La professora llegeix la pregunta i explica la resposta.

It follows a very typical Catalan pattern:

Subject + verb + object + i + verb + object

So here you have:

• La professora = the teacher
• llegeix la pregunta = reads the question
• i = and
• explica la resposta = explains the answer

Catalan word order here is very close to English, so this sentence is quite straightforward structurally.

Professora is a feminine noun meaning female teacher, so it takes the feminine singular article la.

• el professor = the male teacher
• la professora = the female teacher

The ending -a is a common feminine ending in Catalan, although not every noun follows that pattern.

Because pregunta and resposta are also feminine singular nouns.

• la pregunta = the question
• la resposta = the answer

So in this sentence, all three nouns are feminine singular, which is why they all use la.

Llegeix is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb llegir, meaning to read.

So:

• jo llegeixo = I read
• tu llegeixes = you read
• ell/ella llegeix = he/she reads

Here it matches la professora, which is a third-person singular subject.

Explica is the 3rd person singular present tense of explicar, meaning to explain.

So:

• jo explico = I explain
• tu expliques = you explain
• ell/ella explica = he/she explains

Again, it matches the subject la professora.

Catalan often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

So instead of saying:

• Ella llegeix...

Catalan very naturally says:

• Llegeix...

In your sentence, the subject la professora is already stated, so adding ella would usually be unnecessary unless you wanted emphasis.

By itself, llegeix just means reads. It does not automatically specify whether the reading is silent or aloud.

In this sentence, because a teacher reads a question and then explains an answer, many people would naturally imagine reading aloud, but that meaning comes from the context, not from the verb form itself.

Not exactly.

• explica la resposta = explains the answer
• respon = answers

So explica la resposta suggests that the teacher is giving or clarifying the answer in an explanatory way, not simply replying briefly.

For example:

• La professora respon la pregunta would sound more like The teacher answers the question
• La professora explica la resposta suggests more explanation or teaching

I simply means and.

It connects the two actions:

• llegeix la pregunta
• explica la resposta

So the sentence says that the teacher does one action and then another. This is very similar to English usage.

Yes, llegeix can look tricky to English speakers.

A few helpful points:

• ll in modern Catalan is usually pronounced like a y sound in many accents
• geix is pronounced roughly like jaysh or zheish, depending on accent

So llegeix is approximately like ye-JAYSH in a broad learner-friendly approximation.

You do not need to pronounce it exactly like spelling suggests from English. It is one of those words that becomes much easier once you hear it a few times.

Yes. Both verbs are in the present indicative:

• llegeix = reads / is reading, depending on context
• explica = explains / is explaining, depending on context

Like in many languages, the simple present in Catalan can sometimes correspond to either English reads/explains or is reading/is explaining, depending on the situation.

It could, but it usually would not unless there were a special reason.

Natural Catalan is:

• La professora llegeix la pregunta i explica la resposta.

You could say:

• La professora llegeix la pregunta i la professora explica la resposta.

But that sounds repetitive unless you are deliberately emphasizing the subject.

Yes: the articles agree with the nouns in gender and number.

Here everything is singular, and the nouns are feminine:

• la professora
• la pregunta
• la resposta

If they were masculine or plural, the article would change. For example:

• el professor
• els professors
• les preguntes

So this sentence is a good example of article-noun agreement in Catalan.