-the beach"). The contraction turns the clitic "a" into the stressed word "à". Meanwhile, a person going to a bank, a supermarket or a marketplace would say respectively "Vou ao banco", "Vou ao supermercado" or "Vou à feira".