tongue-twisters

La be_lla ba_lla ba_llarugues al so dels cascave_lls. 'The beauty dances dances to the sound of bells.'

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Codonys co_llia a l'hort de la tia Maria. 'I picked quinces at aunt Mary's garden.'

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Codonys co_llits de Camp de Mar, codonys co_llits de Cap de dit. 'Quinces picked at Camp de Mar (Mallorca), small size quinces picked (literally, that they have the size of the top of a finger).'

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Ga_llina 'Hen'

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Una gallina xica, tica, mica,
camacurta i ballarica
va tenir sis fills xics, tics, mics,
camacurts i ballarics.
Si la gallina no hagués estat xica, tica, mica,
camacurta i ballarica,
els sis fills no haurien estat xics, tics, mics,
camacurts i ballarics.

'A little, tittle, mittle,
short-legged and dancing hen,
had six little, tittle, mittle,
short-legged and dancing children.
If the hen had not been a little, tittle, mittle,
short-legged and dancing hen,
the six children would not have been little, tittle, mittle,
short-legged and dancing children.'

Tica & mica or tics & mics are meaniingless word that rhyme with others in the tongue twister; thus, they have been translated as meaningless words rhyming with the English translations of the Catalan references.

Un anye_ll _llanat _llanut del cap fins als peus pelut. 'A flocculent woolly lamb furry from head to hoofs.'

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Mil mamuts mo_lls 'A thousand wet mammoths'

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Ove_lla 'sheep'

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Una ovella llanada, llanuda,
del cap fins als peus peluda
va fer un be llanat llanut,
del cap fins als peus pelut.
Si l'ovella no hagués estat llanada, llanuda,
del cap fins als peus peluda;
el seu be no hauria estat llanat, llanut,
del cap fins als peus pelut.

'A flocculent woolly sheep,
furry from head to hoofs
gave birth to a flocculent woolly lamb
furry from head to hoofs.
If the sheep had not been flocculent and woolly,
furry from head to hoofs,
its lamb would not have been flocculent and woolly,
furry from head to hoofs.'