Avui vull fer una sopa amb patata, ceba i tomàquet.

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Breakdown of Avui vull fer una sopa amb patata, ceba i tomàquet.

• voler: to want
• avui: today
• amb: with

Questions & Answers about Avui vull fer una sopa amb patata, ceba i tomàquet.

Why does the sentence start with Avui?

Avui means today, and putting it first sets the time right away: Today, I want to make...

This is very natural in Catalan. You could also say Vull fer una sopa avui, but Avui vull... sounds more like you are framing the whole sentence around today.

What does vull mean, and what verb does it come from?

Vull means I want. It comes from the verb voler = to want.

This is the 1st person singular form in the present tense:

• jo vull = I want
• tu vols = you want
• ell/ella vol = he/she wants
• nosaltres volem = we want
• vosaltres voleu = you want
• ells/elles volen = they want

So Avui vull fer... literally starts as Today I want to make...

Why isn’t jo included before vull?