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Why learn Catalan?
Learning Catalan improves the knowledge of your own language. Adding Catalan language skills to your business skills make you a more valuable an employee in the marketplace. Communication skills developed while learning Catalan can improve your interpersonal skills in your native langauge as well. Catalan expand one's world view and limit the barriers between people: barriers cause distrust and fear.
How Long Does it Take to Learn Catalan?
*** NOTES *** Catalan is spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Alghero in Sardinia, and is the only official language of Andorra. Its nearest relative is Occitan and it also shares characteristics in grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary with other Romance languages like Sardinian, Spanish and Italian. Catalan plays a key role in the Catalan national identity and from 1979 to 2012 was the only language of instruction in Catalonia, giving fluency to an entire generation.
Catalan Alphabet & Pronunciation
Like those of many other Romance languages, the Catalan alphabet derives from the Latin alphabet and consists of the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet:
(a)
(be)
(ce)
(de)
(e)
(efa)
(ge)
(hac)
(i,)
(jota)
(ca)
(ela)
(ema)
(ena)
(o)
(pe)
(cu)
(erra)
(essa)
(te)
(u)
(ve)
(ve doble)
(ics)
(i grega)
(zeta)
Basic Phrases in Catalan
Hello | Hola |
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Goodbye | Adéu |
Yes | Sí |
No | No |
Excuse me | Disculpeu-me |
Please | Si us plau |
Thank you | Gràcies |
You are welcome | Ets benvingut |
Do you speak english | Parles anglès? |
Do you understand | Entens? |
I understand | Entenc |
I do not understand | No ho entenc |
How are you | Com estàs? |
Fine thanks | Bé, gràcies! |
What is your name | Quin és el teu nom? |
My name is | El meu nom és |
Pleased to meet you | Encantat de coneixe't |
Catalan Grammar
Catalan Nouns
Man | Home |
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Woman | Dona |
Boy | Noi |
Girl | Una noia |
Cat | Gat |
Dog | Gos |
Fish | Peixos |
Water | Aigua |
Milk | Llet |
Egg | Ou |
House | Casa |
Flower | Flor |
Tree | Arbre |
Shirt | Samarreta |
Pants | Pantalons |
Catalan Adjectives
Colors in Catalan
Black | Negre |
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White | Blanc |
Red | Vermell |
Orange | Taronja |
Yellow | Groc |
Green | Verd |
Blue | Blau |
Purple | Porpra |
Pink | Rosa |
Gray | Gris |
Brown | Marró |
Numbers in Catalan
Zero | Zero |
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One | Un |
Two | Dos |
Three | Tres |
Four | Quatre |
Five | Cinc |
Six | Sis |
Seven | Set |
Eight | Vuit |
Nine | Nou |
Ten | Tenir |
Eleven | Onze |
Twelve | Dotze |
Twenty | Vint |
Thirty | Trenta |
Forty | Quaranta |
Fifty | Cinquanta |
Sixty | Seixanta |
Seventy | Setanta |
Eighty | Vuitanta |
Ninety | Noranta |
Hundred | Cent |
Thousand | Mil |
Catalan Verbs
To be | Ser |
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To have | Tenir |
To want | Voler |
To need | Necessitar |
To help | Ajudar |
To go | Anar |
To come | Venir |
To eat | Menjar |
To drink | Beure |
To speak | Parlar |
Building Simple Sentences
More Complex Catalan Sentences
And | I |
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Or | O |
But | Però |
Because | Perquè |
With | Amb |
Also | També |
However | Malgrat això |
Neither | Tampoc |
Nor | Ni |
If | Si |
Then | Aleshores |
Useful Catalan Vocabulary
Catalan Questions
Who | Qui |
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What | Què |
When | Quan |
Where | On |
Why | Per què |
How | Com |
How many | Quants |
How much | Quant |
Days of the Week in Catalan
Monday | Dilluns |
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Tuesday | Dimarts |
Wednesday | Dimecres |
Thursday | Dijous |
Friday | Divendres |
Saturday | Dissabte |
Sunday | Diumenge |
Yesterday | Ahir |
Today | Avui |
Tomorrow | Demà |
Months in Catalan
January | Gener |
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February | Febrer |
March | Març |
April | Abril |
May | Maig |
June | Juny |
July | Juliol |
August | Agost |
September | Setembre |
October | Octubre |
November | De novembre |
December | Desembre |
Seasons in Catalan
Winter | Hivern |
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Spring | Primavera |
Summer | L’estiu |
Autumn | Tardor |
Telling Time in Catalan
What time is it | Quina hora es? |
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Hours | Hores |
Minutes | Minuts |
Seconds | Segons |
O clock | Una en punt |
Half | La meitat |
Quarter past | Quart de |
Before | Abans |
After | Després |