Breakdown of Avança una casella.
Questions & Answers about Avança una casella.
Here, avança is the informal singular affirmative imperative of avançar, so it is the form used to tell one person, Move forward / Advance.
A useful thing to know is that avança can also be the 3rd person singular present indicative: he/she/it advances. In a short instruction like this, the context makes it clear that it is a command.
Catalan often leaves subject pronouns out, especially when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.
So instead of saying Tu avança una casella, Catalan normally just says:
Avança una casella.
That is the most natural way to give a simple instruction.
This is informal singular, used when speaking to one person as tu.
Other versions would be:
- Avança una casella. = informal singular
- Avanci una casella. = formal singular
- Avanceu una casella. = informal plural
- Avancin una casella. = formal plural
So the sentence you have is the everyday you (singular, informal) command.