Benvinguts a la comunitat catalana

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zedille @ 3:49am: Bon dia i Feliç Diada a tothom!

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tikov @ 10:02pm: Green Dragonfly - Maria (versió català)

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tikov @ 1:06pm: Green Dragonfly - Maria (version Catala) - Live at Bar Electric, Barcelona, 14.08.2011

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nausica2 @ 1:25pm: Sant Jordi


La diada de Sant Jordi
és diada assenyalada
per les flors que hi ha al mercat
i l'olor que en fan els aires,
i les veus que van pel vent:
"Sant Jordi mata l'aranya".

Joan Maragall

Bon Sant Jordi a tots!

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kennis_world @ 6:38pm:  Hola catalans!

This is going to be in English cause its been forever since I have practised Catalan. 
I just came back home from doing a semester abroad in Spain, in Sevilla. I managed to do a trip to Girona, and I loved it! It really kicked up my interest for Catalan and the culture. I tried my hardest to speak Catalan, and the people seemed to appreciate it, and a few were really patient and we had some good conversations. I picked up some books to learn Catalan and a short novel. 

That being said, I have new goals and more inspiration to learn Catalan. I would like to try to save enough money this year so that I can do a summer Catalan course at the University of Barcelona (Do any of you know if the program is good?). This summer a goal of mine is to read my short novel, and to teach myself more Catalan, and try and be more involved with this community. 

So I want you ask you guys, do you have any specific goals for Catalan this summer?

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tisoi @ 3:00pm: Encomana el català
The Generalitat de Catalunya has made a commercial promoting the use of Catalan. It's to encourage people to speak in Catalan first before any other language.

Caution: It's very catchy and this tune will get stuck in your head. hehe.



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maeveenroute whose Facebook I got the link and translation from. :-D

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tikov @ 4:06pm: David Arthur Brown (Brazzaville) - Barcelona (video Dr Tikov)

Песня на каталанском языке. Был применен хромакей.

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savvy_satori @ 7:11pm: Llibres.
Hola Catalans.

Be, jo visc a l'estranger i de la meva petita biblioteca, els llibres en catala ja els he llegit. Tinc familia que m'en podrien enviar pero m'agradaria saber si hi ha una versio catalana o castellana de Amazon, una web anglesa on s'hi poden encomanar llibres.

Merci.

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savvy_satori @ 10:57pm: Cal prendre la iniciativa.

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savvy_satori @ 6:05pm: Autodeterminacio de Catalunya.
Visc a l'estranger i les consequencies de la consulta d'Arenys m'arriben desde una web de vessant independentista. Possiblement hagin inflat les dades i consequencies. Que esta passant realment? Que en pensa el poble catala?
Aqui hi ha una petita consulta per la comunitat, a vere que en penseu.

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dcmarlowe @ 10:58am: hola
hola catalans! soc marlowe i soc dels estats units. vull aprendre aquesta llengua. puc parlar espanyol be. escribeme por favor en angles catala o espanyol.


-Marlowe

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james_chocolate @ 9:09am: Hola catalans. Em dic Jaume i sóc de Lleida. He viscut a Lleida quasi tota la meva vida i també vaig néixer aquí. Sóc germà del 👁 Image
savvy_satori i també sé anglès però en canvi jo visc aquí a Catalunya.

En 2 dies ja serà el dia de Catalunya, espero que el gaudiu!

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savvy_satori @ 10:35pm: Comunitat lleidatana
Hola a tots els catalans. He creat una petita comunitat per a lleidatans. Es diu 👁 Image
lleidatansarreu i es una comunitat per a gent amb conexions a la ciutat i provincia per ficar-hi photos, anecdotes, memories, poemes... tambe incloure petots resums de llibres on l'accio principal tingui lloc a la ciutat o be hi te forca importancia. Uniu-vos-hi!

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savvy_satori @ 10:03pm: Hola, em presento.
Hola catalanofils!

L'ultim cop que vaig vere aquesta comunitat va ser fa un any o dos i hi havia una mica mes d'ambient! He estat llegint una mica i en algunes de les publicacions una de les coses que mes por ens fan es la situacio actual de la llengua; comensem per mantenir-la viva en aquesta comunitat no? Que sino som tots una colla de hipocrites!

Be, em presento. Jo soc anglocatala, ma mare es catalana i desde que no me'n enrecordo que parlo el catala. Ella es de Lleida i jo vaig viure uns quants anys alla. Soc un independentista fins a la mort. Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori. Pero ara visc a la Nova Zelanda. I, imagineus!, fins i tot aqui he trobat algun catala que altre. Be, res, em presento per seguir aqui a la comunitat i aixo i evitar que'l meu catala es rovelli mes... Espero que s'enlairi la cosa que ara mateix sembla que esta una mica apagada l'atmosfera.

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kennis_world @ 5:55pm: Universitats Catalanas
 Hola a tots!

Since posting here last, I have been teaching myself/reading/watching/trying to write in Catalan, and I love it!

I've contacted two professors in my area, one from Barcelona, and an American who researches in Catalan culture and literature, about possibilities of me learning Catalan academically in a class, and to incorporate it into my studies in the future. Both said if I really wanted to be successful to learn to be fluent I would have to go to Barcelona or somewhere in Catalunia to go learn. Next June I think I can make a trip out to Barcelona with my friend from Valencia (also I'll be staying with her for a while in Valencia which will be good too), and Im thinking about looking at some of the universities out there. 

I know in Spain/Europe, to study Catalan and its literature - you do a degree in Catalan studies/filologia catalana, and it is seperate from Hispanic studies (which I am in at the moment in a Canadian university). However in North America, Catalan is a part of Hispanic Studies (if its offered to learn), so I was thinking of a way to somehow get to do both possibly at a Spanish university. However from what I can see I dont think this could work out, and I would have to choose one over to other if I chose to finish my studies at a Spanish university.

Have any of you done Catalan Studies, or Hispanic Studies with Catalan? If so, which university did you go to and how did you like it? 

Just to note, Im just looking into this, Im not sure/fully set on changing degrees right away. If I did do this, this would be in 2 years. Im going to do a semester in Sevilla in January, and if I like going to school in Spain, I would definitely move to Spain to finish my studies.

If anyone has any type of advice, or personal experiance in Catalan studies academically, it would be very appreciated. :)

Graciès i passi-ho bé

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kennis_world @ 6:44pm: Trying to learn Catalan
 Hola a tots!

I am Canadian who has been learning Spanish/Castellano for 3 years now, and it is my major in university. I love Spanish culture, and the Romance languages, so I have always been curious about learning Catalan. In Canadian universities courses in Catalan are extremely rare, so I dont think I'll ever get a chance to study it in the class room while doing my degree in Canada. I have three Spanish friends, two from Valencia and one from Barcelona and they all speak Catalan, and my girlfriend from Valencia was showing me how to pronounce Catalan last week. 

I found that when I first read Catalan, I did not understand it that well, but after my friend told me how to pronounce words, and having me read text aloud to her, I found that I understood it better after that. Two nights ago I thought I would try to watch a Catalan documentary online and see how I would do, and I did not find it too bad to understand. Of course I dont understand it as well as Castellano, but I get the jist of what is being said. 

At the moment I cant really afford buying books on learning Catalan, so I was wondering what types of online resources are good if you want to learn the language. As well, because of my Castellano, should I just continue to read text/read it aloud in Catalan if I find that I am understanding it? Im definatly going to continue to watch more Catalan tv online. Any advise on learning Catalan on your own would be great.

Gràcies

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champagnesheik @ 7:53pm: Dues preguntes
1. Coneixeu un bon diccionari etimológic del català que sigiu en l'internet? El Coromines no surt, que veig jo.

2. Em podeu explicar la diferència de significat entre fer ús de nosaltres vs. nos?



Espero que hi hagi gent encara en la comunitat, fa molt temps no veig res…

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naryart @ 11:09pm: Presentació, que diuen que toca
Bones!

Som una al·lota de Mallorca, estudiant a Barcelona, i acabo d'unir-me a la comunitat.

No sé ben bé que explicar-vos sobre mi: m'agrada llegir, m'agrada dibuixar, m'agrada no haver d'estudiar... però això no hi ha manera d'aconseguir-ho. M'agraden els idiomes "for the sake of it", que diuen, i parl fluentment català, castellà i gallec. Em defenso bastant bé en l'anglès, i sé les quatre coses bàsiques de francés, grec, italià, asturià i alemany, i algunes paraules d'altres que no em serveixen, a dia d'avui, de res.

Dit això, suposo que ja està fet.

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itsmagnetic @ 11:51am: Una pregunta pels mallorquins...
Bon dia!  Volia saber si qualcú em podia comentar sobre l'ús del pronom vós com a pronom de 2a persona singular formal a Mallorca (o sigui equivalent a usted en castellà o you a l'anglès abans que el thou desaparegués).  Mem...

És més o manco intercanviable amb vostè? (Que he sentit tots dos però em pareix que el vostè l'he sentit més en contextos un poquet més oficials i manco col·loquials)
És un pronom amb vitalitat o s'utilitza manco que abans?

He estat vivint i treballant a Palma ja per uns mesos i encara em queda aprendre la distinció ben bé.  Gràcies!

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nausica2 @ 7:45am: Accés gratuït al 3 a la carta
Hola,

Fins fa res, el 3 a la carta, el servei de vídeos a internet de TV3 era de pagament. Ara l'han obert a tothom i és una gran notícia. Podeu veure els programes actuals i l'arxiu històric.

Us passo l'enllaç:
http://www.tv3.cat/seccio/3alacarta/

Apa, a gaudir-ne!

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gaueko_izar @ 11:13am: Newbie here.
Hola a tots!

Sóc una estudianta americana amb 23 anys, i tinc molt interès per a aprendre i millorar el meu català.

Parlo anglès, castellà (els meus pares viuen en Espanya des de fet onze anys, i ho puc parlar sense accent americà), francès (però perfectament...), a més del català que estudi des de fet uns deu mesos (i la meva universitat no oferix pas classes de català). :) Crec que encara que duo només deu mesos estudiant-ho, el meu català és molt millor que el meu francès, que dur aprenent uns set anys. xDD

En fin, només volia m'introduir, i espero que tots tingueu un bon cap de setmana. :)

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onjo @ 12:14am: Campanya "El català, la següent llengua oficial a la UE"
Per donar-hi suport, aneu a http://www.europarl.cat/tv/signa_ca.php

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gluke78 @ 7:43pm: looking for the contacts
Hello!

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sparkofcreation @ 9:21am: visiting Barcelona--American & Spanish speaker
Hola a tothom,

So in a couple weeks, I (American) and my husband (British) will be visiting Barcelona for the first time, while on an extended trip to see his family in the UK.

I've never been to Barcelona, but I studied in Valencia in university. I speak English and Spanish fluently (I'm a professional interpreter and translator); my husband speaks only English. I can read Catalan fine and I can mostly understand it when spoken (in Valencia, people mostly spoke to me in Catalan and I answered in Spanish), but about all I can say is "Entenc el català però no ho parlo" (in addition to "bon dia, bona tarda, bona nit") and my pronunciation is shaky at best. (And I can say "El cel és blau" but I doubt that's going to be useful.)

I have a couple friends who have recently come back from Barcelona. All of them were harassed by random strangers for being American (and all of them are polite, reasonable Americans who've lived in other countries), and the one who (like me) is bilingual in Spanish was actually asked to leave by a shop owner for having the nerve to ask for batteries in Spanish instead of Catalan. So, in short, I'm starting to dread my trip to a city I've always wanted to visit.

With that in mind, a few questions:
1. Can I get away with claiming to be (like my husband) Scottish? I used to get asked a lot if I was Scottish (or French, or Russian, or Argentinean) last time I was in Spain, and I promise not to be a stereotypical loud American tourist, but my (English) accent is definitely American. But I'm unlikely to have to show my passport anywhere but at the airport and maybe the hotel, right?

2. Is it a really bad idea for me to try to speak Spanish? (My Spanish accent is screwed-up enough that Spaniards generally think I sound Latin American—usually Colombian—and Latin Americans generally think I sound Spanish. That's what comes from learning Peninsular Spanish and then spending eight years working with Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Cubans, Mexicans, Guatemalans, Ecuadorans, and Uruguayans.) My (Mexican) co-worker claims that it's more acceptable to speak Spanish if you make it clear you're not from Spain, is that true? Do I get points for trying to speak Catalan? Is it enough to start with "bon dia, com estàs?" or do I need to do the whole spiel?

3. Is there a guide to speaking Catalan for Spanish speakers, like Com licença! for learning Portuguese? Or at least a good Catalan/Spanish tourist phrase book? (I'll settle for Catalan/English, I guess, but I'd prefer Catalan/Spanish.) I mean, I really would like to speak some Catalan, I'm a big believer in speaking at least a little of the language of a country you're visiting, but my expressive Catalan is really limited.

4. And a more light-hearted question: is wearing jeans still Simply Not Done in Spain?

Gràcies mil!

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barcelona_my @ 1:37pm: Barcelona per a barcelonins i visitants
 

Bon dia a tothom, Be, aquesta evidentment no es l'unica web sobre Barcelona que te la seva versió en català, pero com que en el fons no n'hi ha pas tant, espero que sigui d'utilitat. Està molt enfocada a la ciutat desd'un punt de vista d'esdeveniments, de l'oci i del turisme, sobretot aquest últim, doncs es d'on treu els ingressos (no subvencionen res avui dia !!!). Però be, la podeu recomanar als vostres amics i coneguts que volguin tenir un primer nivell de coneixement de la ciutat, que volen venir i no saben si escollir un hotel, un hostal o un apartament, i participar-hi vosaltres mateixos (es pot opinar sobre restaurants de Barcelona, bars, discos). Espero que us agradi !!!

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