Word
La meva filla no s'estirarà al llit fins que jo hi posi el llençol net.
Meaning
My daughter will not lie down on the bed until I put the clean sheet on it.
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Breakdown of La meva filla no s'estirarà al llit fins que jo hi posi el llençol net.
no
not
meu
my
la filla
the daughter
a
on
Questions & Answers about La meva filla no s'estirarà al llit fins que jo hi posi el llençol net.
Why is it La meva filla and not just meva filla?
In Catalan, possessives are very often used together with the definite article: la meva filla, el meu germà, la nostra casa.
So La meva filla is the normal way to say my daughter.
Using meva filla without the article is not the neutral everyday pattern here. English usually says just my daughter, but Catalan commonly prefers the my daughter structurally, even though that sounds odd in English.
What does s'estirarà mean here?
S'estirarà is the future tense of estirar-se.
- estirar = to stretch / pull
- estirar-se = to stretch out, to lie down
In this sentence, it means something like will lie down or will stretch out.
So:
- s'estira = she lies down / stretches out
- s'estirarà = she will lie down / stretch out
Why is there an s' in s'estirarà?