l'episodi
“l'episodi” — episode in Valencian. Noun, level B1. The episode; that one about the water shortage in the town is told to this day. In a live sentence: “Aquell episodi de la manca d'aigua es conta encara al poble” — That episode of the water shortage in the town is told to this day. A word from the everyday Valencian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Valencian | l'episodi |
| Translation | episode |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The episode; that one about the water shortage in the town is told to this day
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.
- Aquell episodi de la manca d'aigua es conta encara al pobleThat episode of the water shortage in the town is told to this day
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 “episode” in Valencian?
«l'episodi». In a live sentence: “Aquell episodi de la manca d'aigua es conta encara al poble” — That episode of the water shortage in the town is told to this day. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The episode; that one about the water shortage in the town is told to this day. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.