Breakdown of La sopa té una mica de sal.
Questions & Answers about La sopa té una mica de sal.
Yes. In this sentence, té is the 3rd person singular form of tenir: it has.
Catalan often uses tenir in places where English might also use have:
- La sopa té sal = The soup has salt
- La casa té tres habitacions = The house has three rooms
So La sopa té una mica de sal is completely natural in Catalan.
Una mica de means a little bit of or simply a little.
It is a very common quantity expression in Catalan:
- una mica de pa = a little bread
- una mica d’aigua = a little water
- una mica de sucre = a little sugar
So in this sentence, una mica de sal means a little salt.