No. 762 in Catalan

quina

"Quina" means "which" or "what" (feminine singular).

In a sentence

Quina sort que tinguis vacances!
What luck you have vacations!
The word 'quina' is used to form an exclamatory phrase expressing admiration or surprise about the noun 'sort'.
Quina d'aquestes opcions prefereixes?
Which of these options do you prefer?
Here, 'quina' acts as an interrogative adjective specifying the noun 'opcions'.
Ella és la quina sempre arriba a temps.
She is the one who always arrives on time.
In this sentence, 'quina' works as a relative pronoun referring to the subject 'Ella'.

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