in Valencian texts
Short in Valencian texts with a translation alongside and comprehension questions. Levels A1–A2: a stock of two or three hundred everyday words is already enough. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word — a dictionary is still too early at this level: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖Un dia normalA1 · Good morning. My name is Marta, I live in Valencia. In the morning I drink coffee and eat…
- 📖Al mercatA2 · On Saturday I go to the market with my family. It is near the house, ten minutes on foot.…
- 📖Al mercat del barriA1 · Every Saturday I go to the market of the neighborhood. The seller knows me and weighs…
- 📖Un pis de lloguerA2 · Last month I moved flats. The new one is on the fourth floor, with a lift, but the…
- 📖Una setmana amb refredatA1 · On Monday a cough and a runny nose started. On Tuesday my throat hurt and I had a fever.…
- 📖Un diumenge de tardorA1 · On Sunday the weather in Valencia is fine. In the morning there is fog, but at noon the…
- 📖La meva feinaA2 · I work in a small office in the center. On Monday and Thursday I go to the office, the…
- 📖Cada estiu, en trenA2 · Every summer I go to Alicante by train. I buy the return ticket online: it costs thirty…
- 📖Un dia a la platjaA1 · Today it is sunny, and my friends and I go to the beach. The sand is hot, but the water…
- 📖Passejada pel boscA1 · Today the weather is fine, and we walk in the forest. In the morning it is cool: I put on…
- 📖El meu amic PauA2 · My best friend is called Pau, he has a cheerful character. He is smart and very brave…
- 📖Cuinem el dinarA1 · Today I cook lunch with my mother. I wash the potatoes and cut them with a knife. We pour…
- 📖Amb el smartphoneA1 · My smartphone is new: the screen is big and bright. Every morning I listen to music in…
- 📖Una vesprada al centreA2 · This Saturday we go to the center by bus: parking is expensive. On Carrer Major there is…
- 📖El meu esportA1 · I love sport very much. On Saturdays I play football with friends in the park. The…
- 📖Festes a ValènciaA2 · Every spring Valencia has a great holiday — the Falles. On the streets there are parades…
- 📖La meva famíliaA1 · My family is small: my parents, my younger brother and me. My parents work in Valencia.…
- 📖La universitatA2 · In September I get into university: I will study at the philology faculty. The program…
- 📖El primer compteA2 · Today I opened my first account at the bank on my street. I deposited five hundred euros…
- 📖Una visita al metgeA1 · Today I have a doctor's appointment at ten. My throat hurts and I have a high fever. The…
- 📖La meva feina novaA2 · This Monday I start a new job at a company in Valencia. I signed an employment contract…
- 📖Canvi de pisA1 · This month we are changing flats. The old flat is small, and the rent grows every year.…
- 📖Un viatge amb cotxe de lloguerA2 · This summer we travel in a rented car. I booked a double room with a sea view, check-out…
- 📖Les notícies d'huiA2 · In the morning I read the news on my phone: first I look at the headlines, then one long…
- 📖Tràmits a l'oficinaB1 · Yesterday I went to the office to file documents for a work permit. Although there were…
- 📖Diferències d'opinióB1 · Today we argued at work about working from home. I think it is a good option: time on the…
- 📖Un dia molt ocupatA2 · Today I have a very busy day. First I go to the market, because in the morning there are…
- 📖Com és el meu germàA2 · My brother is called Marc, he is twenty-five. He is tall, slender, with curly hair and a…
- 📖Una discussió i la pauB1 · Laia and I have been friends since university, but last week we had a conflict. I was an…
- 📖El dinar de diumengeA2 · On Sunday we lunch at grandma's. In the morning everyone cooks: I peel the vegetables, my…
- 📖Canvis i devolucionsB1 · This week I went to the shopping mall twice. On Tuesday I returned a jacket, because the…
- 📖El rentaplats trencatA2 · Yesterday our dishwasher would not switch on. First it made a strange sound, and then…
- 📖El temps a la muntanyaA2 · On Sunday we go on an excursion to the mountains with friends. The weather forecast says…
- 📖Com arribar al centreA2 · This morning a tourist asked me how to get to the city center. I told her: take this…
- 📖Aprenc catalàB1 · For two years I have been learning Catalan, step by step. At first the pronunciation and…
- 📖La meva història de llenguaB1 · I was born in 1994 in a seaside village, where I spent my whole childhood. At eighteen I…
- 📖Una conversa difícilB1 · Yesterday I had a difficult conversation with my brother about our parents' flat. He cut…
- 📖Gent de tots els oficisA2 · In our town there are people of all trades. Mr. Puig is a baker: he lights the oven at…
- 📖Un préstec per al negociB1 · Marta has a plan: to open a bakery in the neighborhood, but she lacks money. This morning…
- 📖Voluntariat a la ciutatB1 · There are many volunteer organizations in the city, and all of them need people with time…
- 📖Nit de cinemaA2 · Tonight we go to the cinema for the premiere of a comedy. On the poster the main…
- 📖Correr els diumengesA2 · Every Sunday morning I run in the park with my brother. Before starting we always warm…
- 📖Mesures a la cuinaA2 · To bake a good cake one must measure exactly: two hundred grams of flour, a quarter liter…
- 📖Prevenció i salutB1 · Every winter the same thing: the viruses come, and someone in Marta's family invariably…
- 📖Una festa a casaA2 · Last Saturday we threw a festive dinner: it was father's birthday, and the whole family…
- 📖Arribar a un acordB1 · In the flat opposite an old dispute is going on: Mrs. Rosa says the upstairs neighbors…
- 📖Què passarà?B1 · This summer, if all goes well, we open our little kiosk on the beach, and the whole town…
- 📖Formes i midesA2 · For working at home I wanted a big table, but the study corner is narrower than I…
- 📖A l'espaiA2 · When my aunt came to see the new flat, the first question was: where does what stand. I…
- 📖Quant i comB1 · The city library counts every year how many books came and went, and the figures speak.…
- 📖Un projecte acabatB1 · The bench in grandpa's garden was a heap of iron: broken wood, rusty tools and a project…
- 📖Saber i conèixerB1 · Marc says speaking a language is like getting to know a city: first you know the main…
- 📖Els anys que passenB1 · It has been thirty years since Núria lives in the same house on the upper street, and the…
- 📖El medi ambient al barriB1 · This year the Marina quarter went green, and it is not a figure of speech: behind the…
- 📖Com es fa el formatgeA2 · In Riufred cheese is made every morning, from Monday to Saturday. The raw material…
- 📖Una història de l'aviB1 · Every Christmas grandpa tells the same story and adds a new detail to it: "here is how it…
- 📖Gent amb caràcterB1 · In the shop on the Rambla work three people and three characters. Teresa has endless…
- 📖Al mercat i al cafèA1 · Every Saturday Marta goes to the quarter's market at nine in the morning. She buys minced…
- 📖Pel barriA1 · Marta's quarter is a calm residential quarter by the old town. In the middle there is a…
- 📖El meu horariA2 · My routine is simple, but each day has its own order. I wake at seven; I get up, wash and…
- 📖La compra de la setmanaA2 · Every Saturday before lunch Neus takes the shopping list and goes down to the quarter's…
- 📖Reformes a casaA2 · This weekend there is repair work at Oscar's home. The storeroom door does not close…
- 📖Una setmana de gripA2 · On Tuesday evening Rosa already feels unwell: her throat hurts, she cannot stop coughing…
- 📖Tràmits i sobresA2 · On every first of the month Pierre goes to his quarter's post office with a folder full…
- 📖El cotxe de lloguer a la costaA2 · On Friday morning the Molina family collects a rental car at the office in the airport…
- 📖Recepta de l'àviaA2 · Every Sunday grandma Rosa cooks her rice on chicken broth, and the girl helps her in the…
- 📖Sempre connectatB1 · Enric is one of those people who never disconnect: while the phone alarm is still…
- 📖Un dinar de famíliaA2 · Every first Sunday of the month the whole family lunches at grandma Rosa's: the clan…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Valencian?
A1–A2: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.