sobre la base de
“sobre la base de” — on the basis of in Valencian. Phrase, level B1. On the base of; on the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade. In a live sentence: “Sobre la base de les temperatures, l'abril va ser el més suau de la dècada” — On the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade. A word from the everyday Valencian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Valencian | sobre la base de |
| Translation | on the basis of |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
On the base of; on the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade
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.
- Sobre la base de les temperatures, l'abril va ser el més suau de la dècadaOn the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade
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 “on the basis of” in Valencian?
«sobre la base de». In a live sentence: “Sobre la base de les temperatures, l'abril va ser el més suau de la dècada” — On the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
On the base of; on the basis of the temperatures April was the mildest of the decade. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.