Catalan syntax

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In the Catalan-Valencian, sentences consist of a collection of noun phrases grouped around a verb. One of these noun phrases has the syntactic function of subject while the others function as complements (direct, indirect, prepositional or verbal), or adverbials (of time, place, manner, etc.). The sentence can be introduced by a 'frame' (for example 'as far as X is concerned', or an adverbial of time or place). The main features of the sentence are the agreement in person and number between the subject and the verb - which marks the relation between the speaker, on the one hand, and his or her interlocutors and any other people, on the other - and time, which situates the action in relation to the present of the speaker or in relation to the time of the other sentences of the text or discourse. In attributive sentences (see below), as well as agreement in person and number between the subject and the verb, there is also agreement of gender and number between the subject and the head of the attribute when it is a noun or an adjective. In Catalan there are four main types of sentence: # Predicative sentences, consisting of a subject, a verb and some complements. (Jordi picked three roses for Núria). (The group walked purposefully along the road).…

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