Breakdown of El jugador no s'entrena sol.
Questions & Answers about El jugador no s'entrena sol.
It stands for es, the 3rd-person pronominal/reflexive pronoun.
Before a vowel, es is shortened to s', so:
- es entrena → s'entrena
The dictionary form is entrenar-se.
A few related forms:
- m'entreno = I train
- t'entrenes = you train
- s'entrena = he/she trains
Because Catalan very often uses the pronominal form entrenar-se when talking about a person training, working out, or practicing.
It is related to the idea of training oneself, but in normal English we usually just say train rather than train oneself.
Compare:
- entrenar algú / un equip = to train someone / a team
- entrenar-se = to train, to work out
So in this sentence, s'entrena is the natural form for saying that the player is doing the training himself.