El candidat és jove.

to be

Breakdown of El candidat és jove.

• el candidat: the job candidate
• jove: young

Questions & Answers about El candidat és jove.

Why is there an el at the beginning?

El is the masculine singular definite article in Catalan, meaning the.

So:

• el candidat = the candidate

It agrees with a masculine singular noun. If the noun were feminine, you would usually use la instead:

• la candidata = the female candidate

What is candidat? Why doesn’t it end in -e or -o?

Candidat is the Catalan word for candidate. Many Catalan nouns do not look exactly like their English or Spanish equivalents.

Here, candidat is masculine singular. Its feminine form is:

• candidata

So you can have:

• el candidat = the male candidate
• la candidata = the female candidate

Why is it és with an accent?