Can you understand Catalan? | #1

[@Ecolinguist]

🤓 Translation and additional info below: ↓ TRANSCRIPTION: Què és? És una planta que creix en els prats o també en els jardins. Té unes fulles molt fines i allargades. Sol ser verda, però si està seca pot ser groga o marró. Sol ser molt densa i cobreix totalment el terra. Si vols mantenir el jardí bonic, l’has de tallar. És la gespa. TRANSLATION: What is it? It is a plant that grows in meadows or gardens. It has very thin and elongated leaves. It is usually green, but if it is dry, it can be yellow or brown. It is usually very dense and completely covers the ground. If you want to keep the garden beautiful, you have to cut it. It's the grass. 📝 Volunteer your language skills for future videos → forms.gle/aZeSFSsFexbmxE7UA 🤗 Big thanks to Miriam from Catalonia!

[@linear_regression9541]

As a Spanish speaker, I understood almost 80%.

[@aaa._.8122]

Y por qué lo dices en inglés? 😂

[@mizi20d82]

​@@aaa._.8122Para que lo entiendan todos

[@Chacho-17]

Maybe because the question was asked in English !

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

Hsblo español pero solo entiendo 60% por qué!

[@beanapprentice1687]

As a French speaker I couldn’t understand the speech, but I could decipher enough of the text to figure out you’re describing grass.

[@gritx8243]

As Portuguese I could understand almost everything, but I missed some words

[@Hampter-m7r]

In my parallel earth, Argentina speaks Catalan.

[@MaxBgoogle]

How ? My friend is argentina and understand not a bit of this

[@amGausss]

In my parallel world, Usas still think they are the best country in the world even they have statistics from Nigeria. You ain’t nothing outside Usa or Mexico, you are literally the meme of the first world Europe

[@Ecolinguist]

🎥 Full Episode dedicated to Catalan: Can Spanish and French speakers understand Catalan? → kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6WzkpKLbaqZl9E

[@panzone7372]

Da italiano mi sembra istintivamente molto più comprensibile il catalano che non il castigliano

[@teknul89]

It’s because Catalan language are part of Occitano-Romance language which is closer to Gallo-Romano languages from northern Italy and France Where Castilian, Portuguese, Galician they are more like Iberian-Romance language where in this group have a closer connection

[@amGausss]

Sono Catalano, questo e certo. Quando non ricordo una parola in italiano penso in Catalano o nell’ 80% dei casi la ricordo perché è molto simile

[@MarkyV-oe5pn]

Perche spagnolos sone italiani paisano! 🇮🇹

[@alethegamer96]

As an Italian I can tell what's being said, but it takes some logic, it's not everything clear and the writing really helps

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

In Latin, _caespes, caespitem_ means "grass together with the ground it grows on; turf, lawn". It still means this in Portuguese and Spanish.

[@javicruz9754]

Yes, in Spanish it's "cesped" although many of us Spanish speaking people call it "pasto" or "hierba"

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

@@javicruz9754 Heh, I see. _pasto_ is originally what animals graze on, "pasture, fodder", and then by one extension "a field for grazing", and by another just "grass".

[@javicruz9754]

@@Unbrutal_Rawr yes, we might use both terms interchangeably sometimes but when it comes to grass that is grown to feed livestock is called pasto, and cesped when it's grown for other purposes such as gardening.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

@@javicruz9754 That's cool, so the original distinction is still felt. When it comes to "grass" without the turf, Latin also has two words: _grāmen_ is exactly what's described in this video, collective nondescript grass, typically wild, while _herba_ refers either to an individual blade of grass, or to collective grass, but identifiable and often cultivated.

[@SMCwasTaken]

Yeah in the Spain translation of Minecraft grass is called "Césped" instead of Hierba or pasto or "sacate" as we call it here in texas

[@iammaxhammer]

*Can we get a Sardinian one please?*

[@diegodavila4258]

Holy shit I understood 100% I'm spanish this is such a cool language like French and Spanish combined with hints of portugues

[@Aleiza_49]

As an English speaker (with some knowledge of Spanish), I understood way more than I was expecting. Very interesting and beautiful language 👌

[@ReiKakariki]

I can understand many thing in a paused mode in Galician and Valician we call grass gramiña alta or relva or campeira.

[@purai28]

PT-BR: grama PT-PT: relva

[@janrodriguez2085]

Got this onee!😊

[@Liamochii]

I'm a bit surprised, I somehow understood almost every single word (altough some were based on context) and relied very little in reading the way the words are spelled Gespa is the only word I don't think I would have catched without the explanation 😂

[@AnAmericanlinguist]

Mostly when I read it, but miss out on some important details. When spoken I miss more which makes me lose the meaning

[@rocsafaitdesvideos8828]

En tant que francophone et créolophone🇭🇹, j'ai réussi à comprendre. Mais j'ai eu besoin des sous titres

[@fabiolimadasilva3398]

Algumas palavras eu não entendi. Mas pelo contexto deu para saber de que se tratava de "grama" (em português do Brasil). Em Portugal se diz "relva".

[@yerxdxd08]

As a Spanish and Galician speaker, I understood 90%.

[@xapla1167]

As a Catalan speaker I understood 100% 😎

[@notuglyqualitymodels]

Com? Impossible? Com ho has entès?!

[@Hun_Uinaq]

Jajaja! Así no se vale. 😆

[@elcuhangeltv]

As an American that speaks Spanish and Portuguese, I understood most of it.

[@TheAmorable]

Bro I speak Spanish and was sitting here wondering why I understood a LOT of what she said!

[@guyracanc9526]

Che ñe’ẽtee ha’e Guarani ñe’ẽ, uvei añe’ẽ avei Epáña ñe’ẽ. Aentende 80% rupi.

[@genebigs1749]

Si, capisco il Catalano.

[@judna1]

És la gespa, però també es coneix com a herba, una paraula més genèrica, ho sé, però a la vegada més semblant a altres llengües romàniques que pot facilitar la comprensió. Cal dir però, que el que he dit al endevinar mentalment ha sigut gespa.

[@dialmightyspartangod6717]

If you speak Portuguese or Galician you definitely can. I did

[@LeReferee]

French here, understood 80% easily.

[@teknul89]

It’s because Catalan language are part of Occitano-Romance language which is closer to Gallo-Romano languages from northern Italy and France Where Castilian, Portuguese, Galician they are more like Iberian-Romance language where in this group have a closer connection

[@ShibaHamamatsucho]

italian speaker, maybe like 70 percent understood

[@teknul89]

It’s because Catalan language are part of Occitano-Romance language which is closer to Gallo-Romano languages from northern Italy and France Where Castilian, Portuguese, Galician they are more like Iberian-Romance language where in this group have a closer connection

[@Pmp174]

Its like Spanish spoken with random french sounding words. Somehow I find italian easier to understand as a Spanish speaker. But for different reason. In italian the subjects and cognates in the sentences sound more similar to Spanish but the grammar and articles are different. So I can infer what the sentence is about by mostly listening to the subjects and verbs while ignoring other parts. While in catalán the grammar and the articles in the sentence sound more similar to spanish but the subjects and cognates seem different. The way I could explain it is like this below in English. I am going to write gibberish below that explains how I perceive catalan to an English speaker. Spanish The cat has a toy Catalan The yuh has a uté Italian It cat tu toy

[@denja964]

it sounds very Portuguese in pronunciation to me(maybe I'm very wrong)

[@teknul89]

No this is not close to Portuguese try watch a video with a Portuguese speaker and you will notice huge differences between those two languages

[@Rising1974]

As italian I understand 100% and it sounds like some northern italian dialects (like mine)...but i don't know the proper name of plants because iI have a "black" thumb" :D

[@WiesoNurMistnamen]

I only understand Catalan when I play chess ^^

[@frenchjd01]

Hablo el español y y yo entendí solamente la mayoridad de la palabra de las palabras, pero fue unas palabras que no entendí.

[@josemancunian2723]

I understood everything except for the words 'leaves' and 'yellow'. Spanish speaker.

[@derbywinner6316]

Yes,

[@hildi3_]

Yes I can

[@AlejandraPC]

estoy aprendiendo català 🎉

[@kristinaromanov7556]

Sou falante de português, entendi 90%

[@Impractical-girl]

Almost 95%

[@pedrollobregat9263]

GESPA (C) = CÉSPED (SP)( grass / lawn)

[@bricktrooperproductions]

im italian i understood almost everything

[@carlosjimenezp]

As Spanish i understand 85%

[@MarioSergioPassos]

Como Falante de Portu-gays eu entendi 40% de inmediato!!

[@jonathansinchongco]

Qa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi Qa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi Qa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi Qa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi

[@jonathansinchongco]

Que saido ti Sadi Boi Idead siaoQa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi Qa dio nasu bià Sao es saro besoi

[@jonathansinchongco]

Sadi yo laboyo

[@jonathansinchongco]

Boto O sadi Idead Boto O sadi Idead

[@jonathansinchongco]

Sinkoai backoia

[@jonathansinchongco]

Bai byeio

[@simone.9455]

My mind heard salsa verde.

[@Zoro-oq4im]

I also speak four languages lol

[@tonicosta2887]

Com a catalanoparlant d'Eivissa et demanaria que canviessis el mapa. La llegua no és només de Catalunya i hi ha un munt de mapes del domini lingüístic català, que no és la comunitat autònoma catalana.

[@ruifiliper.falcato365]

Entendi bem o que ela disse. Sou falante nativo de português europeu.

[@Mostaganemletsgo]

Bé, graciés

[@darwineliecergonzalezojo1768]

I understand it but I can’t speak it

[@jaimevallespons1381]

Jo xerro el mallorquí ♥️

[@velocassini]

Eu percebi quase 90% do que a ela disse

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Ai capi 80% dela video. Grassie ala cera Frema .

[@gatomutante666]

eu entendi!

[@ningunores9100]

*està seca > ÉS seca

[@megapeiron]

Brazilian, >95%. Don't know: "groga".

[@orlandolopezmartinez5282]

Síì

[@ErikPT]

Is this Italian? What the hell?!

[@LargeGanny]

I think it's grass

[@tivigliobe_ne1]

It a bit like French so ig?

[@alejandror.planas9802]

Both Catalan and French are galloroman languages so there are a lot of similarities besides pronunciation

[@teknul89]

@@alejandror.planas9802 It’s because Catalan language are part of Occitano-Romance language which is closer to Gallo-Romano languages from northern Italy and France Where Castilian, Portuguese, Galician they are more like Iberian-Romance language where in this group have a closer connection

[@alejandror.planas9802]

@@teknul89 Occitano-Romance is a sub-language family belonging to the Gallo-Romance group. But yes, Occitano-Romance languages are closer to gallo-italic languages or northern gallo-romance languages, sharing many features like the loss of final vowels, and the like

[@teknul89]

@@alejandror.planas9802If you want to take it like that then it’s better to say everyone is part of a sub-language family that belongs to Latin But the difference in here is that everyone is in a different group so some have easier to speak with one of the neighbors than the other one And here it makes sense you have a place like Catalonia close to Occitania in Southern France and near them Andorra And then the neighbor countries France, Italy with Gallo-Romance language And Spain, Portugal with Iberia-Romance

[@4himsanctified]

Frenanish it appears

[@ep3865]

Ok so whoever decided to come up with Catalan spoke Portuguese, French and Spanish because thats basically what Catalan is. Why can they just speak Spanish smh

[@degstoll]

We cam speak Spanish because most Catalan speaking places are part of Spain

[@alejandror.planas9802]

No one came up with Catalan 😂, our language evolved from latin in the 800s, and belongs to the occitanoromance branch of the western romance languages. We are most closely related to the occitan languages, north italian languages and the rhaetoromance languages.