El joc de taula és aquí.

The board game is here.

Breakdown of El joc de taula és aquí.

• ser: to be
• aquí: here
• el joc de taula: the board game

Questions & Answers about El joc de taula és aquí.

What exactly is joc de taula?

Joc de taula is the standard Catalan expression for board game.

Literally:

• joc = game
• taula = table

But as a whole, joc de taula is a fixed expression, so it is best learned as one unit rather than translated word by word every time.

Why is it de taula and not de la taula?

Because joc de taula names a type of game, not a game belonging to one specific table.

In Catalan, de + noun without an article is very common in compound expressions when the second noun describes the category or function of the first noun.

So:

• joc de taula = board game
• not joc de la taula, which would sound more like the game of the table or the table’s game

Why is it El joc de taula if taula is feminine?

Because the article agrees with the main noun, which is joc, not with taula.

Here:

• joc is masculine singular, so you use el
• taula is inside the de taula phrase and does not control the article at the beginning

So the structure is:

• El → matches joc