La força és important.

Strength is important.

Breakdown of La força és important.

• ser: to be
• important: important
• la força: the strength

Questions & Answers about La força és important.

Why is it la força and not just força?

Because força is being used as a noun, and in Catalan it is very normal to use the definite article with nouns in general statements, including abstract nouns.

So Catalan says:

• La força és important.

where English often says simply:

• Strength is important.

This use of the article is one of the things English speakers often need to get used to.

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Why is the article la?

Because força is a feminine singular noun.

So:

• la = feminine singular definite article
• força = feminine singular noun

If the noun were masculine, you would normally use el instead.

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What does the ç in força do?

The ç is called c trencada in Catalan.

It tells you that the c is pronounced like an s sound here.

So força is pronounced approximately like:

• FOR-suh

not like:

• FOR-kah

This is very important, because without the cedilla, the pronunciation rules would be different.

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