Word
Per a l'excursió, he de pujar la muntanya i després baixar al riu.
Meaning
For the excursion, I have to climb the mountain and then go down to the river.
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Breakdown of Per a l'excursió, he de pujar la muntanya i després baixar al riu.
i
and
a
to
després
then
haver de
to have to
Questions & Answers about Per a l'excursió, he de pujar la muntanya i després baixar al riu.
What does per a l'excursió mean, and why is per a used here?
Per a l'excursió gives the context or purpose: for the hike / for the excursion.
In Catalan, per a often expresses:
- purpose
- destination
- intended use
So here it means something like as part of the hike or for the hike.
A learner may also notice that in real-life Catalan, especially in some varieties, the difference between per and per a is not always kept very strictly in everyday speech. But in careful standard usage, per a is a good choice here.
Why is it l'excursió and not la excursió?
Catalan often drops the vowel of the article before a word that begins with a vowel or silent h.
So:
- la + excursió becomes l'excursió
This is called elision.
Other examples:
- l'escola
- l'amiga
- l'hora
It works much like French, and a bit like contractions in English, though it is more systematic in Catalan.
What does he de mean here?