Feb. 25th, 2010 10:57 am
Una primera vegada per a tot
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Is it possible that I haven't had a dream where I spoke Catalan before this morning? I certainly don't remember one. I was part of a team that was interviewing musical performers from around Spain. My partner, who handled the Spanish, was complaining that, of the "Catalan" pop group we were interviewing today, only two of the members spoke Catalan and they weren't even "los mas importantes". (I wish I could remember the group's name, because it was long and florid.)
What I found most interesting is that, in keeping with the official policy of the Generalitat, he spoke Spanish to me and I replied in Catalan. This all worked well until I shrugged off his complaint with "Què fer?" It took a couple reformulations to hit upon one which said anything to him, namely, "Què farem?" I suppose it's a lot easier to discern the relationship between this and "¿Qué haremos?" than it is to connect ['kɛ'fe] with ['kea'θeɾ].
What I found most interesting is that, in keeping with the official policy of the Generalitat, he spoke Spanish to me and I replied in Catalan. This all worked well until I shrugged off his complaint with "Què fer?" It took a couple reformulations to hit upon one which said anything to him, namely, "Què farem?" I suppose it's a lot easier to discern the relationship between this and "¿Qué haremos?" than it is to connect ['kɛ'fe] with ['kea'θeɾ].