Word
La meva mare vol parlar amb la metgessa perquè està malalta.
Meaning
My mother wants to talk to the doctor because she is sick.
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Breakdown of La meva mare vol parlar amb la metgessa perquè està malalta.
voler
to want
estar
to be
la mare
the mother
meu
my
Questions & Answers about La meva mare vol parlar amb la metgessa perquè està malalta.
Why is it la meva mare and not just meva mare?
In Catalan, possessives usually go with the definite article, so la meva mare is the normal pattern.
Compare:
- la meva mare = my mother
- el meu pare = my father
- el meu llibre = my book
This is different from English, which does not use the before my.
Why is it meva and not meu?
Because meva has to agree with mare, which is feminine singular.
The possessive changes like this:
- meu = masculine singular
- meva = feminine singular
- meus = masculine plural
- meves = feminine plural
So:
- la meva mare = my mother
- el meu pare = my father
What does vol parlar mean grammatically?