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Old September 26, 2009, 04:49 AM
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Parlem catalá

Hi ha uns altres qui parlen catalan?
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Old September 26, 2009, 08:22 AM
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No lo parlo, però poc l·legir-lo.
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Old September 28, 2009, 02:00 AM
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El català és la meva segona llengua. Encara que no és la meva llengua materna, porto molts anys vivint a Catalunya. L'entenc millor que el parlo i el parlo millor que l'escric. Però més o menys em defenso.

No és molt freqüent trobar gent que sàpiga català sense viure a Catalunya. Estàs potser en una zona francesa de parla catalana? El català d'aquestes zones de França té molt accent francès.

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Old September 28, 2009, 03:03 AM
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Jo comienzo a estudiarlo este año. Ya os haré preguntillas OK.
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Old September 28, 2009, 04:22 AM
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I thought you were from Burgos, Robin
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Old September 28, 2009, 05:27 AM
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El català és la meva segona llengua. Encara que no és la meva llengua materna, porto molts anys vivint a Catalunya. L'entenc millor que el parlo i el parlo millor que l'escric. Però més o menys em defenso.

No és molt freqüent trobar gent que sàpiga català sense viure a Catalunya. Estàs potser en una zona francesa de parla catalana? El català d'aquestes zones de França té molt accent francès.

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Catalan is my second language. It is not my mother language, but I have
lived in Catalonia for many years. I understand it better than I speak it and I speak better than I write it. But more or less in defense
It's unusual to find people to speak Catalan without living there. Did you know that there is a region of France where Catalan is spoken? Catalan in those regions is spoken with a French accent.

It seems that a lot of Catalan translates easily--unless I got it wrong.
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Old September 28, 2009, 07:33 AM
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Catalan is my second language. It is not my mother language, but I have
lived in Catalonia for many years. I understand it better than I speak it and I speak better than I write it. But more or less in defense
It's unusual to find people to speak Catalan without living there. Did you know that there is a region of France where Catalan is spoken? Catalan in those regions is spoken with a French accent.

It seems that a lot of Catalan translates easily--unless I got it wrong.
Good, Poli!

Em defenso - me defiendo - I can get by it.
Estàs potser...? - Tal vez estás en... - Are you in ... maybe? (or are you living...)
Molt - mucho - a lot

You surprised me!
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Old September 28, 2009, 08:42 AM
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One of the reasons I like Spanish so much is that when you speak Castilian you have the added dividend of understanding elements of other Romance languages too--even French, but certainly Portuguese, Italian and (as I found out today) Catalan. Thank you Irmamar.
Em defiendo- I can defend myself--as in I can defend myself in Spanish is I must is another way of saying I can get by
in Spanish.
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El català és la meva segona llengua. Encara que no és la meva llengua materna, porto molts anys vivint a Catalunya. L'entenc millor que el parlo i el parlo millor que l'escric. Però més o menys em defenso.

No és molt freqüent trobar gent que sàpiga català sense viure a Catalunya. Estàs potser en una zona francesa de parla catalana? El català d'aquestes zones de França té molt accent francès.

Una salutació
Very interesting. I also had no difficulty in making sense of your Catalan, although, like Bob, I thought em defenso meant "in self defence". Over the French border, it becomes Langue d'Oc I believe and a different dialect is spoken in the Balearic Islands. It has many similarities with French, Portuguese and Italian as well as Castilean Spanish.

Encara = ancora? Molt = molto? Parlo = parlo (Italian) = parle? (French)
Viure = vivir = vivre?
millor = mejor = meilleur?
em = en =em (portugues)?
sapiga = sabia ?...etc.

Next week I am spending a few days in Barcelona. I hope they can understand me there.
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Old September 28, 2009, 02:29 PM
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N'estic segura que t'entendran si parles castellà, aquí també se'n parla

Poli, does your nick come from "políglota"?
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