cap al final
“cap al final” — toward the end in Valencian. Phrase, level B1. Head to the final; toward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words. In a live sentence: “Cap al final de la festa, tothom cantava plegats sense saber la lletra” — Toward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words. A word from the everyday Valencian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Valencian | cap al final |
| Translation | toward the end |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Head to the final; toward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words
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.
- Cap al final de la festa, tothom cantava plegats sense saber la lletraToward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words
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 “toward the end” in Valencian?
«cap al final». In a live sentence: “Cap al final de la festa, tothom cantava plegats sense saber la lletra” — Toward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Head to the final; toward the end of the feast everybody sang in chorus, not knowing the words. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.