Al congelador no hi cap més menjar, així que demà comprarem menys carn.

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Breakdown of Al congelador no hi cap més menjar, així que demà comprarem menys carn.

• a: in
• demà: tomorrow
• comprar: to buy

Questions & Answers about Al congelador no hi cap més menjar, així que demà comprarem menys carn.

Why does the sentence start with Al congelador? Does it mean in the freezer or to the freezer?

Here Al congelador means in the freezer.

• al = a + el
• In Catalan, a is often used for location where English would use in or at

So even though a can sometimes suggest movement in English, here it is simply locative: in the freezer.

What is hi doing in no hi cap?

Hi is a locative pronoun, roughly meaning there or in it.

In this sentence, it refers back to al congelador. So:

• Al congelador no hi cap més menjar
• literally: In the freezer, no more food fits there

More natural English would be:

• There isn’t room for more food in the freezer
• No more food fits in the freezer

Catalan often uses hi even when the place has already been mentioned.

Is cap here the same word as cap meaning any or none?