Word
En aquesta empresa es treballa molt quan hi ha un projecte gran.
Meaning
In this company people work a lot when there is a big project.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of En aquesta empresa es treballa molt quan hi ha un projecte gran.
un
a
gran
big
haver-hi
there be
treballar
to work
Questions & Answers about En aquesta empresa es treballa molt quan hi ha un projecte gran.
Why does the sentence start with En aquesta empresa? Why en and not a?
In Catalan, both a and en can sometimes be translated as in or at, but en is very common with places when you mean in/within that place.
So En aquesta empresa means in this company.
A learner may expect a aquesta empresa, but that would more naturally suggest movement to the company, not location in it.
- en aquesta empresa = in this company
- a aquesta empresa = to this company
What does aquesta mean, and why is it feminine?
Aquesta means this.
It is feminine singular because it matches empresa, which is a feminine singular noun.
Catalan demonstratives agree with the noun:
- aquest = this (masculine singular)
- aquesta = this (feminine singular)
- aquests = these (masculine plural)
- aquestes = these (feminine plural)
So:
- aquesta empresa = this company
Why does the sentence say es treballa instead of just treballa?