Catalan/L002

NOTES

1: et dius means you call yourself. This is called a reflexive verb. It's from the verb dir-se, to call oneself. For now, just remember that et dius needs to stay as one whole unit. 2: em dic means I call myself. This is another form of dir-se but when speaking in the first person. 3: Notice the male speaker says el Harry literally, the Harry. Female speakers will use la, as in sóc la Silva, I am (the) Silva. 4: The letter 'o' in parlo and Joan is pronounced as 'u' when it is not in the stressed syllable.

Translation Exercise

 * 1) Hola! Sóc la Silva. Qui ets?
 * 2) Em dic Harry.
 * 3) Sóc el Joan. Parlo català.
 * 4) Com et dius? Ets de Barcelona?
 * 5) No sóc de Barcelona i no parlo bé català.


 * 1) Hi! I'm Silva. Who are you?
 * 2) My name is Harry.
 * 3) I'm Joan. I speak Catalan.
 * 4) What's your name? Are you from Barcelona?
 * 5) I'm not from Barcelona and I don't speak Catalan well.