en

This is the 4th most frequent Catalan word.


en

"En" in Catalan is a weak pronoun meaning "of it," "of them," or "some," often replacing phrases introduced by "de."


In this sentence, 'en' is a courtesy title used before male names in Catalan as an honorific marker.

Vaig conèixer en Joan ahir.

I met Joan yesterday.


Here, 'en' refers back to the complement 'un llibre,' acting as a pronoun.

Va trobar un llibre i en va parlar molt.

He found a book and talked a lot about it.


In this sentence, 'en' is part of the prepositional phrase 'en aquell moment,' indicating a specific time.

En aquell moment, va començar a ploure.

At that moment, it started to rain.