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| !LH@N Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6821 days ago 487 posts - 531 votes  Speaks: German, Turkish*, English Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish | Message 1 of 13 06 September 2008 at 4:11pm | IP Logged |
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So I went to Spain for two weeks.
Pineda de Mar, near Calella and Barcelona, on the Costa Brava. It was a blast. But everybody spoke Catalan. And everything was in Catalan. Kind of annoying for somebody who wants to learn Spanish. But...there were French people EVERYWHERE! Where ever you went, you heard French! All the people at our camping site were French! I have never talked this much French all my life, and it was a lot of fun. Met a lot of people. Made a lot of new friends, some who I'm going to visit in October (in France, to refresh my French). Anybody had a similar experience? Regards, Ilhan 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dizzycloud Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6598 days ago 88 posts - 109 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Turkish | Message 2 of 13 06 September 2008 at 4:47pm | IP Logged |
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I've not had a similar experience but I've heard the Catalan country is very much a mix of several languages! Did it really hinder your Spanish? Out of interest, what ratio/percentage would you put on how much you heard Catalan/Spanish spoken daily? (excluding French)?
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| !LH@N Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6821 days ago 487 posts - 531 votes Speaks: German, Turkish*, English Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish | Message 3 of 13 06 September 2008 at 4:59pm | IP Logged |
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I am not quite sure, I couldn't like, give you a ratio in numbers. But all the signs I saw in Pineda de Mar were in Catalan, and almost all the natives spoke it. You could talk Spanish with them and get a response in Spanish, but everything was kind of Catalan based I think. All the signs in Barcelona were in Catalan (or, bilingual I think, in Spanish and Catalan), but I think all the announcments in the Barcelona metro were in Catalan.
I found it a little disappointing from the language experience point of view, but as said talking in Spanish was not a problem (everybody understood it). Regards, Ilhan 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dizzycloud Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6598 days ago 88 posts - 109 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Turkish | Message 4 of 13 07 September 2008 at 4:58pm | IP Logged |
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Cheers, thanks for your response on that :)
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| !LH@N Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6821 days ago 487 posts - 531 votes Speaks: German, Turkish*, English Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish | Message 5 of 13 08 September 2008 at 7:16am | IP Logged |
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You're welcome :)
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| ^veganboy^ Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5919 days ago 51 posts - 51 votes | Message 7 of 13 21 January 2009 at 8:12pm | IP Logged |
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Why not go to Spain next time? :-/
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| jez Diglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 6306 days ago 37 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 13 21 January 2009 at 10:10pm | IP Logged |
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You really shouldn't go to the Costa Brava if you're looking to practise your Spanish. Like you said, Catalan is spoken over there and besides, it's a major tourist area.
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