és lluny d'ací?
“és lluny d'ací?” — is it far from here? in Valencian. Phrase, level A2. Literally is it far from here?: lluny, far, you know from the basics, and ací is here. A short answer is expected: a deu minuts a peu — ten minutes on foot. And here is ací: the Valencian giveaway; the central norm says aquí. In a live sentence: “Perdó, és lluny d'ací l'estació?” — Excuse me, is it far from here to the station?
In short
| Written in Valencian | és lluny d'ací? |
| Translation | is it far from here? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- és lluny d'ací?is it far from here?
Why it looks that way
Literally is it far from here?: lluny, far, you know from the basics, and ací is here. A short answer is expected: a deu minuts a peu — ten minutes on foot. And here is ací: the Valencian giveaway; the central norm says aquí
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.
- Perdó, és lluny d'ací l'estació?Excuse me, is it far from here to the station?
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 “is it far from here?” in Valencian?
«és lluny d'ací?» In a live sentence: “Perdó, és lluny d'ací l'estació?” — Excuse me, is it far from here to the station? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally is it far from here?: lluny, far, you know from the basics, and ací is here. A short answer is expected: a deu minuts a peu — ten minutes on foot. And here is ací: the Valencian giveaway; the central norm says aquí. 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.