KitsumiFree basic Catalan words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Catalan, as it's spoken around Barcelona: the sounds, how words work, 225 everyday words with their gender in colour and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- How Catalan soundsThe soft uh of unstressed a and e, o that sounds like u, ç, x and tx, ny, ll and l·l, the silent r at the end of menjar, and what the accents on à, è and é tell you.
- How words workTwo genders in two colours with el, la and l', plurals in a small table, ser for each person and a little estar, tu or vostè, and vaig menjar, the past that looks like going.
- 225 words, then show wordsHola, bon dia and merci, family, days and numbers, pa amb tomàquet, crema catalana and cava, places and verbs. Then Home!, Ostres! and Déu n'hi do, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the sounds page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice the colours and spot vaig before a verb.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the grey English on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Catalan with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Doncs, va and home turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Which Catalan does it use?
Central Catalan, as spoken around Barcelona. Valencian, Balearic and other varieties sound a little different, and speakers understand each other easily.
Why does vaig menjar mean I ate?
vaig + a verb is the everyday past in Catalan: vaig menjar, I ate; vam dormir, we slept. On its own, vaig still means I go: Vaig a casa, I'm going home.