While I drink my coffeeBefore you practise: rules and examples
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Mira and her find: ser
Ser: jo soc, tu ets, ell/ella és, nosaltres som, vosaltres sou, ells/elles són. Use it for identity, profession and origin. Subject pronouns are often omitted. Central Catalan often places an article before names: l’Aina, en Nil. This varies regionally.
Soc la Mira. — I am Mira.
L’Aina és de Mataró. — Aina is from Mataró.
Our home: articles
Articles: el/la/els/les; un/una/uns/unes. Before a vowel or silent h, usually l’: l’amic, l’habitació. But la stays before unstressed i/u: la universitat, la història. Learn new nouns with their article.
Hi ha una taula. — There is a table.
La taula és petita. — The table is small.
Things and colours
Agreement: vermell/vermella/vermells/vermelles; groc/groga/grocs/grogues. Feminine nouns in -a usually form -es: bossa → bosses. Gran has one form for both genders, but plural grans.
El quadern és vermell. — The notebook is red.
La bossa és vermella. — The bag is red.
1. Complete: nosaltres ___ estudiants.
2. Build the phrase
I am Mira.
3. Build the phrase
Aina is from Mataró.
4. Choose the correct spelling.
5. Build the phrase
There is a table.
6. Build the phrase
The table is small.
7. Complete: les bosses són ___.
8. Build the phrase
The notebook is red.
9. Build the phrase
The bag is red.