Questions & Answers about El gat miola.
Because gat is a masculine noun in Catalan. The masculine singular definite article is el, so el gat means the cat.
A few useful related forms:
- el gat = the male cat / the cat
- la gata = the female cat
- els gats = the cats (masculine or mixed group)
- les gates = the female cats
In many contexts, gat can also be used generically for cat, not only specifically male cat.
It can mean both, depending on context.
- gat can mean male cat
- but it can also be used in a generic sense for cat
If you specifically want to say female cat, use gata.
So in a simple sentence like El gat miola, learners will often understand it as The cat meows, unless the context makes the cat’s sex important.