això no ve al cas
“això no ve al cas” — that's beside the point in Valencian. Phrase, level B1. Literally it doesn't come to the case; we talk about the flat, not the neighbor. In a live sentence: “Parlem del pis, no del veí: això no ve al cas” — We're talking about the flat, not the neighbor: that's beside the point. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Valencian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Valencian | això no ve al cas |
| Translation | that's beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- això no ve al casthat's beside the point
Why it looks that way
Literally it doesn't come to the case; we talk about the flat, not the neighbor
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.
- Parlem del pis, no del veí: això no ve al casWe're talking about the flat, not the neighbor: that's beside the point
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 “that's beside the point” in Valencian?
«això no ve al cas». In a live sentence: “Parlem del pis, no del veí: això no ve al cas” — We're talking about the flat, not the neighbor: that's beside the point. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally it doesn't come to the case; we talk about the flat, not the neighbor. 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.