Breakdown of La reunió començarà després de dinar.
després de
after
dinar
to have lunch
la reunió
the meeting
començar
to begin
Questions & Answers about La reunió començarà després de dinar.
Why is it la reunió and not el reunió?
Because reunió is a feminine noun in Catalan, so it takes the feminine singular article la.
- la reunió = the meeting
- plural: les reunions = the meetings
The ending -ió is very often feminine in Catalan, though as with all noun patterns, there are exceptions in the language as a whole.
What does reunió mean exactly, and how is it pronounced?
Reunió means meeting.
A helpful pronunciation guide is roughly:
- re-u-ni-Ó
- the stress falls on the last syllable because of the accent mark: -ó
A rough English-friendly approximation would be reh-oo-nee-OH, but with a clearer, shorter vowel quality than in English.
Why is the verb començarà instead of comença or va començar?
Començarà is the simple future form of començar (to begin / to start).
So:
- comença = begins / is beginning
- va començar = began
- començarà = will begin
In this sentence, the future is being used because the meeting has not started yet: