La vacant és a temps complet o a temps parcial.

Here la vacant means the vacancy or the job opening.

A native English speaker may notice that vacant looks like English vacant, and they are related. But in this sentence, la vacant is being used as a noun, not as an adjective. So it does not mean the vacant one here; it means the open position.

Because vacant is treated here as a feminine noun: la vacant.

In Catalan, articles must agree with the noun’s gender:

• la vacant = the vacancy
• not el vacant

This is just something you learn with the word. The article does not depend on the fact that the job could be for a man or a woman; it depends on the grammatical gender of vacant as a noun.

Catalan often uses ser for things like classification, identity, or essential description, and estar more for temporary states or location.

Here, a temps complet and a temps parcial describe the type of job or work arrangement, so Catalan uses és:

• La vacant és a temps complet.
• La vacant és a temps parcial.

Using està here would sound unnatural, because the sentence is not talking about a temporary condition in the same way English might.

The accent distinguishes és from es.

• és = is
• es = a pronoun, often meaning something like oneself / himself / herself / itself depending on context

So the accent is important because it shows that this is the verb to be.

Literally, they mean something like:

• a temps complet = at full time
• a temps parcial = at partial time

But you should think of them as fixed Catalan expressions meaning:

• full-time
• part-time

They function much more naturally as idioms than as word-for-word translations.

Because these are standard Catalan expressions. You generally just learn them as complete chunks:

• a temps complet
• a temps parcial

English speakers often want to translate directly from full-time and part-time, but Catalan uses a different structure. The a is part of the normal expression, not something you usually analyze word by word every time.

Because complet and parcial are describing temps, not vacant.

In a temps complet:

• temps is the noun
• complet agrees with temps

In a temps parcial:

• temps is again the noun
• parcial modifies temps

So even though la vacant is feminine, the adjectives inside the expression stay masculine singular because they belong with temps.

Because each option keeps the full expression:

• a temps complet
• a temps parcial

Catalan commonly repeats the preposition when two parallel choices are linked by o. This makes the sentence clear and balanced.

So a temps complet o a temps parcial sounds natural. Repeating a is the normal choice here.

As written, without a question mark, it looks like a statement:

• La vacant és a temps complet o a temps parcial.

If you want it to be a question in writing, you would normally add a question mark:

• La vacant és a temps complet o a temps parcial?

In speech, intonation can help show that it is a question, but in standard writing the question mark is important.

Yes. This sentence is natural, but you may also see alternatives depending on context, especially in job ads:

• La vacant és de jornada completa o de jornada parcial?
• La plaça és a temps complet o a temps parcial?
• L’oferta és a temps complet o a temps parcial?

The exact noun can change:

• vacant = vacancy / opening
• plaça = position / post
• oferta = offer / job offer

But a temps complet and a temps parcial are very common and useful expressions to learn.