Breakdown of No buidaré el calaix fins que la meva mare arribi a casa.
no
not
la mare
the mother
la casa
the home
meu
my
Questions & Answers about No buidaré el calaix fins que la meva mare arribi a casa.
What does buidaré mean, and what tense is it?
Buidaré is the first-person singular future form of buidar, which means to empty.
So:
- buidar = to empty
- buidaré = I will empty
Catalan often forms the simple future by adding endings to the infinitive. Here:
- buidar
- -é → buidaré
So No buidaré... means I will not empty...
Why does the sentence start with No?
No is the normal way to make a verb negative in Catalan.
- Buidaré el calaix = I will empty the drawer
- No buidaré el calaix = I will not empty the drawer
Unlike English, Catalan does not need do for negation here. You simply put no before the verb.
Why is it el calaix and not just calaix?