Texts in Valencian
Short texts in Valencian with a translation alongside and comprehension questions, levels A1–B1. The first ones need two or three hundred everyday words; the B1 texts need about three thousand. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word: 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 meua 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 meua 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 meua 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 valenciàB1 · For two years I have been learning Valencian, step by step. At first the pronunciation…
- 📖La meua 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–B1. For the first texts the letters and two or three hundred everyday words are enough; the B1 texts need about three thousand. 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.