Ho he entès bé?
“Ho he entès bé?” — did I understand correctly in Catalan. Phrase, level B1. Literally "have I understood it well?": the check before acting. The perfect here is right: understood — and sitting with that understanding. In a live sentence: “Ho he entès bé: la reunió és dijous?” — Did I understand correctly: the meeting is on Thursday? You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Catalan course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Catalan | Ho he entès bé? |
| Translation | did I understand correctly |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Ho he entès bé?did I understand correctly
Why it looks that way
Literally "have I understood it well?": the check before acting. The perfect here is right: understood — and sitting with that understanding
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Ho he entès bé: la reunió és dijous?Did I understand correctly: the meeting is on Thursday?
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “did I understand correctly” in Catalan?
«Ho he entès bé?» In a live sentence: “Ho he entès bé: la reunió és dijous?” — Did I understand correctly: the meeting is on Thursday? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "have I understood it well?": the check before acting. The perfect here is right: understood — and sitting with that understanding. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.