Ell no té la culpa.

Yes. In Catalan, the verb form té already shows that the subject is he/she/it, so the pronoun is often unnecessary.

• No té la culpa. = perfectly natural
• Ell no té la culpa. = adds emphasis, contrast, or clarity

So ell is there to stress he in particular, as in something like He isn’t the one to blame.

Catalan usually makes a sentence negative by putting no directly before the conjugated verb.

• té = has / is to blame in this expression
• no té = does not have / is not to blame

So the basic pattern is:

• subject + no + verb

Examples:

• Ella no parla. = She doesn’t speak.
• Nosaltres no sabem. = We don’t know.

Té is the 3rd person singular form of tenir:

• jo tinc
• tu tens
• ell/ella té
• nosaltres tenim
• vosaltres teniu
• ells/elles tenen

The accent in té helps show pronunciation and distinguishes it from other words spelled te.

Because Catalan normally uses the fixed expression tenir la culpa.

Even though English often says to be to blame or to be at fault without an article, Catalan uses the noun with the definite article:

• tenir la culpa

This is very natural in Catalan and should usually be learned as one chunk.

Yes. It is a very common idiomatic expression.

Literally, it looks like to have the blame, but in natural English it means:

• to be to blame
• to be at fault
• to be responsible

So in this sentence, don’t translate word by word too mechanically. Learn tenir la culpa as a set phrase.

Yes, absolutely. That is very natural Catalan.

Catalan often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. So:

• No té la culpa. = natural
• Ell no té la culpa. = natural, but more emphatic

You would include ell when you want contrast, for example:

• Ella sí que en té la culpa, però ell no té la culpa.

Because culpa is a feminine noun in Catalan, so it takes la in the singular:

• la culpa

This is a matter of grammatical gender. It does not mean the blame is feminine in any real-world sense; it is just how the noun behaves grammatically.

Yes. A common alternative is:

• No és culpa seva. = It’s not his fault.

That version focuses more on fault belonging to him rather than using the expression tenir la culpa. Both are common, but they are structured differently:

• Ell no té la culpa.
• No és culpa seva.

You keep no before the verb and change the form of tenir.

Examples:

• Jo no tinc la culpa. = I’m not to blame.
• Tu no tens la culpa. = You’re not to blame.
• Ella no té la culpa. = She’s not to blame.
• Nosaltres no tenim la culpa. = We’re not to blame.
• Vosaltres no teniu la culpa. = You all are not to blame.
• Ells no tenen la culpa. = They’re not to blame.

The most neutral order is:

• Ell no té la culpa.

Catalan word order is fairly flexible, but changing it usually adds emphasis or sounds more marked. For learners, the safest pattern is:

• subject + no + verb + object

So Ell no té la culpa is the standard form to use.