La postura és correcta.

The posture is correct.

Breakdown of La postura és correcta.

• ser: to be
• correcte: correct
• la postura: the posture

Questions & Answers about La postura és correcta.

What does la mean here?

La is the feminine singular definite article, so it means the.

In La postura és correcta, postura is a feminine singular noun, so Catalan uses la:

• la postura = the posture

Like English the, the article itself does not change for definiteness, but in Catalan it agrees with gender and number:

• el = masculine singular
• la = feminine singular
• els = masculine plural
• les = feminine plural

Is postura basically the same word as English posture?

Yes. Postura is a close cognate of English posture and means the same sort of thing: body position, bearing, or stance.

Because it ends in -a, it is typically feminine in Catalan:

• la postura

So this word is relatively easy for English speakers to recognize.

Why is it és and not està?

Catalan often distinguishes between ser and estar, somewhat like Spanish.

Here, és is from ser and is used because correcta is being presented as a quality, classification, or judgment about the posture: