Grammar wiki
Every Catalan grammar chapter, explained in English and organized from A1 to C1.
Use this as a course or a reference
Each chapter begins with the English logic, then gives forms, full tables where relevant, natural examples, and explicit French/Spanish transfer notes. The sequence follows the level path, but every entry is independently usable.
A1 grammar
9 chaptersArticles
Definite, indefinite, contractions, zero article, and partitive meaning.
Open lesson →Gender and number
Predict noun gender, form plurals, and make adjectives agree naturally.
Open lesson →Present tense
Complete regular patterns, essential irregular verbs, spelling changes, and future use.
Open lesson →Ser vs estar
Identity, state, result, stay, and the Catalan-specific rules for location.
Open lesson →Possessives
Full possessive agreement, independent use, weak forms, and ambiguity.
Open lesson →Demonstratives
Aquest, aquell, neutral pronouns, contextual articles, and spatial deixis.
Open lesson →Core prepositions: a, de, en, per, amb
Direction, location, time, origin, cause, purpose, company, and contractions.
Open lesson →Questions and negation
Question words, Catalan word order, no, res, ningú, mai, tampoc, and cap.
Open lesson →Verbs like m’agrada
Dative experiencers, agreement, and verbs such as interessar, semblar, quedar, and faltar.
Open lesson →A2 grammar
7 chaptersPast tenses
Vaig parlar, parlí, he parlat, time frames, clitic position, and the vaig trap.
Open lesson →Object pronouns
Direct and indirect clitics, en, hi, combinations, and placement.
Open lesson →Reflexive and pronominal verbs
Reflexive, reciprocal, lexical, passive, impersonal, and body-part patterns.
Open lesson →Imperative
Affirmative and negative commands, irregular forms, pronoun attachment, and politeness.
Open lesson →Comparatives and superlatives
Més, menys, tan/tant, superlatives, millor, pitjor, major, and menor.
Open lesson →Talking about the future
Present arrangements, careful use of anar a, synthetic future, and time expressions.
Open lesson →Past imperfect
Full forms, background description, habits, simultaneous actions, and completed-past contrast.
Open lesson →B1 grammar
6 chaptersPresent subjunctive
Regular and irregular formation, triggers, purpose, future time, concession, and negative commands.
Open lesson →Conditional simple
Complete forms, irregular stems, polite requests, present hypotheses, and future in the past.
Open lesson →Imperfect subjunctive
Full -és/-ís patterns, past triggers, unreal si clauses, and irregular stems.
Open lesson →Relative pronouns
Que, qui, què, on, el qual, restrictive clauses, possession, and prepositions.
Open lesson →Passive and impersonal voice
Ser + participle agreement, passive es, impersonal es, and natural alternatives.
Open lesson →Indirect speech
Reported statements, questions, commands, tense backshift, pronouns, time, and place.
Open lesson →B2 grammar
4 chaptersPast subjunctive and counterfactuals
Hagués parlat, third conditionals, mixed conditions, and earlier completed subordinate actions.
Open lesson →Gerund vs infinitive
Aspectual periphrases, prepositions, temporal clauses, and the gerund-of-result warning.
Open lesson →Advanced connectors
Concession, cause, result, conditions, register, and indicative–subjunctive choice.
Open lesson →Register and formality
Tu, vostè, vós, consistent agreement, formal email, and academic language.
Open lesson →C1 grammar
5 chaptersNominalization and information density
El fet que, abstract nouns, clause packaging, mood choice, and clear complex syntax.
Open lesson →Advanced subjunctive
Indefinite antecedents, emotional reactions, evaluation, wishes, and independent frames.
Open lesson →Literary tenses and narrative sequencing
He parlat, vaig parlar, parlí, background, flashback, projection, and viewpoint.
Open lesson →Idioms, collocations, and verbal periphrases
More than thirty high-value combinations, literal structure, figurative meaning, and register.
Open lesson →Formal writing and argumentation
Essay architecture, evidence, hedging, cohesion, subjunctive evaluation, and revision.
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