L'habilitat és important per al lloc de treball.

to be

Breakdown of L'habilitat és important per al lloc de treball.

• per a: for
• important: important
• l'habilitat: the skill

Questions & Answers about L'habilitat és important per al lloc de treball.

Why is there a definite article in l'habilitat when English often just says skill with no article?

Catalan uses the definite article more often than English, especially with abstract nouns and general concepts.

So l'habilitat can naturally mean skill in a general sense, not just the skill in a very specific sense. In English, we often leave the article out, but in Catalan the article sounds normal and idiomatic here.

So:

• L'habilitat és important... = Skill is important...

This is a very common difference between English and Catalan.

Why is it l'habilitat and not la habilitat?

Because habilitat begins with a silent h, and in Catalan the definite article is usually apostrophized before a vowel sound or silent h.

So:

• la + habilitat becomes l'habilitat

This is the same kind of thing you see in:

• l'escola
• l'home
• l'hora

The h in Catalan is normally silent, so habilitat behaves like a word beginning with a vowel.

Is habilitat feminine? How can I tell?