La verdura que volem avui és al supermercat de la plaça.

to be

Breakdown of La verdura que volem avui és al supermercat de la plaça.

• voler: to want
• avui: today
• a: at

Questions & Answers about La verdura que volem avui és al supermercat de la plaça.

Why is verdura singular when English often says vegetables?

In Catalan, la verdura is often a collective noun. It can mean vegetables in a general sense, even though it is grammatically singular.

So:

• la verdura = vegetables / the vegetables / produce, depending on context

If you want to talk about different vegetable types as separate items, you may also see les verdures, but la verdura is very common for food in general.

What does que mean here?

Here que is a relative pronoun, meaning that or which.

It connects la verdura with the extra information:

• la verdura = the vegetable(s)
• que volem avui = that we want today

So que introduces the clause describing la verdura.

Why is it volem?