Word
El pla és aquí.
Meaning
The plan is here.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about El pla és aquí.
What does el mean here?
El is the masculine singular definite article, so it means the.
In this sentence, pla is a masculine singular noun, so it takes el:
- el pla = the plan
If the noun were plural, you would use els:
- els plans = the plans
What is pla here, and can it mean other things?
Here, pla is a noun meaning plan.
Catalan pla can also have other uses in different contexts, for example as an adjective meaning flat, but in El pla és aquí, the article el makes it clear that pla is being used as a noun.
So in this sentence:
- el pla = the plan
How do I pronounce El pla és aquí?
A simple English-friendly approximation is:
el PLA ez ah-KEE
A few details:
- pla is one syllable
- és has a clear e sound, not the English ay
- aquí is stressed on the last syllable: a-QUÍ
In many accents, the whole sentence sounds roughly like:
- əl PLA ez ə-KEE
Why is és written with an accent?