La meva mare vol preparar un viatge després de l'examen.

My mother wants to prepare a trip after the exam.

Breakdown of La meva mare vol preparar un viatge després de l'examen.

• un: a
• voler: to want
• la mare: the mother
• meu: my

Questions & Answers about La meva mare vol preparar un viatge després de l'examen.

Why does Catalan say La meva mare instead of just meva mare?

In Catalan, it is very common to use the definite article with possessives when talking about family members and other familiar nouns.

So:

• la meva mare = my mother
• el meu pare = my father
• la meva germana = my sister

This is different from English, which normally does not use the in front of possessives.

So although la literally looks like the, in this sentence la meva mare is simply the normal way to say my mother.

Why is the possessive meva after la?

Catalan word order with possessives is usually:

article + possessive + noun

So:

• la meva mare
• el meu llibre
• els nostres amics

This is the standard structure. English does it differently:

• my mother
• my book
• our friends

So in Catalan, the possessive does not usually stand alone before the noun without an article in this kind of sentence.

What does vol preparar mean grammatically?