mostra com es fa
“mostra com es fa” — show me how it is done in Catalan. Phrase, level B1. Literally "show how it is done": the impersonal es fa — "it is done". Fewer words, more hands. In a live sentence: “No ho entenc: mostra com es fa” — I do not understand: show me how it is done. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Catalan course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Catalan | mostra com es fa |
| Translation | show me how it is done |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- mostra com es fashow me how it is done
Why it looks that way
Literally "show how it is done": the impersonal es fa — "it is done". Fewer words, more hands
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.
- No ho entenc: mostra com es faI do not understand: show me how it is done
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 “show me how it is done” in Catalan?
«mostra com es fa». In a live sentence: “No ho entenc: mostra com es fa” — I do not understand: show me how it is done. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "show how it is done": the impersonal es fa — "it is done". Fewer words, more hands. 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.