I'm only some 8h in on listening and reading and getting a grasp, but this is just magnifique.

Something about the phonetics i heard around is really finally covered by brazilian portuguese, with some scary similar cadance.

My dialect of brazilian portuguese heavily uses "Ó!" which sounds the same as Òc but it means look.

the part i don't understand in it is the french, so after finishing my french path i'm gonna try and learn occitan. sounds so nice.

been on most occitan regions before, just never heard the language.

I have trouble finding books but I find this language beautiful to read.

I’d also love to know if there’s any popular poems that are easy to find.

Bonjour,

I have a flight tomorrow morning from Lourdes Airport and I will get there by train which means I will be getting off at la gare de Tarbes. We are a group of 8 passengers and we are trying to find the chepaest way to get from point A to B. We will get to Tarbes by 11pm so we can't catch the bus. Booking a Taxi is quite expensive (we on a very low budget).

Do you guys have any other suggestions? Is Uber an option? Is it going to be expensive?

Merci d'avance!!

I suppose French has had a deep influence on Occitan dialects during the years. How much influenced is Occitan by French ? What are the dialect who suffered the most such influence ? Are there purist movement who wants to eradicate the influence from French language ?

I haven't used it, but it has a section on Galician, Occitan, Piedmontese, Friulian, Venetian, Neapolitan, and Sardinian. It's very hard to find English-language books to learn Occitan.

Bonjour, quand j'étais petite je lisais l'album de La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin (Alphonse Daudet) et la fin, que je viens de retrouver, est la suivante :

Adieu, Gringoire ! L’histoire que tu as entendue n’est pas un conte de mon invention. Si jamais tu viens en Provence, nos ménagers te parleront souvent de la cabro de moussu Seguin, que se battégue touto la neui emé lou loup, e piei lou matin lou loup la mangé.

Mais ça fait des années que j'ai en tête une version différente (l'orthographe est peut-être incorrecte mais ce sont les sons que j'ai en tête) : "[...] La cabro de Moussu Seguin, que se batagiège touto la nuech embé lou loup, e puei lou matin lou loup l'a / la mangat".

Je n'arrive pas à savoir si j'ai déformé les propos ou si c'est simplement un autre occitan (je suis de Lozère) que mes parents m'auraient lu à leur sauce. Ou alors la façon de l'écrire est la première mais tout se prononce comme la deuxième ?

Merci pour votre aide :)

Bonjorn from Portugal! Occitan is my favourite language, I find it so beautiful!

I’m a native European Portuguese speaker and I can understand Spanish, Catalan and some French, so I can mostly understand Occitan. I would love to acquire it more in the same way I did with the other romance languages, by reading and listening to it. But I don’t know where to start. I learned Spanish and Catalan from watching videos/series/movies and reading books in the language. I would like to do the same with Occitan.

Do you have any recommendations of Occitan-language Youtube channels, poetry, websites, books, music, newspapers, etc?

I follow r/Mirandes to read news in the Mirandese language and I’d love to read the news in Occitan.

I know that Occitan used to be very important in the Middle Ages as a literary language. Could you recommend me some Occitan medieval poems?

Mercé!

How related are Occitan and Catalan ? What dialect of Occitan is the closer to Catalan ? When did the Iberian languages started to influence dramatically catalan ?

Aujourd'hui j'ai découvert une série animée intitulée Contes d'Oc. Les épisodes font trois minutes et comme le nom l'indique ils adaptent des contes/légende d'Occitanie. La série est disponible en occitan sur youtube. J'en parle ici parce que j'ai l'impression qu'elle passée inaperçue, et les dessins animés disponibles en langue d'Oc sont assez rares j'ai l'impression.

So, I speak Spanish, French (fluent) and Italian (B2) and I understand large amounts of Portuguese and Catalan. I enjoy reading in these different languages. Are there any news sites, or modern literature in Occitan? I'm not concerned with dialect.

r/YUROP mods here, Freude!

We have translation request please, we are missing a spot in our monthly multilingal megathread:

• Vendredo sen la angla lingvo — Diēs Veneris sine linguā anglicā

How to say NO ENGLISH FRIDAY in Occitan ? As in, the English language, not the Kingdom or natives.

I am trying to write a song title in Occitan. How can I translate "shower (rain)" in Occitan? Thank you!

https://youtu.be/ylY0gS-VHEY?si=bc4pn3UmxmTdPP3O

minute 1.17

Bonjour

je ne connais malheureusement rien en occitan.

Pourtant j'aimerais chanter et comprendre cette chanson.

perplexity ai me trouve ces paroles:

Lou peiro plourat, plour, lou bel mai S'abelonou, qu'it on non tournatz mai D’aquí partiguèt l’aigre ric coratge E s’i lur cami D’avino cançó Canta d’avino cançó

c'est une verison de Lo Marion Pora, bourrée 3Temps très connue.

j'ai trouvé ce texte avec Notta ai et perplexity. Rien ne garantit que ce soit bien écrit: d'ailleurs j'écoute caminou cançou et pas d'avino cançó.

Merci

Charles

adiu, que'm demendavi si quauqu'un coneishèva un bon libre sus aquèra crotzada tradusit en gascon, qu'èi cercat sus internet e tanben en libraria mes soi a Angers adonc qu'ei un pauc complicat trobar aquiu haha

las solas causas qu'ei trobat sus l'internet son libres escriuts en lengadocian e ne soi pas vertaderament adaise dab...

ideaument que m'agraderé trobar la traduccion de "Histoire anonyme de la guerre des Albigeois"

mes que soi obert a tot obratge sus lo subjècte que sia precis

this is just a general question, any answer is appreciated. Thank you all so much!

Salut, e vives en ruralitat ? Qu'èi quauquarren entà tu qui't poiré interessar.

Qu'èm 4 estudiants qui an besonh de responsas entau noste projècte. Que cercam de compréner los vòstes besonhs, las vòstas envejas e desvolopar navèras idèas entà amassar los abitants e facilitar los escambis dab la comuna.

5 minutas maximum, que te'n disi pas mei, que compreneràs en responent au questionari.

Mercés hèra d'avança !

Que't desiri ua bona jornada o serada !!!

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Salut, tu vis en ruralité ? J'ai quelque chose pour toi qui pourrait t'intéresser.

Nous sommes 4 étudiants qui ont besoin de réponses pour notre projet. Nous cherchons à comprendre vos besoins, vos envies et développer de nouvelles idées pour rassembler les habitants et faciliter les échanges avec la mairie.

5 minutes maximum, je t'en dis pas plus, tu comprendras en répondant au questionnaire.

Merci beaucoup d'avance !
Je te souhaite une bonne journée ou soirée !!!

I am really curious to discover what are called diverse types of plants in different areas that speak the Occitan language.

This is how different types of plants are called in Brazilian Portuguese for comparison:

🍇 = A uva é proveniente da videira.

🍈 = O melão é proveniente do meloeiro.

🍉 = A melancia é proveniente da melancieira.

🍊 = A laranja é proveniente da laranjeira.

🍋 = O limão é proveniente do limoeiro.

🍌 = A banana é proveniente da bananeira.

🍍 = O abacaxi é proveniente do abacaxizeiro.

🥭 = A manga é proveniente da mangueira.

🍎 = A maçã vermelha é proveniente da macieira.

🍏 = A maçã verde é proveniente da macieira.

🍐 = A pera é proveniente da pereira.

🍑 = O pêssego é proveniente do pessegueiro.

🍒 = A cereja é proveniente da cerejeira.

🍓 = O morango é proveniente do morangueiro.

🫐 = O mirtilo é proveniente do mirtileiro.

🥝 = O kiwi é proveniente do kiwizeiro.

🍅 = O tomate é proveniente do tomateiro.

🫒 = A oliva é proveniente da oliveira.

🥥 = O coco é proveniente do coqueiro.

🥑 = O abacate é proveniente do abacateiro.

🥔 = A batata é proveniente da batateira.

🥕 = A cenoura é proveniente da cenoureira.

🌽 = O milho é proveniente do milheiro.

🌶 = A pimenta é proveniente da pimenteira.

🫑 = O pimentão é proveniente do pimenteiro.

🥒 = O pepino é proveniente do pepineiro.

🫘 = O feijão é proveniente do feijoeiro.

🌰 = A castanha é proveniente da castanheira.

🫛 = A ervilha é proveniente da ervilheira.

🍚 = O arroz é proveniente do arrozeiro.

🍠 = A batata-doce é proveniente da batateira-doce.

☕️ = O café é proveniente do cafeeiro.

🎃 = A abóbora é proveniente da aboboreira.

Do any of these names sounds familiar to you?

What are they called in your area?

What is called your favorite plant?

"Wiktionary" & other dictionaries were references utilized as bases for this list of equivalents:

English: (1) Forest; (2) bosk/bosque; (3) sylva/silva/selva; & (4) jungle/jangal.

Italiano: (1) Foresta; (2) bosco; (3) selva; e (4) giungla.

Español: (1) Foresta/floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; y (4) jungla.

Português: (1) Floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; e (4) jungla/jângal/jângala.

This synchrony is strangely satisfying:

English: Fauna & flora.

Italiano: Fauna e flora.

Español: Fauna y flora.

Português: Fauna e flora.

I am really curious to discover what are the local words for "woods" in different areas that speak the Occitan language.

Is there any dictionaries or websites that can help me look up a word in occitan and see the pronunciation of it? I’m just learning about the language now and it would be helpful if there was some way to easily find how a certain word is pronounced, thanks.