No puc beure amb aquest got perquè està trencat.

Catalan often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

• puc = I can
• so jo is optional

That means:

• No puc beure... = natural, normal everyday Catalan
• Jo no puc beure... = also correct, but jo adds emphasis, like I can’t drink...

So in most situations, leaving out jo is the most natural choice.

Puc means I can or I am able to. It comes from the verb poder, meaning to be able to / can.

In this sentence:

• No puc = I can’t
• beure = to drink

So No puc beure literally works like I can’t drink.

A few present-tense forms of poder are:

• puc = I can
• pots = you can
• pot = he/she/it can
• podem = we can
• podeu = you all can
• poden = they can

After a conjugated modal verb like poder, Catalan usually uses the next verb in the infinitive.

So:

• puc beure = I can drink
• pots menjar = you can eat
• podem sortir = we can go out

This works very much like English:

• I can drink
• you can eat
• we can leave

So beure stays as beure, not a conjugated form.

In Catalan, standard negation is normally formed by putting no directly before the conjugated verb.

So:

• puc = I can
• no puc = I can’t

More examples:

• No menjo = I don’t eat
• No parla = He/She doesn’t speak
• No podem venir = We can’t come

This is the regular and expected word order in Catalan.

Yes, English often says drink from this glass, but Catalan can naturally say beure amb aquest got, meaning drink using this glass.

Here amb means with, but in context it refers to the object used for drinking.

• amb aquest got = with this glass / using this glass

Depending on context, Catalan can sometimes also use expressions closer to from, but the sentence you were given is perfectly natural and understandable.

So the idea is not just location; it is also the instrument or item being used.

Aquest means this. It has to agree in gender and number with the noun.

Here the noun is:

• got = glass
• got is masculine singular

So the correct form is:

• aquest got = this glass

Compare:

• aquest got = this glass
• aquesta tassa = this cup
• aquests gots = these glasses
• aquestes tasses = these cups

So aquest is used because got is masculine singular.

In Catalan, demonstratives like aquest normally go directly before the noun, without an article.

So you say:

• aquest got = this glass
• aquesta cadira = this chair

Not:

• aquest el got

This is similar to English, where you say this glass, not this the glass.

Got usually means glass, especially a drinking glass.

So:

• un got d’aigua = a glass of water
• aquest got = this glass

Be careful not to confuse it with other containers, such as:

• tassa = cup
• copa = wine glass / goblet
• ampolla = bottle

In this sentence, got specifically means the drinking glass being used.

This is a very common question.

In your sentence, perquè means because, so it is written as one word:

• ...perquè està trencat = ...because it is broken

By contrast, per què as two words is usually used in questions, meaning why or for what:

• Per què no pots beure? = Why can’t you drink?

So:

• perquè = because
• per què = why / for what

That spelling difference is important in Catalan.

Catalan often uses estar with a past participle or adjective to describe a state or condition, especially one resulting from something that happened.

So:

• està trencat = it is broken / it’s in a broken state

That is the natural choice here because the glass is in the condition of being broken.

Using ser would usually sound wrong in this context. In broad terms:

• ser is often for identity, essential description, or classification
• estar is often for states, conditions, or results

Compare:

• És de vidre = It is made of glass
• Està trencat = It is broken

Trencat is the past participle of trencar, meaning to break. In this sentence, it functions like an adjective meaning broken.

So:

• trencar = to break
• trencat = broken

Because got is masculine singular, the form is:

• trencat

Compare agreement:

• el got està trencat = the glass is broken
• la tassa està trencada = the cup is broken
• els gots estan trencats = the glasses are broken
• les tasses estan trencades = the cups are broken

So yes, it comes from a verb, but here it behaves adjectivally.

Està is the third-person singular form of estar. It matches an implied singular subject: the glass.

Even though got is not repeated after perquè, it is still understood:

• No puc beure amb aquest got perquè està trencat.
• literally: I can’t drink with this glass because it is broken.

Since it refers to this glass, and the glass is singular, you use:

• està = is

If the noun were plural, you would use estan:

• No puc beure amb aquests gots perquè estan trencats.

It refers to the glass, not the speaker.

The broken thing is:

• aquest got = this glass

So:

• perquè està trencat = because it is broken

Catalan often leaves out subject pronouns when they are understood from context, just as it left out jo earlier.

If it referred to the speaker, the sentence would make no sense, because trencat would describe the person as broken.

Several words would need to agree with the feminine noun.

For example:

• No puc beure amb aquesta tassa perquè està trencada.

Changes:

• aquest → aquesta
• trencat → trencada

That is because tassa is feminine singular.

This is a key pattern in Catalan: determiners and adjectives often agree with the noun’s gender and number.

Beure is the Catalan verb to drink. Its spelling reflects regular Catalan sound patterns, and it is related historically to verbs in other Romance languages, even if it does not look exactly the same as Spanish beber.

A rough pronunciation is:

• beure ≈ BEH-oo-reh or BEHw-reh, depending on accent

The exact pronunciation varies somewhat across Catalan varieties, but the important learner point is that it is the normal infinitive for to drink.

It is just a different Romance-language development from the same older source, so it may look unfamiliar at first even though its meaning is basic and common.

This is a very normal, natural word order:

• No puc beure amb aquest got perquè està trencat.

It follows a clear pattern:

1. negative + conjugated verb
2. infinitive
3. prepositional phrase
4. reason clause

So:

• No puc = I can’t
• beure = drink
• amb aquest got = with this glass
• perquè està trencat = because it is broken

You could change the order for emphasis in some contexts, but the given sentence is the straightforward, neutral version a learner should aim to recognize and use.