Breakdown of El cartell de la cantonada diu que el museu és a l'esquerra.
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to be
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that
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to say
Questions & Answers about El cartell de la cantonada diu que el museu és a l'esquerra.
What does cartell mean here? Is it a sign or a poster?
Cartell can mean either a sign or a poster, depending on context. In this sentence, it most naturally means a sign—specifically some kind of posted sign giving directions.
So here El cartell de la cantonada is best understood as the sign on the corner or the sign at the corner.
What does cantonada mean?
Cantonada means corner.
In this sentence, it refers to a street corner, not just any geometric corner. So la cantonada is the corner.
Why does Catalan say de la cantonada?
Literally, de la cantonada means of the corner, but that is not the most natural way to translate it into English.
Here, the phrase is used to identify which sign we mean:
- el cartell de la cantonada = the sign on the corner / the corner sign
Catalan often uses de + noun where English might prefer:
- on the corner
- at the corner
- or an adjective-like phrase such as corner sign
So this is normal Catalan structure, not a word-for-word match with English.