[Catalan] Parlem catalá

[phanmo]

Hi ha uns altres qui parlen catalan?

[pjt33]

No lo parlo, però poc l·legir-lo.

[irmamar]

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

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Jo comienzo a estudiarlo este año. Ya os haré preguntillas OK.

[irmamar]

I thought you were from Burgos, Robin

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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

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.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

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!

[poli]

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.

[brute]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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.

[irmamar]

N'estic segura que t'entendran si parles castellà, aquí també se'n parla

Poli, does your nick come from "políglota"?