Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri.

Quedarem is the 1st person plural future form of quedar.

In this sentence, quedar means to meet up / to arrange to meet. So quedarem means we will meet or we’ll meet up.

A very useful pattern is:

• quedar = to meet / to arrange to meet
• quedar amb algú = to meet someone
• quedar en un lloc = to meet at a place

So in Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri, the idea is Tomorrow we’ll meet at the neighborhood square.

Demà means tomorrow, and Catalan often puts time expressions at the beginning for clarity or emphasis.

So:

• Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri.
• Quedarem demà a la plaça del barri.

Both are possible. Putting demà first feels very natural and highlights when the action happens.

Also note the accent: demà has a final stressed à.

Catalan often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

Here, quedarem already tells you the subject is we, because the ending -em in the future tense marks nosaltres.

So:

• (Nosaltres) quedarem a la plaça del barri.

Both are correct, but the pronoun is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

It is the future tense of quedar.

For regular -ar verbs, the future is built by adding endings to the infinitive:

• quedaré = I will meet
• quedaràs = you will meet
• quedarà = he/she will meet
• quedarem = we will meet
• quedareu = you all will meet
• quedaran = they will meet

So:

• quedar
  • -em? Not exactly in the usual present-tense way.
• In the future, you keep the whole infinitive quedar- and add the future ending: -em as part of -arem.

That gives quedarem.

With meeting points and destinations, Catalan commonly uses a.

So:

• quedarem a la plaça = we’ll meet at the square

This is very natural in Catalan. English may use at, but Catalan uses a in many cases where English uses at, to, or sometimes in.

Examples:

• Som a casa. = We are at home.
• Vaig a l’escola. = I’m going to school.
• Quedem al cafè. = We’re meeting at the café.

Del is a contraction of de + el.

So:

• de = of
• el = the
• del = of the

That means:

• la plaça del barri = the square of the neighborhood
• more naturally in English: the neighborhood square or the square in the neighborhood

This part modifies plaça, telling you which square.

Because the nouns have different grammatical genders:

• plaça is feminine → la plaça
• barri is masculine → el barri

When de comes before el, it contracts:

• de + el barri → del barri

But de + la does not contract:

• de la plaça stays de la plaça

So the sentence combines both correctly:

• a la plaça = at the square
• del barri = of the neighborhood

In Catalan, ç represents an s sound.

So plaça is pronounced approximately like PLAH-sa.

A few pronunciation notes:

• pla- sounds roughly like plah
• -ça sounds like sa
• the stress is on the first syllable: PLA-ça

So plaça does not sound like a hard k sound. The ç makes it soft.

Yes, they are closely related and mean the same kind of thing: neighborhood or district.

In Catalan:

• barri = neighborhood

The Catalan form is different from Spanish, but the meaning is very similar. So la plaça del barri is the square belonging to or located in that neighborhood.

Usually not in this sentence.

The verb quedar can have several meanings depending on context, such as:

• to meet / arrange to meet
• to remain / be left
• to fit / suit
• to agree on something

But in Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri, the context strongly points to meeting up at a place.

So a learner should understand it here as:

• We’ll meet tomorrow at the neighborhood square

No, that would suggest a different meaning.

• Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri = Tomorrow we’ll meet at the neighborhood square
• Demà ens quedarem a la plaça del barri = Tomorrow we’ll stay/remain at the neighborhood square

Adding ens changes the meaning toward staying or remaining, not simply meeting.

So for to meet up, the version without ens is the correct one here.

Yes. Catalan word order is fairly flexible, especially with time and place expressions.

Natural alternatives include:

• Quedarem demà a la plaça del barri.
• A la plaça del barri quedarem demà.
• Demà a la plaça del barri quedarem.

The most neutral and natural version is probably:

• Demà quedarem a la plaça del barri.

Putting demà first is especially common because it gives the listener the time frame right away.

Very often, yes. Catalan uses definite articles a lot, including in places where English may sound more general.

Here, the articles are fully natural because we are talking about a specific square and a specific neighborhood:

• la plaça = the square
• el barri = the neighborhood

Catalan is often more article-friendly than English, so learners should get used to seeing and using them regularly.