La mare és a la cuina avui.

My mother is in the kitchen today.

Breakdown of La mare és a la cuina avui.

• ser: to be
• avui: today
• a: in
• la cuina: the kitchen

Questions & Answers about La mare és a la cuina avui.

Why is there an article in la mare?

Catalan very often uses the definite article before close family words when talking about a specific person: la mare, el pare, l’àvia.

So where English often says Mom or my mother, Catalan commonly says la mare.

A common exception is direct address:

• Mare! = Mom!

But when talking about her, la mare is very normal.

Does la mare mean the mother or my mother/mom?

It can mean either, depending on context.

• In everyday family context, la mare often means mom / my mother.
• In a more general context, it can simply mean the mother.

If you want to make my explicit, you can say la meva mare.

So Catalan often relies on context more than English does here.

Why does the sentence use és instead of està?