Aquest cafè és massa fort.

to be

Breakdown of Aquest cafè és massa fort.

• el cafè: the coffee
• aquest: this
• massa: too

Questions & Answers about Aquest cafè és massa fort.

What does aquest mean, and when do I use it?

Aquest means this for a masculine singular noun that is near the speaker.

Its main forms are:

• aquest = this (masculine singular)
• aquesta = this (feminine singular)
• aquests = these (masculine plural)
• aquestes = these (feminine plural)

So with cafè, which is masculine singular, you use aquest.

How do I know cafè is masculine, and why are aquest and fort in that form?

In Catalan, nouns have grammatical gender. Cafè is masculine, so the basic form is el cafè.

Because of that, words that agree with it also appear in the masculine singular:

• aquest cafè
• cafè fort

If the noun were feminine, those forms would change. For example:

• Aquesta beguda és massa forta.

So the sentence shows normal agreement:

• aquest agrees with cafè
• fort agrees with cafè

Why is there no article before cafè?