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cubelles
"Cubelles" is a proper noun referring to a town in Catalonia, Spain.
In a sentence
Vaig visitar Cubelles l'estiu passat i em va encantar.
I visited Cubelles last summer and I loved it.
'Cubelles' is used in its proper noun form, referencing a specific location (a town in Catalonia).
Vaig omplir un cub el dia que vaig anar a Cubelles.
I filled a bucket the day I went to Cubelles.
'Cubelles' again serves as the proper noun for the town, while 'cub' (bucket) showcases that words with similar morphology can belong to different parts of speech, illustrating contextual comprehension.
Els infants van jugar amb cubs i torretes durant les vacances a Cubelles.
The children played with blocks and pots during the vacation in Cubelles.
'Cubelles' in this context still represents a locale, whereas 'cubs' refers to blocks, a noun in the plural form, emphasizing bilingual semantic differentiation when comparing Catalan and English.
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