Breakdown of L'autobús arriba a l'estació aviat.
Questions & Answers about L'autobús arriba a l'estació aviat.
L' is the definite article, like the in English.
Here, l' comes from el or la before a vowel sound. Since autobús starts with a vowel, Catalan shortens the article:
- el autobús → l'autobús
So l'autobús means the bus.
Catalan often uses an apostrophe when a word like el or la comes before a noun beginning with a vowel.
So:
- el + autobús → l'autobús
- la + estació → l'estació
This is very common in Catalan and helps the sentence sound smoother.
Arriba is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb arribar (to arrive).
So:
- arribo = I arrive
- arribes = you arrive
- arriba = he/she/it arrives
In this sentence, l'autobús arriba means the bus arrives.