Les condicions laborals són clares.

The working conditions are clear.

Breakdown of Les condicions laborals són clares.

• ser: to be
• clar: clear
• les condicions laborals: the working conditions

Questions & Answers about Les condicions laborals són clares.

Why does the sentence start with les?

Les is the feminine plural definite article in Catalan, equivalent to the in English.

Here, condicions is:

• feminine
• plural

So it needs les:

• la condició = the condition
• les condicions = the conditions

Why is it condicions and not condicións or something similar?

The noun is condició in the singular and condicions in the plural.

A very common Catalan pattern is:

• singular ending in -ió
• plural ending in -ions

For example:

• nació → nacions
• opinió → opinions
• condició → condicions

So condicions is just the regular plural form of condició.

Why is laborals after condicions instead of before it?

In Catalan, adjectives often come after the noun, much more regularly than in English.

So:

• condicions laborals = working/labor conditions

This word order is normal and expected in Catalan.
Putting the adjective before the noun is usually either:

• not natural here, or
• more literary/stylistic, or
• changes the nuance

So les condicions laborals is the standard order.