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Questions & Answers about Després de descansar a casa, la meva filla torna a respirar bé i no està refredada.
Why does Catalan use la meva filla instead of just meva filla?
In standard Catalan, possessives usually go together with a definite article, so la meva filla is the normal form for my daughter.
Some quick patterns:
- el meu pare = my father
- la meva mare = my mother
- els meus amics = my friends
- les meves germanes = my sisters
English does not use an article here, but Catalan usually does.
What does Després de + infinitive mean, and why is descansar in the infinitive?
Després de means after. When Catalan says after doing something, it often uses:
després de + infinitive
So:
- Després de descansar = after resting
- Després de menjar = after eating
- Després de treballar = after working
This is very normal in Catalan and works a lot like after + -ing in English, even though Catalan uses the infinitive form.
Why is it a casa and not a la casa?