Catalan or
Català is a Romance language, which is spoken in Catalonia, the Balearic
Islands and other regions as for instance Andorra [1]. In Barcelona the
regional government is promoting the language. One will find a lot of
similarities to Occitan, which is understandable because of the proximity of
the two languages. For Sardinian or Campadinese it’s less understandable. Of course
there are overlapping words to Spanish, but also disparities as colgar means to
hang in Spanish and to bury in Catalan – you might think, Spanish concerns with
the act of hanging and Catalan with the result of hanging. OT: I’m against
capital punishment.
Wikipedia
lists about 9.5 million speakers of Catalan.
Thank you – Gràcies!
Or: Mercès!
You’re welcome – De res
Yes – Sí
No – No
Do you speak
English? – Parla anglès? (formal) Parlas anglès?
Please – Sisplau
Excuse me – Perdoni!
Or: Dispensi!
Sorry – Perdó!
Welcome –
Benvigut
Good morning
– Bon dia
Good day – Bon
dia
Good
afternoon – Bona trade
Good evening
– Bona nit
Good night –
Bona nit
Hello – Hola
Goodbye – Adéu
See you
tomorrow – Fins demà
Everything
is all right - Tot va bé.
How are you?
– Com está? (formal) Com estás? (informal)
How much is this?
– Què val això?
I don’t know
– No sé
I don’t
understand – No ho entenc
Please say
it again – M’ho pot repetir, sisplau?
Where – On
When – Quan
How much –
Quant
Where is the
toilet? – On és el lavabo?
(Where is
the bathroom? – On és la cambra de bany?)
What is your
name? – Com es diu? Com et dius? (informal)
My name is
LMK – Em dic LMK
Where are
you from? - D’on és vostè? (formal)
I’m from Germany
– Som d’Alemanya
Left – Esquerre
Right – Dreta
I need a
doctor – Necessit un metge.
Help – Ajut
Help! –
Auxili! Or: Socors!
Stop! –
Alto!
Please blame
any mistakes on me.
You might
like to listen [4].
Links:
[2] https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/catalan.php
has been very helpful
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Basic Guide to Yiddish
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Basic Guide to Portuguese
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Basic Guide to Italian
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Basic Guide to Afrikaans
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The Very
Basic Guide to French
The Very
Basic Guide to Russian
The Very
Basic Guide to Japanese
The Very
Basic Guide to Mandarin Chinese
The Very
Basic Guide to Spanish
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