He llegit aquest article dues vegades perquè és important.

to be

Breakdown of He llegit aquest article dues vegades perquè és important.

• llegir: to read
• perquè: because
• important: important

Questions & Answers about He llegit aquest article dues vegades perquè és important.

Why does he mean I have here, not he as in English?

In Catalan, he is the 1st person singular form of the auxiliary verb haver in the present tense.

So:

• he llegit = I have read
• has llegit = you have read
• ha llegit = he/she has read

This is just a coincidence in spelling. It has nothing to do with the English pronoun he.

Also, the h in Catalan is silent, so he is pronounced more or less like eh.

Why isn’t jo included? Shouldn’t it say Jo he llegit?

Catalan often drops subject pronouns when the verb form already shows who the subject is.

Because he already clearly means I have, you normally do not need jo.

So:

• He llegit aquest article... = normal, natural
• Jo he llegit aquest article... = possible, but more emphatic, as if you want to stress I in particular

This works much like Spanish or Italian.

What tense is he llegit?