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La professora vol explicar la resposta abans de l'examen.
Meaning
The teacher wants to explain the answer before the exam.
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Breakdown of La professora vol explicar la resposta abans de l'examen.
voler
to want
abans de
before
el professor
the teacher
la resposta
the answer
Questions & Answers about La professora vol explicar la resposta abans de l'examen.
Why does the sentence use la twice: la professora and la resposta?
Because both professora and resposta are feminine singular nouns, so they take the feminine singular definite article la.
- la professora = the teacher (female)
- la resposta = the answer
Catalan, like Spanish and French, marks grammatical gender on articles. In this sentence, English and Catalan line up quite neatly: the teacher / the answer.
Is professora specifically female? What would the masculine form be?
Yes. Professora is the feminine form, so it refers to a female teacher.
- la professora = the female teacher
- el professor = the male teacher
A learner may notice that many Catalan nouns referring to people change form according to gender, often with -a for feminine and -or or another form for masculine, though not every noun follows a simple pattern.
What does vol mean here?