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Dilluns vaig al teatre amb la meva mare perquè hi fan una funció nova.
Meaning
On Monday I am going to the theater with my mother because they are putting on a new show there.
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Breakdown of Dilluns vaig al teatre amb la meva mare perquè hi fan una funció nova.
un
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la mare
the mother
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Questions & Answers about Dilluns vaig al teatre amb la meva mare perquè hi fan una funció nova.
Why is Dilluns used without an article? Shouldn’t it be el dilluns?
Both are possible, but they do not always feel exactly the same.
- Dilluns = Monday / on Monday
- el dilluns can mean on Monday, but it is also often used for Mondays in general
In this sentence, Dilluns most naturally means on Monday (a specific upcoming Monday).
Examples:
- Dilluns vaig al teatre. = On Monday I’m going to the theatre.
- El dilluns vaig al teatre. = can also mean On Monday I go/am going to the theatre
- Els dilluns vaig al teatre. = On Mondays I go to the theatre
Also, weekdays are normally lowercase in Catalan, so dilluns is only capitalized here because it is at the beginning of the sentence.
Why does vaig mean I go / I’m going here? I thought vaig meant I went.
This is a very common point of confusion.
By itself, vaig is the present tense of anar (to go):
- jo vaig = I go
But Catalan also has a very common past tense called the periphrastic past, which uses:
- vaig + infinitive = I did / I went / I ...-ed
So:
- vaig al teatre = I go / I’m going to the theatre
- vaig anar al teatre = I went to the theatre
In your sentence, there is no infinitive after vaig, so it is simply the present tense: I go / I’m going.