Word
A la mare li agrada beure te.
Meaning
My mother likes to drink tea.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about A la mare li agrada beure te.
Why does the sentence start with A la mare?
Because agradar is built differently from English to like.
In Catalan, the person who experiences the liking is usually introduced with a:
- A la mare = to the mother / mother
So A la mare li agrada beure te is structured more like:
- To mother, drinking tea is pleasing
That is why a appears before la mare.
What does li mean here?
Li is an indirect object pronoun meaning to him / to her / to you (formal).
In this sentence, it refers back to la mare:
- A la mare ... li ... = to mother ... to her ...
So li and a la mare point to the same person.
Why do we need both A la mare and li? Isn’t that repetitive?