Learn Catalan language: verb To Be (Ser & Estar)

[@Khatsalano]

I have traveled to Catalunya the last several years for vacations and I've been looking for different ways to learn Catalan. This is awesome, Maria! Moltes gràcies. Keep the content coming.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies pel comentari, Kendrick :)

[@wetboyslippy]

Gràcies per haver tornat! Estem aquí esperant cada vegada per una nova lliçó amb l'esperança de parlar catala' aviat amb els catalans!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies Alex. El teu català sembla força bo! Segur que ja pots començar a posar-lo en pràctica amb els teus amics catalans :)

[@ningunores9100]

Estem aquí or Restem aquí or Ens estem aquí = We stay here Som aquí = we are here

[@wetboyslippy]

@@ningunores9100 perdó i merci!

[@littlerocket853]

I think you should add another type of videos on your channel, i.e. videos where you explain some grammar rules or smth, but where you speak entirely in catalan (with subtitles in catalan). I'm sure that I will understand you because I speak other romance languages.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Gràcies for the suggestion! It is actually something I have been considering and I also think it would make sense :) I will plan some content with this approach. In the meantime, there are 2 other videos on this channel with 2 short conversations with Catalan subtitles.

[@estebannemo1957]

Estic d'acord. Més català!

[@ashishbartakke]

I have already become a fan of your sessions in Catalan. Thank you for your videos. I have some doubt in understanding when to use for “to have” haver, heure, or tenir. I shall be grateful if you could explain the difference. Thank you.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

In fact, you just gave me an idea for another video :) if I may I'll answer this in a new video!

[@alexgiron9199]

M’agrada molt aquest vídeo! Moltes gracies!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies a tu, Alex :)

[@ZinziGraham]

Gràcies! I moved to Lleida and my partner is Catalan so your videos help a lot. There really isn't much information out there for learning the language as an English native.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies Zinzi! I am sure you have already realised how different the Catalan accent in Lleida is to mine :) Always open to suggestions for potential videos as I can imagine in your every day you really find yourself in situations where you would like to know something more about Catalan :)

[@ZinziGraham]

@@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756 definitivament, però els teus vídeos ajuden molt! I am trying to learn, but it is hard. And everyone seems to switch between languages mid sentance which doesn't help a non-native jaja. It is fun learning though!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

@@ZinziGraham T'entenc perfectament! He viscut una experiència similar i no sempre és fàcil... Molta paciència and stay strong :)

[@yussifabu3920]

Thanks for that I'm in Barcelona and l attend school of catalan but my teacher also speaks Spanish and am not so good in Spanish

[@humpty2460]

Glad to hear you will be doing more videos! Thank you for the new lesson. Welcome back!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Gràcies Jason! It's been a while, but I am back :)

[@polnocblog]

Good to see you again!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies!

[@xirby]

Christmas come early! Welcome back. I'm very excited for regular content.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

🙊🎄 sure! And always open to feedback or suggestions :)

[@HeavensSunrise1]

So glad you’re back and will be posting more often! 😄 Catalan is such a beautiful language and I really want to learn it. Thank you!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Gràcies! Agree that it is a lovely language 😊 what does it make it so especial to you?

[@HeavensSunrise1]

I think it both looks and sounds more beautiful than any other language I’ve studied. While it shares some words from Spanish and other languages it doesn’t really sound like any of them when fully spoken. It really is a language all on its own.

[@oscaraldoma4459]

Once more, thanks! Què fabulós que facis aquests vídeos! I'm still learning and your explanations certainly help!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies Oscar pel teu comentari tan amable!

[@oscaraldoma4459]

@@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756 thank you! Gràcies! Merci! ;)

[@LionelJunior]

Estic molt content de veure't en youtube! 😃

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies pel comentari, Lionel!

[@iMurasev]

Great! Thank you very much! Everything is very clear and informative!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltíssimes gràcies!

[@jmmypcci]

Thank you for creating this channel! I just started learning catalan and i’ve been using your videos as reference along with the books i’m using. I’m going back to Barcelona later this year and hopefully i’ll be able to communicate even if it’s just a little!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Hola Jimmy! Very happy to know these videos will help you when going to Barcelona. Hope you have a great time whenever you visit it :)

[@angiehoole1]

Great videos, thank you! I teach English as a second language as a native English speaker and I'm still getting to grips with ser/estar and masculine/feminine in Catalan and Spanish. I suppose it's a similar concept to our auxiliary "do" that is so transparent to an English native, but something totally new for a non-native. I'm busy learning B1 Catalan but I've missed so many BASIC grammar principles from lower levels that I feel I need to go back and revise them all, so thanks again for the videos!

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Gràcies pel teu comentari Angie :)

[@gattusocento8135]

Hi han dues maneres de dir la continuació del gerundi: "estic parlant" o "vaig parlant"

[@gattusocento8135]

Hi ha una petita diferència entre el verb ser i estar per exemple: "sóc a barcelona" i "Estoy en barcelona"

[@konig3226]

Nice to see you again! I didn't have the change to watch the video before but for some reason your name appeared everywhere like a notification lol... Keep it on with the videos, I'll be watching all of them... have a great day and hope to see you soon.

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Hola! Sí, I am back ;) Moltes gràcies pel comentari and stay tuned for a new video coming very soon :)

[@afonsoferreira2652]

Hola! Podrías hacer videos solo en catalan?

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Estoy en ello ;)

[@DrRas]

Hola Maria! Encara fas aquestes lliçons? En tens de més recents? Ho voldrien saber els meus alumnes del curs intensiu de català (nivill universitari). He afegit els enllaços a les teves lliçons al programa de la meva classe. Per molts anys i endavant! --PhR

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Hola Philip, moltes gràcies per l'interès i explicar el teu cas! La veritat es que em fa molta il.lusió llegir que aquests vídeos són un bon contingut educatiu per a les teves classes de català a la uni dels Estats Units - al.lucinant!! :) Seguiré amb nous vídeos de tant en tant. Estigues atent perquè el proper sortirà ben aviat :)

[@lletraferint]

Quin canal més interessant! 👌👌👌

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Moltes gràcies!!

[@CreativeOven]

ahhh brittish english : P Molt bon tutorial accents si ho's plau

[@jackc6506]

I’m getting confused because ser and estar are used completely differently than in castellano. e.g you use estar to say which locations you’re in (in Spanish)

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Hola Jack! You are right, there are some similarities, but also different uses. To be honest, we (Catalans) also have to think it through sometimes!

[@habeng7208]

Gràcies per la meravellosa lliçó bella Maria🙏🙏👌💝👍 Ets meravellósa!! Meravellósa Maria🙏🤟🤘👏👩🏼‍🏫 I have one question. Why do you pronounce Estar as ‘Ah Star’ but you pronounce Ser as ’S-Ere’? Is it because the first one begins with E, but the second one starts with a consonant S?

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Haha moltes gràcies! And all suggestions always welcome :) That’s a great question! In standard Catalan (it change depending on the dialect/area), neutral “E” (non-stressed “E” sounds like a neutral “A”. You can find more info in the video that focuses on pronouncing vowels. Because in “SER” the only vowel is stressed, then it does sound like “E”. Hope this clarifies? :)

[@gadielcastillo6192]

WELCOME BACK 🍵

[@learncatalanfrombarcelona7756]

Thank you :)

[@AlexMArias-u2l]

"GERUND" is supposedly the noun form of the verb.

[@eb.3764]

different from castilian the use of ser for location instead of estar wow!

[@eurospace8614]

Аdd some light, otherwise you cannot be seen on the screen.

[@andresquevedo3803]

Perdona, però la teva nacionalitat no és pas catalana. La teva procedència és catalana, o la regió dins un país. Mira el teu DNI i veuràs la teva nacionalitat.

[@rajkumarisharma9842]

Moltbe'

[@ningunores9100]

Bon dia Una coseta: *Hola és castellà. No se deia no modernament a les Balears i al Rosselló. En català és Salut i quan tuegem Ei, ep, hep, uep, uepa, eu, iu, ou (tots aqueixos ben vivents).