Word
La meva filla es posa trista quan la seva amiga no pot venir.
Meaning
My daughter gets sad when her friend cannot come.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of La meva filla es posa trista quan la seva amiga no pot venir.
l'amic
the friend
no
not
meu
my
la filla
the daughter
Questions & Answers about La meva filla es posa trista quan la seva amiga no pot venir.
Why does Catalan use la in la meva filla and la seva amiga? In English we just say my daughter and her friend without the.
Catalan usually puts the definite article before a possessive plus noun:
- la meva filla = my daughter
- la seva amiga = her/his/their friend
This is very normal in Catalan. English does not do this, so it can feel strange at first.
A few basic examples:
- el meu pare = my father
- la nostra casa = our house
- els seus llibres = his/her/their books
So in this sentence, la meva filla is the standard Catalan way to say my daughter.
What exactly does es posa mean here?
Es posa comes from posar-se, which often means to become, to get, or to turn when talking about a change of state.
So:
- es posa trista = becomes sad / gets sad
This is a very common Catalan structure:
- posar-se content/a = to become happy
- posar-se nerviós/nerviosa = to get nervous
- posar-se malalt/a = to get sick
Literally, posar means , but often has this idiomatic meaning of changing into a state.