Word
La policia té el número de compte.
Meaning
The police have the account number.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La policia té el número de compte.
tenir
to have
el número de compte
the account number
la policia
the police
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Questions & Answers about La policia té el número de compte.
Why is it la policia and not something like els policies?
La policia means the police as an institution or body, not individual police officers. In Catalan, policia here is a singular noun, even though in English the police often behaves like a plural idea.
If you wanted to talk about individual officers, you would use something like els policies for the police officers.
So:
- La policia té el número de compte. = The police have the account number.
- Els policies tenen el número de compte. = The police officers have the account number.
Why does té have an accent?
Té is the he/she/it form of the verb tenir = to have.
The accent is part of the correct spelling:
- jo tinc = I have
- tu tens = you have
- ell/ella té = he/she has
In this sentence, la policia is grammatically singular, so the verb must also be singular: té.
What is the infinitive of té?