Questions & Answers about Aquest camí és llarg.
What does each word in Aquest camí és llarg do grammatically?
- Aquest = a demonstrative adjective, meaning this
- camí = a masculine singular noun, meaning path / road / way
- és = the 3rd person singular of ser, meaning is
- llarg = an adjective, meaning long
So the structure is:
demonstrative + noun + verb + adjective
Very similar to English: This path is long.
Why is it aquest and not aquesta?
Because camí is masculine singular.
In Catalan, demonstratives agree with the noun in gender and number:
- aquest camí = this path
- aquesta carretera = this road
- aquests camins = these paths
- aquestes carreteres = these roads
So aquest matches camí because camí is masculine singular.
How do I know that camí is masculine?