La professora envia un missatge a la classe al matí.

The teacher sends a message to the class in the morning.

Breakdown of La professora envia un missatge a la classe al matí.

• un: a
• a: in
• el matí: the morning
• a: to

Questions & Answers about La professora envia un missatge a la classe al matí.

Why does the sentence start with La professora instead of just professora?

In Catalan, it is very common to use the definite article with nouns, including professions, when you are talking about a specific person.

• la professora = the teacher
• professora by itself would usually feel less complete here

So La professora envia... means The teacher sends...

What does envia mean, and what form is it?

envia comes from the verb enviar, meaning to send.

Here it is in the 3rd person singular present tense, so it means:

• he sends
• she sends
• it sends

In this sentence, it refers to la professora, so:

• La professora envia = The teacher sends

Why is it un missatge and not el missatge?