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El meu company de feina arribarà tard a la reunió perquè hi ha molta cua a l'estació.
Meaning
My coworker will arrive late to the meeting because there is a long line at the station.
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Breakdown of El meu company de feina arribarà tard a la reunió perquè hi ha molta cua a l'estació.
haver-hi
there be
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Questions & Answers about El meu company de feina arribarà tard a la reunió perquè hi ha molta cua a l'estació.
Why does Catalan say el meu company instead of just meu company?
In Catalan, possessives are very often used together with the definite article, so el meu company is the normal way to say my colleague / my coworker.
So:
- el meu company = my colleague
- la meva amiga = my friend
- els meus pares = my parents
Using the possessive without the article is much less common and usually sounds more literary, formal, or stylistically marked.
What does company de feina mean exactly?
Company can mean companion, partner, or colleague, depending on context. Here, company de feina means work colleague, coworker, or colleague from work.
Breakdown:
- company = companion / colleague
- de feina = of work / from work / work-related
So company de feina literally means something like colleague of work, but natural English is coworker or work colleague.
A close alternative is company de treball, which also means coworker.
Why is it de feina and not ?