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- m'agradaI like it
“m'agrada” — I like it in Valencian. Verb, level A1, topic — verbs. The verb agrees with the thing liked, not the liker: m'agrada el cafè, but m'agraden els llibres. In a live sentence: “M'agrada el cafè” — I like coffee. You can hear how it sounds right here. One of 13 words in the set “verbs” in the Valencian course.
In short
| Written in Valencian | m'agrada |
| Translation | I like it |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The verb agrees with the thing liked, not the liker: m'agrada el cafè, but m'agraden els llibres
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.
- M'agrada el cafèI like coffee
Nearby words: verbs
I want, I can, I am going, I know. The verb holds a sentence together: a few of the most frequent ones cover more everyday talk than a long list of nouns.
- socto be (by essence)The I-form of ésser — to be by essence: origin, profession, character. For states and places there is the second link, estar: estic bé, estic a casa
- vullI wantFrom voler, to want. A bare vull sounds blunt; people soften it to volia — I would like
- anarto goThe most irregular verb of them all: vaig, vas, va, anem. And it builds the future too: demà vaig — tomorrow I'll go
- menjarto eatBoth to eat and to have lunch: mengem a les dos? — lunch at two? Before e the j turns into g: mengem, mengeu. The noun for food is the same word
- beureto drinkDrinking plain and simple. Softer and wider is prendre: prenguem alguna cosa? — shall we have something?
- llegirto readThe I-form is llig, one syllable: a Valencian hallmark where the central norm says llegeixo. Same letters, different syllables — the norms differ at once by ear
- parlarto speakTo speak and to talk. I speak is parle, through e: the Valencian hallmark instead of the central parlo. Saying something concrete is dir: diu que sí
- treballarto workTo work on something is treballar en; to work as someone is treballar de
- viureto liveTo live somewhere and to be alive. Viure a — live in a place, viure de — live on something
- tenirto haveThe I-form is tinc. Age, hunger and cold are had with it: tinc trenta anys, tinc gana, tinc fred
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “verbs”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “I like it” in Valencian?
The verb agrees with the thing liked, not the liker: m'agrada el cafè, but m'agraden els llibres
- How do you say “to speak” in Valencian?
To speak and to talk. I speak is parle, through e: the Valencian hallmark instead of the central parlo. Saying something concrete is dir: diu que sí
- How do you say “to go” in Valencian?
The most irregular verb of them all: vaig, vas, va, anem. And it builds the future too: demà vaig — tomorrow I'll go
- How do you say “to have” in Valencian?
The I-form is tinc. Age, hunger and cold are had with it: tinc trenta anys, tinc gana, tinc fred
- How do you say “to read” in Valencian?
The I-form is llig, one syllable: a Valencian hallmark where the central norm says llegeixo. Same letters, different syllables — the norms differ at once by ear
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 “I like it” in Valencian?
«m'agrada». In a live sentence: “M'agrada el cafè” — I like coffee. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1, from the set “verbs”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The verb agrees with the thing liked, not the liker: m'agrada el cafè, but m'agraden els llibres. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.