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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5263 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 9 of 26 10 October 2011 at 5:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Despite its Catalan-sounding name, I wonder if Pons is actually a German publisher: http://www.pons.de/. I thought
it was a Catalan company until I saw lots of stuff from them on amazon.de a few months ago. Pons means bridge in Latin. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5821 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 10 of 26 10 October 2011 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
Ah... you're right. The central page pons.eu says " Copyright © 2001-2011 by Pons GmbH, Stuttgart. " My mistake. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4791 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish | Message 11 of 26 11 October 2011 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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You could also look at classes. Your profile says you are a student and if you're at University then you should check
the language department. Many many language departments offer beginner and advanced Catalan classes to people studying Spanish (I'm sitting in on Catalan classes this year even though I'm not a language student). You may also want to try language tandems etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rodrigo Chaves Hexaglot Newbie BrazilRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5242 days ago 12 posts - 18 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, English, Spanish, Italian, Catalan Studies: Japanese, French | Message 12 of 26 22 October 2011 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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What I used (and still use) to learn Catalan:
Catalunya Ràdio: http://www.catradio.cat/ Recursos i aprenentatge de català per Internet: http://www.ub.edu/slc/ffll/apren/vincles.htm Mary Martin's Catalan Home Page http://www.catalunya-lliure.com/ InterCat: http://www.intercat.cat/ca/index.jsp My language notebook(not mine, it's just a name): http://www.mylanguagenotebook.com/learn_catalan.aspx Tutoriales de catalán: http://www.emagister.com/tutorial/web/search?action=search&o rigen=redir&esBusquedaUsuario=0&idCateg=161&idCateg404=460 Informàtica i programari en català: http://www.softcatala.org/ Televisió en català: http://www.tv3.cat/ Notícies de Girona en català. El punt Avui: http://www.elpuntavui.cat/girona.html Sons del català: http://www.ub.edu/sonscatala/taula.html Pronoms febles: http://elcatalacomcal.blogspot.com/2008/01/els-pronoms-feble s.html You can find native speakers here: http://www.sharedtalk.com/ The best way to learn it is to use it, so use sharedtalk a lot. Edited by meramarina on 23 October 2011 at 5:11am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Xerxes Quadrilingual Octoglot Newbie NetherlandsRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4580 days ago 10 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Danish*, SpanishC2* Studies: Biblical Hebrew*, French, English, German, Italian, Latin Studies: Ancient Greek, Turkish | Message 13 of 26 04 November 2011 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Why so few? Because nobody cares xD!! It is horrrriiibleeeeee aarghh :D. (Love you
catalans! Just wish you had chosen a different pronounciation!!) Xerxes 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| July Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 5083 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2 Studies: French | Message 14 of 26 04 November 2011 at 9:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Horses for courses I guess. I think Catalan pronunciation sounds lovely. Difficult to
actually learn to get right, but very pretty indeed to listen to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5821 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 15 of 26 05 November 2011 at 12:58am | IP Logged | ||
Says a guy who speaks Dutch and Danish as first languages. How do you have any phlegm left in your throat at all...? 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Leipzig Hexaglot Newbie Wales Joined 4613 days ago 22 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchC2, Lowland Scots, SpanishC2, Portuguese, Catalan Studies: Welsh, Tok Pisin, German, Italian | Message 16 of 26 05 November 2011 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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I never quite understood why some have such distaste for Catalan. There's more than one
variety of pronunciation, so if you dislike the sounds of Central Catalan, there's always Balearic Catalan, or valencià with its Spanish-style vowel system. I like all varieties, including those with the standard vowel reduction system, and find it to be softer and suaver than many varieties of Peninsular Spanish. It all just goes to show how subjective appraisal of languages is. There are hundreds of compelling reasons to embark upon obtaining Catalan, the key to an incredible culture and history. I hope that the materials situation does not put folk off. Ànim i bona sort! Edited by Leipzig on 05 November 2011 at 4:18pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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