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Questions & Answers about Tinc una casa.
Why is there no word for I in Tinc una casa?
Catalan often leaves out the subject pronoun when it is clear from the verb ending.
- tinc already means I have
- so Tinc una casa is a complete sentence by itself
You can also say Jo tinc una casa, but jo is usually added only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.
For example:
- Tinc una casa = I have a house
- Jo tinc una casa, però ell no = I have a house, but he doesn’t
What verb is tinc, and what form is it?
Tinc is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb tenir, which means to have.
So:
- tenir = to have
- tinc = I have
A few other present-tense forms are:
- tens = you have
- té = he/she/it has
- tenim = we have
- teniu = you all have
- tenen = they have
So Tinc una casa is literally structured as:
- tinc = I have
- una casa = a house
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