El meu germà vol mirar una pel·lícula al cinema diumenge.

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Breakdown of El meu germà vol mirar una pel·lícula al cinema diumenge.

• voler: to want
• a: at
• meu: my

Questions & Answers about El meu germà vol mirar una pel·lícula al cinema diumenge.

Why is it El meu germà and not just meu germà?

In Catalan, possessives like meu / meva / meus / meves are usually used together with a definite article.

So:

• el meu germà = my brother
• la meva germana = my sister

This is different from English, where you normally say just my brother without the.

So El meu germà is the normal Catalan way to say my brother.

What does germà mean, and why does it have an accent?

germà means brother.

The accent mark in germà shows where the stress goes:

• ger-MÀ

That final à is stressed. Without the accent, the word would follow a different stress pattern.

A related word is:

• germana = sister

What is vol here?

vol is the 3rd person singular present tense of voler, which means to want.

So:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell/ella vol = he/she wants

In this sentence, the subject is El meu germà, so Catalan uses vol:

• El meu germà vol... = My brother wants...