El propietari té l'inventari.

to have

Breakdown of El propietari té l'inventari.

• el propietari: the landlord or owner
• l'inventari: the inventory

Questions & Answers about El propietari té l'inventari.

What does each part of the sentence do grammatically?

• El propietari is the subject.
• té is the verb.
• l'inventari is the direct object.

More specifically:

• el = masculine singular definite article
• propietari = noun
• té = 3rd person singular present of tenir
• l' = elided form of the definite article before a vowel
• inventari = noun

So the structure is a very standard subject + verb + object sentence.

Why is it l'inventari and not el inventari?

Because Catalan usually shortens the singular definite article before a word beginning with a vowel or silent h.

So:

• el + inventari → l'inventari

This is called elision. The apostrophe shows that the vowel of the article has disappeared.

How do I know whether inventari is masculine or feminine if it just says l'?