des del meu punt de vista
“des del meu punt de vista” — from my point of view in Catalan. Phrase, level B1. Literally "from my point of sight": el punt — the score point of school, la vista — the glance. The glance here really is from a point. In a live sentence: “Des del meu punt de vista, hem d'esperar” — From my point of view we should wait. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Catalan course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Catalan | des del meu punt de vista |
| Translation | from my point of view |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- des del meu punt de vistafrom my point of view
Why it looks that way
Literally "from my point of sight": el punt — the score point of school, la vista — the glance. The glance here really is from a point
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.
- Des del meu punt de vista, hem d'esperarFrom my point of view we should wait
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 “from my point of view” in Catalan?
«des del meu punt de vista». In a live sentence: “Des del meu punt de vista, hem d'esperar” — From my point of view we should wait. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "from my point of sight": el punt — the score point of school, la vista — the glance. The glance here really is from a point. 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.