Catalan
is the preferred
method of
communication for the locals in Barcelona and they will be very
surprised if you
are able to speak a little of their native language. The
phonetic pronunciation is provided in the square brackets.
The syllables in bold show where the emphasis is placed in each word.
As with Spanish, there is only one emphasis per word. It is tempting to
pronounce these syllables louder or with more stress, but the easiest way to
handle the emphasised syllables is to increase (slightly) the time pronouncing the
emphasised syllables and shorten the time of the rest of the syllables.
The top ten phrases here are the most basic you will need to get
by.
1) Si [see]
- Yes
2) No [no] -
No
3) Hola [ohla]
4) Adeu [adeoo]
5) Si us
plau [sis plow]
- Please
6) Graçies [grassyus]
- Thank you
7) No entenc
[no antenk]
- I don't understand
8) Parla
Anglés? [parlah
angless] - Do you speak
English?
9) Ho sento
- [ooh sentoo]
- I'm sorry
10) No parlo
Català [no parlooh
catalah] - I
don't speak Catalan
11) Només
parlo Anglés [nohmess parlooh
angless] - I only speak English
12) Una
taula per dos [oona towlah
par doss] - a table for two
13) No fumadors / fumadors [noh
foomadors] - smoking/non smoking
14) El compte [elle komptah]
- the bill
15) Quant es? [kwant ess] - How
much is it?
16) S´ha de pagar primer? [sah dah
pagar
preemai]
- Do I pay first?
17) Una cervesa [oona
sirvesa] - A beer
18) Una canya [oona
canya] - a beer, normal size
19) Un café amb llet [oon cafeh amb yet] - Coffee with milk
20) Perdona [perdona]
- sorry, pardon?
21) No passa res [no passa
ress] - don't worry
22) M´agradaria pagar ara
[meh gradary-a pagar ara] - I would like to pay now
