El sou a temps complet és bo.

to be

Breakdown of El sou a temps complet és bo.

• bo: good
• el sou: the salary
• a temps complet: full-time

Questions & Answers about El sou a temps complet és bo.

What does sou mean here? Could it also mean you are?

Here, sou is a noun meaning salary, pay, or wages.

Yes, sou can also be a verb form: it is the vosaltres form of ser, meaning you all are. But in this sentence, the article el before it makes it clear that sou is a noun: el sou = the salary/pay.

Why is there el at the beginning?

El is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

Catalan often uses the definite article in places where English may be more flexible. So el sou a temps complet can mean either:

• the full-time salary/pay in a specific situation, or
• full-time pay in a general sense

This use of the article is very normal in Catalan.

Why use sou instead of salari?

Both sou and salari can mean salary.

A useful rough distinction is:

• sou = very common in everyday language, often pay/salary
• salari = also correct, sometimes a bit more formal or neutral

So El sou a temps complet és bo sounds natural and everyday.

What does a temps complet mean exactly?