In the example sentence, " A Gerardo le gusta hablar con la gente" Why is "a" in front of his name?

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In the example sentence, " A Gerardo le gusta hablar con la gente" Why is “a” in front of his name?

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Gerardo is the object of the sentence when you have a person that is the object of the sentence you need to put the preposition a in front of it. It is called “personal a”.

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