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Questions & Answers about Quin llibre vols?
What does quin mean here, and how is it different from què?
Quin means which when it is placed before a noun.
So in Quin llibre vols?, quin goes with llibre and means which book.
By contrast, què means what and usually stands on its own, not directly before a noun.
- Quin llibre vols? = Which book do you want?
- Què vols? = What do you want?
So a useful rule is:
- quin / quina / quins / quines
- noun = which ...?
- què = what?
Why is it quin and not some other form like quina?
Because quin has to agree with the noun it refers to.
Llibre is:
- masculine
- singular
So the correct form is quin.
The full set is:
- quin = masculine singular
- quina = feminine singular
- quins = masculine plural
- quines = feminine plural
Examples:
- Quin llibre vols? = Which book do you want?
- Quina pel·lícula vols veure? = Which film do you want to watch?
- Quins llibres vols? = Which books do you want?
- Quines pel·lícules vols veure? = Which films do you want to watch?
What part of speech is llibre here?