Learn Catalan - Basic Catalan Phrases for Tourists 

I am from Barcelona and of course I speak Spanish as one of my mother tongues (the other is Catalan). It is true that if someone comes to me speaking Catalan I will feel more comfortable, however I have friends from outside Spain and Speaking with them in English or Spanish is good for me.

Merci, salut ! It sounds like a mix of spanish and french

I took Spanish for 8 years so I feel like I have a basic grasp on the language. No where near fluent, but I could get around. But this is crazy! I love listening to the language but don't know whether I could get by with my broken Spanish. But I love that it's a mix of French and Spanish. I gotta get to Spain to hear it for myself :)

I love roaming form Portugal to Rome, and it is amazing how there are no true stereotypes anywhere. Language is language and it can be different from even one street to the next, and from one family to the next. People relocate and travel and we all try to get along. In short conversations it i hard to mimic or adjust to the person you are talking to, but with practice you can accomplish the true goal of share ideas and interest and most importantly information as you spend time communicating with thatone particular person.

Salut i força al canut! I l'any que ve més fort i més pelut!

Great tips. Lived in Barcelona for 2 years, and it's so critical to learn Catalá if you're going to fit in there.

I like the sign language too . Very expressive.😊

Catalan is spoken from generation to generation since forever among family and neighbors, also Catalan has been around for a long time

Where is the cathedral? = On és la catedral? One may say, but it is not grammatically correct, use "está" instead of "és" in the sense of location is an influence of the Spanish language.

1:45 it should be "On està la catedral?". N.B. You can also say "On és la catedral?".

Marc why not make a video about Limburgish? Best language there is spoken in Belgium, Germany but for the biggest part in the Netherlands. It is the only Europian language with words that can have multiple meanings because we can 'drag' a tone by making it very long and can spit it out immediately just like the chinese language. For example the word: 'sjoon' can have three different meanings depending on the pronunciation. That is why the Dutch and the Belgians always say that Limburgians aren't talking at all but are continually singing. Please make a video about it, a language spoken by over 2 million people and with French, German and Dutch words.

I like the devil's horn popping up next to the cathedral

It's not like it's all wrong, but there are some mistakes. For example, we don't use the verb "estar" to say where things are. We would say "On és la catedral?" Rather than "On éstà la catedral?".

Catalan is a Romance language along with Occitan (also Aranesy el castellano, italianio.. for example

Thank you it isn't Merci, that's french... We say gràcies.

That gril doesn't speak Català correct. Isn't força al canyut is força al canut and isn't ón està la catedral is ón és la catedral. And her pronunciation isn't correct. She doesn't pronunces right the vocals and the verb vull.

Is nice to watch at ecolinguists : occitan vs french vs italian vs catalan and some others .are really very interesant!!

La noia parla català com un barceloní. Cada cop es diferencia més de l'estàndard. La ll no es una i. I amb hola podria dir la vocal neutra.

Not bad although there are some things that need to be corrected. "Merci" is not actually Catalan even though a lot of people use it like myself. Then it is "està" and not "ésta" and a few more things. Anyway, it's always nice to teach some basics and I guess it's good enough to get by. Cheers

it's like spanish and french put together

Are these phrases good for Catalina Island that's right by California?

The flag behind you is not Catalonia's flag, it is a non-official one used by those who want the Independence from Spain (according to polls they are a minority, but "pro separation" don't want to admit it). It may be considered offensive as it goes against our Constitution.

You could have used the spanish flag to talk about catalan/valencian language. Because it's spoken officially in 3 regions of Spain (Valencian Community, Catalonia and Balearic islands) and unofficially in 2 refions of Spain (Aragon and Murcia). It's Spain's second language (more speakers than english within the country)

Can spanish and spanish speakers understan catalan from ecolinguages of ease catalan of coch poliglot vidios are very nice too

I m sorry, but she does not speak catalan too well. There are some mistakes about translation and overall, pronunciation.

What are you doing with that flag

All Catalans speak Spanish. Anyone that speaks Spanish can get by in Catalonia. You would be doing yourself a disfavour to learn Catalan and not Spanish. You are more likely to find Spanish speaking people in Barca than Catalonian anyway. Sorry I don’t mean to be negative, just realistic.

She pronounces "serveis" (toilets) like "cervells" (brains), not right

more Mari please

What's up with all of the tongue action? Are all women in Barcelona like that?

So it's kinda like Français?

Que uma língua muito difícil. Boa sorte pra vcs aprender isso 😖 ✋

If people go to catalonia, and spekaing castilla language. They understand? Same iberian latin language ! right ? and or they mad at castilla language ?

I say 'Salut and força al canut' no 'al canyut'.

If only the flag at the back would represent Catalonia and not just only a group of people .... People should be teaching the values of the catalan culture and not what some may believe in or agree with. It may sound silly for some, but if people do not have any idea about Catalonia then, they will associate this flag with the region and not the original one which only has stripes but hey, ho.

almost like the Puerto Rican flag at the back.

People from Catalonia are Catalonians.

So catalan is like a mix french and Spanish?

catalan sounds prettier than Spanish--a bit more elegant...

Very bouncy. I like.

Te has comido toda la butifarra? How do you say i love Butifarra?

Això va ser molt interessant. Gràcies per compartir!

Jo en sé parla en català

how to say do you speak english in catalan?

Wow OG Wolter

Haha this was a fun video :)

tbh I do not like the blue triangle in the flag

It sounds french

O! So quite a bit like Portugese.

It is a very nice detail to speak catalan in Barcelona, but unfortunately it's not essential and that's why many migrants or other people that arrive to the city and are not catalan speakers they just go by Spanish. Sometimes even with English but mainly Spanish because the majority of the people are castilian speakers. I think it should be a must but at the end of the day we catalans are weak about asking that as a requirement

Do you want to communicate in Catalonia?...speak Spanish

Ya veo que la Lolita esta tiene frio

You see there's not a drastic difference in Spanish and Catalan

I think that guy needs to be able to say "Where are the donuts?"

sounds like spanish

I live in a Spanish speaking country and I do not want to learn Catalan. It is a regional language useful only in that country whereas Spanish is a global language.

written Catalan looks like French but when spoken it sounds Castilian

Why bother to learn some Catalan phrases? when you can practice the Spanish you learned in High School? Lol

A friend from Spain told me if an italian can understand catalan easily but I can't 😂

Dem The Teeth

You should have picked a native, she obviously isn't

Cuando yo vaya a barcelona hablaré espanol! Joder!

Dudes I am French Catalan is practically French :) so in your face my English friends mwa ha ha ha :) You're gonna be struggling learning Catalan & I'm not :)

Catalonia is in Spain. The National Language of Spain is Spanish. I am Italian and wherever you go in Italy you will hear Italian in different accents, but always Italian. Stop let this ridiculous people appear more ridiculous. Sorry man but before spread your teaching videos out, please inform you better.

It's like Portuguese and Romanian.

Why do Catalonian governments forbid schools teaching in Spanish? Why would the Catalonian government treats Spanish as a foreign language while Spanish is widely spoken in Barcelona and all over Catalonia? Isn't this cultural genocide? I am not from Spain but speak Spanish fluently and I frankly see all this Catalonian intolerance absurd. Don't get me wrong. I like Catalonia, their people and their language but forbidding Spanish in schools is going way overboard.

vui? enserio? hhahahha

You do not need to teach anybody Catalan frases, they know Spanish perfectly well and some English too.

This is so cheesy...

who cares about catalan. they all speak spanish anyway. if someone comes to galicia I dont expect nobody to speak to me in galician. come on stop being so self-centered

Nobody speaks Spanish. The 2 major dialects of Spain are Castellano and Catalan. Same as Chinese, Spanish and Chinese are descriptive nouns as in the people from those countries. The major dialects of China are Cantonese and mandarin.