No vull cafè ara.

the coffee

Breakdown of No vull cafè ara.

• voler: to want
• no: not
• ara: now

Questions & Answers about No vull cafè ara.

Why isn’t jo used for I?

Catalan often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

• vull = I want
• so No vull cafè ara already clearly means I don’t want coffee now

You can add jo if you want emphasis or contrast:

• Jo no vull cafè ara = I don’t want coffee now

That sounds more emphatic, not more correct.

Why does no come before the verb?

In Catalan, the normal way to make a sentence negative is:

no + verb

So:

• vull = I want
• no vull = I don’t want

This is the standard pattern in simple negative sentences.

What form of the verb is vull?