Catalan Questions

Catalan Questions

If you're trying to learn Catalan Questions which is also called Català, check our courses about Questions and interrogative expressions... to help you with your Catalan grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Catalan. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

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Catalan Questions

Learning the Catalan Questions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Catalan language. But first we need to know what the role of Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Catalan.

Catalan questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when

Grammar Tips:

In Catalan there are 3 main ways of asking a question to get a yes or no answer, and they are the following:

-Pronoun + verb: Only the ascending intonation and the question mark at the end make the sentence interrogative: Ella té temps lliure? (Does she have free time?)

-Verb +...+ pronoun. The pronoun goes last, normally alter a comma. E.g.: Té temps lliure, ella? (Does she have free time?)

-Finally you can also make a question by adding a question tag to the end of a statement. Ella té temps lliure, no?

Ella té temps lliure, oi? (She has free time, doesn’t she?)


Here are some examples:

English QuestionsCatalan Questions
QuestionsQüestions
how?Com?
what?Què?
who?qui?
why?Per què?
where?On?

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Catalan has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Català.

List of Questions in Catalan

Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Catalan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Catalan vocabulary.

English QuestionsCatalan Questions
where is he?On és?
what is this?Què és això?
why are you sad?Per què estàs trist?
how do you want to pay?com vols / vol / voleu pagar
can I come?Puc venir?
is he sleeping?Està dormint?
do you know me?Em coneixes?
do you have my book?Tens el meu llibre?
how big is it?Com és de gran?
can I help you?et / us puc ajudar?
can you help me?Em pots/pot/podeu ajudar?
do you speak English?Parla vostè anglès?
how far is this?A quina distància està?
what time is it?quina hora és?
how much is this?Quant costa això?
what is your name?Com et dius/es diu/us dieu?
where do you live?On viu/vius/viviu?

Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Catalan, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Català Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Catalan lessons here: Learn Catalan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.

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