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In Catalan, nouns often take a definite article more frequently than in English. La clínica veterinària means the veterinary clinic.
- la = the for a singular feminine noun
- clínica = clinic
- veterinària = veterinary
If you said just clínica veterinària, it would sound more like veterinary clinic in a general or dictionary-style sense, not the veterinary clinic.
Because veterinària is an adjective describing clínica, and in Catalan, adjectives often come after the noun.
So:
- clínica veterinària = veterinary clinic
This is different from English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.