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La meva amiga ha comprat un llibre sobre una actriu i diu que me'l deixarà quan acabi de llegir-lo.
Meaning
My friend has bought a book about an actress and says that she will lend it to me when she finishes reading it.
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Breakdown of La meva amiga ha comprat un llibre sobre una actriu i diu que me'l deixarà quan acabi de llegir-lo.
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el llibre
the book
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the friend
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Questions & Answers about La meva amiga ha comprat un llibre sobre una actriu i diu que me'l deixarà quan acabi de llegir-lo.
Why does Catalan say la meva amiga instead of just meva amiga?
In Catalan, possessives like meu / meva / teu / seva are very often used with a definite article:
- la meva amiga = my friend
- el meu llibre = my book
This is different from English, where you normally do not use the with my.
So:
- la meva amiga is the normal Catalan way to say my friend
- meva amiga without the article is much less usual and sounds more literary, emphatic, or limited to special contexts
Why is it ha comprat? What tense is that?
Ha comprat is the present perfect:
- ha = has
- comprat = bought
So literally it is has bought.
In this sentence, it means your friend bought the book in the past, but the result is still relevant now: she has it now, and she says she will lend it to you.
Catalan uses this tense a lot in contexts where English also uses has bought. Depending on region and style, Catalan can also use other past forms, but ha comprat is completely natural here.
Why is it sobre una actriu? Does sobre really mean about?