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INFORMATION WORKCAMP SHEET
Requesens: caprice or castle?
Dear future volunteer,
We are very happy to invite you to come to our project. We understand your impatience to
come and we can tell you that you are going to have a great time, involved in a very interesting
and well-founded project, among a very international and intercultural group, discovering new
things about yourself, people, cultures and about the locals you are going to meet or come
across.
Congratulations! You’re going to take part of a very interesting and challenging project. This is
thanks to your sending organization, to our partner who organizes the project, and, in a little
part, also to Cocat ;-))
From here below we are going to share many intense experiences. In this document you will
find everything we think we should tell you before you come to our camp. So:
HERE WE GO!
PROJECT: Requesens: caprice or castle?
Type of Project: ENV
Arrival date: 30/7/2014
Address: Can Tomàs in St Jaume street nº 2
Meeting point/s: Can Tomàs in St Jaume street nº 2 (C/ St Jaume, 2), Cantallops, Catalunya, at
18h
If you miss the meeting point/s: +34 676 29 12 66
Departure date: 13/8/2014
Participants/Age: 18- 29
Number of participants: 24
Language/s: English
Contact person: +34 676 29 12 66
Emergency Nr: +34 676 29 12 66
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Index
ABOUT THE PROJECT 3 - 6a. The host 3b. Presentation 3c. General context of the project 3d. Why we do it 3e. About local culture 3f. Description of the camp 3g. Accommodation 5h. Description of the localization of the camp 5
i. Qualification for disabilities 6
ACTIVITIES AND TASKS 6 – 7
j. Approximate activity program 6
k. Description of the technical tasks and needs 7
l. Other activities 7
m. Energy Free Day! 7
WHAT TO BRING? 9
n. Things you should bring to the camp 9
TRAVEL TO THE PROJECT 10 - 11
o. How to arrive to the meeting point 10
CONTACTS 11 - 13
p. Contact of the host organization 11
q. Emergency contact 11
r: General Information 11
s: Think of taking a sustainable transport 12
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS 14
YOUR ROLE AS A VOLUNTEER 14 - 15
ABOUT THE COUNTRY 15 - 18
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
a. The host
Club Excursionista Empordanès
b. Presentation
Club Excursionista Empordanès was founded in 1965, in Figueres. Since 1965 our goal
is keep the contact and share trekking and our surroundings with others.
The association has the main objective of recover dry-stone structures. This main
objective will lead workshops, tasks, and monitoring of how function the structures, terraces,
huts, walls and paved roads. From them, we learn to serve, how and where to recover this
heritage.
c. General context of the project
Requesens is a thoroughly known castle, in a good and a bad sense. Although it is a
spectacular castle that seems taken from a fairy tale, it is not really well cared. There are a lot
of damaged parts caused by the bad human usage. It will be the first year of a long term
project. The tasks of the first phase will be related with prevention actions, like cleaning or
signposting. The objectives of the project include: living together, sharing and respecting
different social and cultural realities; working under values based on integration, work team,
sustainability, etc.
d. Why we do it
We want to promote our amazing surroundings: sun, beaches, reserves and the
Mediterranean Sea give us a worthy place to share and, by the way, do some work for our
environment.
e. About local culture
http://webspobles.ddgi.cat/sites/la_jonquera/default.aspx
http://webspobles.ddgi.cat/sites/la_jonquera/Pages_LeftMenu/Coneix.aspx
Although Catalan culture is very homely, we like nature and take advantage of our sunny
days. We have our typical food and wines, which we will try for sure.
f. Description of the camp
The general objectives of the EDUCATIONAL PROJECT are:
1. Promote an educative, ludic, creative, and respectful space in which the participants are
the protagonists;
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2. Encourage the acquisition of a system of values based on team work, coexistence and
integration within the group;
3. Promote sustainability and environmental education.
The specific objectives are:
1. Promote and strengthen the relationships within the group;
2. Coexist with different social and cultural backgrounds and realities;
3. Promote personal autonomy;
4. Distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of our standard of living;
5. Encourage waste minimization;
6. Awareness of environmental issues in the area.
The general objectives of the TECHNICAL PROJECT are:
1. Know the historical and cultural heritage of the area;
2. Bring young people to nature;
3. Understand the working systems of the area;
4. Understand the social reality of the area.
The specific objectives are:
1. Get to know the social, historical, and cultural values of Requesens Castle surround and
its border.
2. Discover and give value to the historical context of Requesens Castle and its border.
3. Get to know the touristic interest of the patrimony.
4. Learn to use specific tools to restore the patrimony.
5. Meet European models of patrimony management.
6. Develop a respectful and sustainable attitude towards the patrimony and environment.
7. Get to know the way of life in the area (livestock, agriculture and tourism).
8. Identify natural species in the region.
Functioning of the workcamp:
Each morning participants will be distributed in work groups, which will be accompanied by
one of the instructors and / or technicians to the work site and during the tasks. However,there will be always a group of three or four people accompanied by a monitor (group and
monitor in schedule rotation system), remain in the area of accommodation to clean (showers,
toilets, tents and exteriors) and to cook for the whole group.
Afternoons will be reserved to get to know different cultural realities, by the different
backgrounds of the same participants, and to promote and strengthen relationships within the
group.
We'll encourage waste minimization, so we’ll be doing a selective collection, which it can help
a lot!
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g. Accommodation (including address and phone)
Accommodation, supplies, and overnight sleeping will be held in a temporary camp,
installed in the gardens outside of the Requesens castle. These spaces are spacious and very
close to the Castle, and they are shade during all day.
We’ll install canadian tents where the participants can sleep comfortably.
The kitchen and dining room will be located within the grounds of the Castle, in order to
prevent accidental fires.
There will be portable toilets, not very close to the camp site. Participants can take
shower and bath at the river, which can be find less than 30 minutes by walking.
Despite there's will be the main installation where we'll spend most of the days, there is
also a sports centre in Cantallops (30 minutes by car) with showers, space to sleep, and the
other basic facilities, with the confort we have at our houses.The organizers opted for this option because they consider that living in a temporary
camp is a very good experience!
h. Description of the localization of the camp
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i. Qualification for disabilities
Adapted to reduced mobility (the distribution of all facilities and sites is on one floor). The
organization has to know in advance which disabilities are, to know if it is possible to provide
the necessary conditions.
ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
j. Approximate activity program
Main schedule of a workcamp day:
• 07:00 h Wake up. Personal hygiene and hygiene of the camp site
• 07:30 h 1
st
breakfast
• 08:30 h Tasks/technical work
• 11:00 h 2nd
breakfast
• 11:30 h Continuation of the tasks/technical work
• 12:30 h Shower and free time
• 14:00 h Lunch
• 15:00 h Free time
• 16.00 h Leisure activity
• 17.30 h Snack break and continuing leisure activities
• 21.00 h Dinner
• 22.00 h Night Activity
• 23.00 h Silence
Main programme
Morning Afternoon Evening
1Informational meeting
Getting to know each other
Pitch the camping
Night game
2Visit to get to know the
surround
Explaining the tasks and the
technical workEvening activity
3 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Contact games
4 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Night game
5 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Picnic dinner
6 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Night game
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7 Technical work Guide visit Night game
8 Excursion Excursion Evening activity
9 Excursion Excursion Night game
10 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Night game
11 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Vídeo forum
12 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Evening activity
13 Technical work Leisure activity/workshop Night game
14 Technical workMaterial collection and afternoon
activitiesFarewell Evening
15 Final review and goodbye
k. Description of the technical tasks and needs
The work is focused on prevention, cleaning the area and promoting a good use of the
castle. Some of the specific tasks to do, will be: design the route of the castle, create a
document in different languages for future visits usage, prepare the audio guides
information, prepare and distribute QR codes, cleaning the garden area, cleaning the church
in order to celebrate there a promotional act about the need of the maintenance and the
recovery of the patrimony, clean the degraded areas and restore the most broken walls.
l. Other activities
Walks in the natural surround to learn about animal and vegetal species; botany
workshop; birds watch with prismatic; talks to know the natural and ecological heritage;
aquatic activities (canoeing and sailing) in Port de la Selva; visit to the turtle reproduction
center; learning how to work with the cork used in a future as wine bottle corks; guided visit
to St Ferran Castle; 3-day excursion from Port de la Selva to Cap de Creus arriving at the
beach and half-day visit to Figueres and Dalí Museum.
m. Energy Free Day!
One day of the workcamp electricity will be switched off!
The workcamp you are going to join is organised by an association who
is part of the international youth network Alliance. The Alliance of
European Voluntary Service Organisations (www.alliance-network.eu)
promotes intercultural education, understanding and peace through
voluntary service.
International Voluntary Service (IVS) strives for a fairer world, one that is
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more sustainable, more healthy and with more balanced resources and social justice, that
will lead toward the development of people, communities, their happiness and solidarity.
The Alliance, also through the workcamps, isimplementing an international Sustainability
Campaign (http://www.alliance-network.eu/our-
campaigns/environmental-sustainability-
campaign/), aimed at spreading the principles of environmental sustainability and at raising
active citizenship committed with a fairer society. Being aware of the delicate relationship
between human beings and the surrounding environment, we invite all actors - volunteers,
camp leaders, organisers – to reflect upon their impact on local communities as well as their
role in our global society; we are all part of the same wonderful earth and have the
responsibility of safeguarding the natural resources it offers.
This workcamp will participate in the Energy Free Day: an
international event implemented simultaneously in the projects of
the Alliance and other networks! We encourage our volunteers to
use their creativity, knowledge and intelligence to find ways to
carry out their working or leisure activities without electricity, in a
more natural and simple way.
We are all part of a great movement, a global challenge that
connects our lives; it manifests itself in all of our actions – may they be big or small. Saving
energy has an important positive impact on local and international levels.
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WHAT TO BRING?
n. Things you should bring to the camp
• National ID Card
• Social security card
• Your own medical insurance: if you come
from the European Union you can ask for the
European Health Insurance Card
• Statement detailing possible allergies or
medicines needed.
• Summer clothes (t-shirt, shorts...)
• Outwear (sweater, coat…)
• Household personal hygiene (bath
towel, gel, shampoo, comb,
toothbrush and toothpaste...).
• Beach towel and swimming suit
• Sleeping bag
• Sleeping matt
• Small backpack ( 20l aprox)
• Big backpack ( 60l aprox )• Sun cream
• Anti-mosquito lotion
• Comfortable footwear for walking
• Sandals
• Flashlight
• White shirt
• Cookery and cutlery (plate, cup, spoon, knife,
fork ...)
• Cap
• Working gloves
• Raincoat
• Binoculars
• Canteen
• Journal (not need to be recent)
• Underwater google and respiration tube
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TRAVEL TO THE PROJECT
o. How to arrive to the meeting point
The meeting and leaving point is:
Can Tomàs in St Jaume street, nº 2, (C/ St Jaume, 2), Cantallops , Catalunya, at 18h
Coming by plane and train:
Fly to Girona or Barcelona and take a train (http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/index.html) to
Figueres.
From Barcelona there are trains from 6h to 21h aprox, and about a train every hour. The train
will take you around 2 hours and will cost you about 15€.
From Girona there are trains from 7h to 23h aprox, and about a train every hour. The train will
take you around half an hour and will cost you about 4€-5€.
For more information: http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/index.html
Coming by train:
Go to Figueres (www.renfe.com).
Coming by bus:
Go to Figueres: you can consult different possibilities in www.mobilitat.org; from Barcelona
you can go from Estació del Nord: www.barcelonanord.com; it will cost you around 18€ and
will take you around 2 hours and a half. There are about 5 buses per day. You can consult the
timetables here.
Coming by car:
Go to Figueres through AP-7. Take the exit number 4.)
TO TAKE THE BUS FROM FIGUERES TO CANTALLOPS check at this bus timetable:
http://www.davidimanel.com/documents/horaris2014-figueres-jonquera.pdf
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CONTACTS
p. Contact of the host organization
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +34 676 29 12 66
q. Emergency contact
Mobile during workcamp: +34 676 29 12 66
r. General Information
HOW TO ARRIVE TO THE CITY CENTER OF BARCELONA (Catalunya square), FROM
THE AIRPORT?
TRAIN: There is a train that goes from the airport to some stations in Barcelona: “Passeig de
Gràcia” (if you go to Plaça Catalunya you can stop in this station and go walking until there),
Sants (there is a big station; if you have to take another train this should be a good option) and
other stations.
BUS: You can take the bus called Aerobus. In front of the terminal you’ll see the bus stop. It is
around 5€ one way, and it leaves you in Plaça Catalunya , central square of Barcelona. (It’s
called Aerobus because it comes from, and goes to, the airport, not because it flies.)
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TAXI: It will cost you around 30 € (baggage included; they will charge you about 3 € in the final
account as baggage transport). You’ll be kind of 20 minutes in the taxi.
You can rehearse your basic knowledge of Spanish: “Buenos días, vamos para la Plaza
Catalunya, por favor ” (“Good morning, let’s go to Catalunya square, please”); or Catalan: “Bon
dia, anem cap a Plaça Catalunya, siusplau ”.
To prevent the taxi driver making you get to know the entire city before you get to the place,
with a high cost for your pocket, you can either:
- Tell him you are in a hurry and you need to be there in 25 minutes: “ Tengo prisa, necesito
estar ahí en veinticinco minutos! !” or
- Tell him to bring you for 30 € approx., baggage included: “Va a costar 30 €, equipaje
incluido ?”
Maybe he/she would be legal by him/herself, but nobody ever knows
HOW TO GET TO THE MAIN STATIONS IN BARCELONA
Sometimes in the infosheet you are suggested to take a bus to QW EHHFS GTE and you ask
yourself ¿where is the bus station? Sometimes you are asked to get a train. There are several
stations, but the best you can do is going to the central one. So here we explain you a little
how to get there.
TRAIN: Sants Estació (Estació de Sants, etc.): You can get there by metro L3 –green line-
or L5 –blue. The name of the metro station is “Sants Estació ”. Once there, follow the signals of
“RENFE” (Spanish train company).
BUS: Estacíó del Nord: Take the Metro L1 –red line-, go to the station “Arc de Triomf ”; once
there, take the exit with a little bus signalled.
s. Think of taking a sustainable transport
Come down to the Earth!
Cocat joins the International Campaign for a Sustainable Voluntary Service and we really
think that we can generate a global change if we do it together! That’s why we
recommend you to take a sustainable transport if possible!
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Think about it! Coming from Italy or France may suppose an emission of between 0,5 and 1
tone of CO2 per person if you travel by plane, from Estonia around 2 tones! (1 tone= 1 Olympic
swimming pool full of CO2, CO2 contributes to the warming of the earth, and this swimming pool
generates serious prejudices to the living species of the earth).
Every year around 20.000 volunteers we travel every year we can generate (we can save!) up
to 20.000 tons of carbon dioxide a year!
Look for alternatives… Flying, travelling by plane, is the most polluting way. The other
transports are much cleaner, and they reserve you unforgettable experiences! Have you
travelled by train? It can be a fantastic experience: you must meet people and see the earth
passing you cross it to get your destination! When you arrive, you’ll be definitely prepared for
your volunteering experience!
If you want to find cheap train tickets, buy with time and took for the Interrail: www.inter-rail.org,
www.interrailnet.com.
You can check also the info of the official train company in Spain: http://www.renfe.com/ . You
won’t regret it! And you’ll generate 5 times less contaminants than on a plane!
Bus is a heavier way, but cheaper! www.eurolines.com/en/
www.barcelonanord.com
And what about ships? Look for that option too! http://www.aferry.com
Also you can travel sharing car: another good solution for “amortizing” contaminations and
meet people! In many countries you can find web pages with this option, so recommend you to
check this possibility in your country (regarding sharing cars web pages in Spain you can
check: http://compartir.org/, www.blablacar.es, https://www.amovens.com/es)
Or compensate! If, for whatever reason, you finally decide to travel by plane, you have the
chance to compensate the emissions, giving support to reforestation projects or similar. The
Campaign Baixa a la terra (Down to the Earth), collaborates with the campaign CeroCO”
http://www.ceroco2.org/. You can go to their page and collaborate! You’ll get recognition for
your action.
You can also check this interesting web page: http://www.myfootprint.org/
*You can find here more information regarding the International Campaign for a Sustainable Voluntary Service:http://www.alliance-network.eu/index.php?page=sustainability
Here you have a link to use sustainable transport since you get out of your home:
http://www.alliance-network.eu/wp-content/upload/2014/04/!n"oheet#utaina$le-tranport.pd"
For any doubts or comments you can write to: [email protected]
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS
COCAT, the local organization, you, me... Who is who?
As you already know you are going to participate in a project which came to you through
COCAT, the Catalan platform for international workcamps and voluntary service. Cocat is
made of other organizations which decided to create it so that there would be only one
international representative for all of them.
In Cocat we deal with volunteers going and coming to international workcamps, promote the
learning and international, social participation of young people, promoting individual and
collective development, trying to break or dissolute social inequalities and injustice. (Please
see everything about us in www.cocat.org )
But the one who organizes the camp is a local organization, with which we work very close
and make a common service with common goals. This is the organization you are just about to
meet, and which will bring you a (the) great experience, together with your effort and your
colleagues, this summer!
You are in good hands!
YOUR ROLE AS A VOLUNTEER
What are you supposed to be doing...? What do we expect from you?
As for sure you had some information before on what a workcamp is, we just want to point out
some short important points.
You are supposed to / and expected to...
• Come to participate in a project you’re interested in: there’s some leisure time, but
also you have the compromise of working and collaborating with all you’re asked
for.• Come with all the will of wanting this to be a great experience for you, your
colleagues and your host; with the will of learning a lot, enjoying, developing,
helping.
• Be participative and pro positive: We are not (only) children anymore, and this
means we are responsible of the development of what’s around us. Our role as a
participant is to try and help to the good development of the project, helping,
proposing and suggesting activities, helping on solving the conflicts which may
appear in any camp, etc. If you don’t know how, don’t worry! We will all learn! ;-)
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• Obey the laws of the host country and the rules of the workcamp; be responsible for
our own behavior on the project and respect the culture and traditions of the local
host.
• If you come with a friend/partner: you are expected to be part of the group as if you
came alone, accept to be separated into different workgroups or task groups,
always be respectful to speak English when in presence of other volunteers, etc.
Bring your health insurance. The local host will have a third part liability insurance, but
you should also bring your own health insurance.
ABOUT THE COUNTRY
Where are you coming to???? What is Catalonia?
Catalonia is situated in the North East of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a territory of 32.000 km2
and around 7.000.000 inhabitants.
The roots of Catalonia as a nation with its own territory and government go back to the early
part of the Middle Ages. Throughout the centuries, the Catalan nation has had various political
institutions and forms of government, each one appropriate to its time, with varying degrees of
sovereignty. During certain periods, these institutions corresponded to the existence of a
sovereign state, while at other more recent times they have represented a sharing of power
with the central Spanish State. The present structure of political power in Catalonia was
defined basically by the 1979 Statute of Autonomy (and now by the new one of 2006) and by
the political institutions of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Catalonia is a European Mediterranean country with a strong personality and very attached tocustoms and traditions. The Catalonia landscape is very varied. Pyrenees mountains contrast
strongly with coastal regions, although the pleasant environmental quality is generalized.
Catalonia is a very pleasant country to live in.
LANGUAGE
The language of the country is Catalan, one of the group of western neo-Latin languages
together with Spanish, Portuguese and French. However, everyone learns Spanish at school
so there is no problem for non-Catalan speaking visitors.
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The Catalan culture is the one of a community of ten million people, living in France, Spain
and Italy (l’Alguer). Catalan is a living language spoken in the everyday life, studied at schools,
colleges and universities and used on radio, television and newspapers.
AVERAGE PRICES€
A loaf of bread (250gr) 0,64
A bus ticket (inside Barcelona) /10 tickets bonus 2.00 / 9.25
An underground ticket / 10 tickets bonus 2.15 / 10.30
A night in a hostel 18-25
A beer in a bar 2,50
Coffee in a bar 1,30
CONTACTS & ADRESSES
COCAT
Carrer Calàbria, 120 (next to metro Rocafort, Line 1 –red-)
Tlf: 93 425 40 64
INFORMATION OF THE CITY ONCE IN BARCELONA
Tlf: 010, municipality tlf of information
Tourist information: 93 285 38 34, from 9 to 21 hrs
AIRPORT tlf: 93 298 38 38
POLICE Tlf: 088
URGENCIES TLF: 112
TRANSPORTS
Website: www.tmb.cat (with English version)
Information on buses, coaches, trains, taxis, underground and discount cards on the following
web sites:
www.bcn.cat o click on English Version, then “How to get there”
www.tmb.cat
www.fgc.net
www.renfe.es
INFORMATION AND MAPS
Information on the following web pages: www.bcn.cat
http://maps.google.com/
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On line contacts and information: We recommend you to join the Thorntree of Lonely Planet
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/. There you can hang any question and there are other nice
volunteers who try to answer whatever answer or interest you could have.
In Barcelona
For cultural events, concerts, etc, there is a little monthly magazine called La Butxaca (“the
pocket”) where all the cultural events and proposals in Barcelona are published. Really
interesting!
OTHER THINGS YOU WILL DISCOVER:
• The state of Spain has a great diversity of cultures depending of the regions. Four
languages (Spanish-Castilian, Vasque, Catalan, and Galician) are spoken. Among
other things, in Spain, Catalans are seen as northern people: less close to the topic of
the very happy and noisy Spanish people, more silent, workers,… But do not sub
estimate us! You’ll see how we shout ; -))
• You may take in account that we have very Mediterranean timetables: we eat at about
2 or 3 pm (some of us it is typical to have lunch at 4 or so when you are in the beach
or just in summer), and dinner at 10 or so. So you may suffer like we suffer (on the
contrary sense) when we travel abroad!
• Barcelona has become very expensive in the latest times…Now we are very
European… ;-))
• We’d like to recommend many things, but this is not the space: you’ll discover it by
yourselves VERY, VERY SOON!
Little simple glossary to improve your Spanish and ¡your Catalan!
It is always well received when someone makes the effort of communicating in the mother
languages of the region; it’s a sign of interest and respect to the host culture. And it will be
funnier for you!
English Spanish Catalan
Hello, hi Hola Hola
Bye! Adiós Adéu
See you! Hasta luego Fins després
Good morning Buenos días Bon dia
Good afternoon Buenas tardes Bona tarda
Good night/evening Buenas noches Bona nit
Please Por favor Sisplau
Thanks Gracias Gràcies
I love you Te quiero / Te amo T’estimo
Kiss Beso Petó
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Where is ... (the metro)? Dónde está... (el metro)? On és... (el metro)?
Can you... (Help me)?
Help
Puede... (ayudarme)?
Ayuda
Podria... (ajudar-me)?
Ajuda
You are very
beautiful/handsome
Eres muy guapa, preciosa /guapo Ets molt guapa, preciosa / guapo
My name is... Mi nombre es /
Me llamo...
El meu nom és... /Em dic
What’s your name?
(Beautiful name!)
Cómo te llamas? (un nombre muy
bonito!)
Com et dius? (un nom molt maco)
I / you / he-she/ we / you
/they
Yo /tú / él-ella/ nosotros/ vosotros/
ellos-ellas
Jo / tu / ell/ nosaltres/ vosaltres/
ells-elles
I like (your eyes, smile,
voice, way)
Me gusta (tus ojos, sonrisa, voz,
rollo)
M’agrada (els teus ulls, somriure,
veu, rollo)
Do you like... (Cooking)? Te gusta... (cocinar)? T’agrada... (cuinar)?
I am going to... Voy a... Vaig a ...
I am hungry Tengo hambre Tinc gana
I am very happy Estoy muy contento! Estic molt content !
Cheers! Salud! Salut !
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Un, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis,
siete, ocho, nueve, diez
Un, dos, tres, quatre, cinc, sis, set,
vuit, nou, deu
20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80,
90, 100
Veinte, treinta, cuarenta,
cincuenta, sesenta, setenta,
ochenta, noventa, cien
Vint, trenta, quaranta, cinquanta,
seixanta, setanta, vuitanta, noranta,
cent
200, 300, 1000, 2000 Doscientos, trescientos, mil, dos
mil
Dos-cents, tres-cents, mil, dos mil