Word
Només tinc una moneda de dos euros, així que necessito canvi.
Meaning
I only have a two-euro coin, so I need change.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Només tinc una moneda de dos euros, així que necessito canvi.
un
a
tenir
to have
necessitar
to need
de
of
Questions & Answers about Només tinc una moneda de dos euros, així que necessito canvi.
What does només mean, and why is it at the beginning of the sentence?
Només means only or just.
In this sentence, Només tinc una moneda de dos euros means I only have a two-euro coin.
Putting només near the beginning emphasizes the limitation right away. Catalan often places words like només before the part they affect, and here it affects the whole idea of having just one coin.
You could think of it as:
- Només tinc... = I only have...
Why is it tinc?
Tinc is the first person singular present tense form of the verb tenir, which means to have.
So:
- tenir = to have
- tinc = I have
Some useful present-tense forms are:
- tinc = I have
- tens = you have
- té = he/she/it has
- tenim = we have
- teniu = you all have
- tenen = they have
So Només tinc... literally means I only have...
Why does Catalan say una moneda de dos euros?