Word
Pela les pastanagues i posa-les a la safata abans d'encendre el forn.
Meaning
Peel the carrots and put them on the tray before turning on the oven.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Pela les pastanagues i posa-les a la safata abans d'encendre el forn.
i
and
a
on
abans de
before
posar
to put
Questions & Answers about Pela les pastanagues i posa-les a la safata abans d'encendre el forn.
Why is it pela and not peles or pelar?
Pela is the tu imperative form of pelar (to peel).
- pelar = infinitive, to peel
- tu peles = present tense, you peel
- pela! = command to one person you address as tu, peel!
So Pela les pastanagues means Peel the carrots as an instruction to one person.
Why is it posa-les with -les attached to the verb?
In Catalan, with affirmative commands, object pronouns are usually attached to the end of the verb.
So:
- posa = put
- les = them (feminine plural)
- posa-les = put them
The hyphen is standard in this structure.
What does les mean in posa-les?
Les is a direct object pronoun meaning them, referring back to les pastanagues.
Because pastanagues is:
- feminine
- plural
the pronoun must also be feminine plural: les
So the sentence first says the carrots, and then later uses them to avoid repeating the noun.