While I drink my coffeeEm dic Àlex.
Translation
My name is Àlex.
Day 2, lesson 6 of 25
Català A0, 15–20 minutes
Meeting someone at the counter
Introduce yourself and ask a name.
Tuesday. Àlex returns to the same café. The barista is called Marc. Today Àlex introduces himself instead of just pointing at coffee.
1. Listen and repeat
Listen first. Reveal the translation if you need it. Repeat the phrase slowly twice.
Com et dius?
Translation
What is your name?
Soc estudiant.
Translation
I am a student.
Molt de gust.
Translation
Nice to meet you.
Reading, sound by sound
Unstressed a and e in Central Catalan usually become schwa [ə]: em [əm]. It resembles the first vowel in English about.
Read the word yourself first, then tap it to check.
2. Try it
01 Listen. What does the phrase mean?
Show the recording transcript
Com et dius?
02 Choose “my name is”.
03 Build the phrase from the model.
Model: Em dic Àlex
Tap the words in order
3. Your own turn
Give your name and ask the other person’s name.
See an example
Em dic Àlex. Com et dius? Molt de gust.
Compare your phrase with the model. Speech and free writing are not automatically graded here.
Try the exercises and your own phrase. You can also move on with support.