Word
La professora els explica la resposta després de l'examen.
Meaning
The teacher explains the answer to them after the exam.
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Breakdown of La professora els explica la resposta després de l'examen.
després de
after
el professor
the teacher
explicar
to explain
la resposta
the answer
Questions & Answers about La professora els explica la resposta després de l'examen.
What does els mean here?
Here els means to them. It is an indirect object pronoun, so it marks the people who receive the explanation.
So the structure is:
- La professora = the teacher
- els = to them
- explica = explains
- la resposta = the answer
A very literal version would be: The teacher to-them explains the answer after the exam.
Why is els before the verb instead of after it, like to them in English?
Because Catalan object pronouns usually go before a conjugated verb.
So Catalan says:
- els explica
not:
- explica els for this meaning
This is one of the biggest differences from English. English normally puts to them after the verb, but Catalan uses a short pronoun before it.
Could I say als alumnes instead of els?