Breakdown of No enviïs el correu sense llegir la resposta.
no
not
llegir
to read
sense
without
enviar
to send
Questions & Answers about No enviïs el correu sense llegir la resposta.
Why is it No enviïs instead of No envia?
Because Catalan uses the present subjunctive for negative commands.
So:
- Envia el correu. = Send the email.
- No enviïs el correu. = Don’t send the email.
For tu, the affirmative command is usually the imperative form (envia), but the negative command switches to the subjunctive (enviïs).
What exactly is enviïs?
Enviïs is the 2nd person singular present subjunctive form of enviar (to send).
In this sentence, it is being used as a negative command addressed to tu:
- No enviïs = Don’t send
Related forms:
- No enviï = Don’t send (formal singular, vostè)
- No envieu = Don’t send (plural informal, vosaltres)
- No enviïn = Don’t send (formal plural, vostès)
Why does enviïs have the two dots over the i?