LingoflyA family conversation in Valencian
Agreeing with the brother on the housework in Valencian. 6 phrases that the conversation is made of: «La mare diu que hui cal netejar la casa. Tu passa l'aspirador.» — Mum says today the house must be cleaned. You vacuum; «D'acord, però primer ajude el meu cosí amb l'ordinador.» — All right, but first I help my cousin with the computer. Every line can be played right on the page.
How the whole thing sounds
The situation: agreeing with the brother on the housework. First the whole conversation, then each line on its own, with a translation.
- All right, but first I help my cousin with the computer.
- Do it fast, please. And then you take out the trash.
- And you? You can do the dishes and iron the shirts.
- All right, but open the kitchen window: it is hot.
Lines one by one
| Valencian | Translation |
|---|---|
| La mare diu que hui cal netejar la casa. Tu passa l'aspirador. | Mum says today the house must be cleaned. You vacuum. |
| D'acord, però primer ajude el meu cosí amb l'ordinador. | All right, but first I help my cousin with the computer. |
| Fes-ho ràpid, si us plau. I després treus les escombraries. | Do it fast, please. And then you take out the trash. |
| I tu? Pots rentar els plats i planxar les camises. | And you? You can do the dishes and iron the shirts. |
| D'acord, però obre la finestra de la cuina: fa calor. | All right, but open the kitchen window: it is hot. |
| Fet! I després podem jugar als escacs? | Done! And then can we play chess? |
How to prepare for a conversation like this
Memorizing the lines is not enough: the other person will say their own thing, not what is written. What helps more is catching the key words by ear and keeping three rescue phrases ready: “I don't understand”, “repeat, please”, “slower”.
And one more thing phrasebooks do not mention: awkwardness gets in the way more than not knowing the words.
- Fear of making mistakes gets in the way of learning a language, and noticeably so. The link turns up study after study, and together those studies cover almost twenty thousand people.checked many timesTeimouri, Goetze & Plonsky, 2019, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(2) · 19,933 participants from 23 countries; correlation with results r = −0.36.
- That fear can be dealt with — the methods have been tested and they work.checked many timesXiong et al., 2024, Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 37 studies, anxiety reduced by −0.61. Of the seven conditions examined, only age turned out to matter.
Frequently asked
How do you start a conversation in Valencian in this situation?
“La mare diu que hui cal netejar la casa. Tu passa l'aspirador.” — Mum says today the house must be cleaned. You vacuum. The first line in such a conversation is almost always the same, and that is the one worth learning: the other person will carry it from there.
What if you did not understand the reply?
Say “I don't understand” and “repeat, please” — both are in the rescue set. Admitting your language is still shaky almost always makes the other person more patient.
Should you memorize the dialogue?
No. It is more useful to catch the key words by ear: the other person will say their own thing, and a memorized line will not always fit their reply.