Welcome to Catalan stories for English speakers!
We will take a look to a few things you should remember (or know) about Catalan that will affect these stories!.
Like in Spanish, subject is not mandatory and it is usually excluded:
Jo sóc la Marta
Sóc la Marta
Tap what you hear
La paraula "jo" l'he pogut omitir sense cap problema!
The translation for the article THE depends on the gender of the word: Female words use the article LA and male words use EL.
La sardina, el cafè
In Catalan, however, when the word starts with a vowel or h+vowel, it is always* (l')
There are a few exceptions with certain female words, but it is not important now.
L'ona, l'ànec
The Catalan alphabet has some special letters:
Ç, which makes the sound /s/
Caça, abraçada, Barça.
L·L which makes a geminated /l/ sound.
Col·laborar, il·legal.
Per caçar cal col·laborar.
I hope you are ready to jump straight into the stories, have fun!
Tap the pairs ç /s/ el the (masculine) la the (feminine) sóc I am fallar to miss
Welcome to Catalan stories for English speakers!
Jo sóc la Marta