La meva veïna pela una pastanaga i després posa all a la sopa.

My neighbor peels a carrot and then puts garlic in the soup.

Breakdown of La meva veïna pela una pastanaga i després posa all a la sopa.

• un: a
• a: in
• i: and
• meu: my

Questions & Answers about La meva veïna pela una pastanaga i després posa all a la sopa.

Why is it la meva veïna instead of just meva veïna?

Catalan very often uses the definite article before a possessive, so la meva veïna is the normal way to say my neighbor.

Here everything agrees with the noun veïna:

• la = feminine singular article
• meva = feminine singular possessive
• veïna = feminine singular noun

So if the noun changed, the other words would change too:

• el meu veí = my male neighbor
• les meves veïnes = my female neighbors

What does the ï in veïna mean?

The ï shows that the i is pronounced in its own syllable. In other words, veïna is pronounced roughly ve-EE-na, not as one blended vowel sound.

This mark is called a diaeresis. It often appears in Catalan to show that two vowels should be pronounced separately.

Also, veïna is the feminine form of veí.

What form are pela and posa?