Word
La persona té la brúixola.
Meaning
The person has the compass.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about La persona té la brúixola.
Why is it la persona and not just persona?
In Catalan, singular countable nouns usually need an article when you are talking about a specific thing or person.
So la persona means the person.
Using just persona by itself would usually sound incomplete in a normal sentence like this.
Why is there also la before brúixola?
For the same reason: brúixola is a singular noun, and here it refers to a specific compass, so Catalan uses the definite article:
- la brúixola = the compass
This is very normal in Catalan. In many cases, Catalan uses articles where English does too.
What does té mean, and what verb does it come from?