r/catalan • u/SnooSquirrels9915 • 17h ago
Pregunta ❓ Catalan / Spanish in Catalunya
Hi everyone! i'm from switzerland and when i was a kid my family would go on vacation in a a town near tarragona. i used to be friends with a local group of kids back then (we were around 13) and i asked them when they spoke spanish and when catalan. they said that they had to speak catalan in school but with friends and family they'd always speak spanish.
i'm guessing it's not like that for everyone (i once asked for directions in spanish in barcelona and the woman cussed me out and told me to speak catalan here).
so i was wondering how it is in "general", when and where do people in catalunya speak spanish and when do they speak catalan. Does it depend on the social circle or where you live, maybe it really differs from town to town? or how do you (if you're from there) do it, what is your "relationship" with each language? what do you consider your "main" language
thank you for sharing! :)