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Gala Placidia

by Angel Guimerá

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About Gala Placidia

Gala Placidia by Angel Guimerá is a medium read in Catalan (drama, historical). It takes about 1 h 25 min at 200 words per minute, a comfortable pace for language learners. The book is in the public domain and comes from Project Gutenberg.

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Questions about Gala Placidia

How many words are in Gala Placidia?
Gala Placidia by Angel Guimerá has about 17,000 words. At 200 words per minute, a comfortable pace for language learners, it takes about 1 h 25 min to read.
Can I read Gala Placidia for free?
Yes. Gala Placidia is in the public domain, and you can read it free in Catalan on PolyglotReader with inline translation, word lookup and audio.

Gala Placidia is more than a book: it is a language-learning tool

Most people learn a language from lessons and word lists that have nothing to do with what they enjoy. Here you learn from a real story. You read Gala Placidia in Catalan, and every step that helps you understand and remember it is one tap away. The words you meet in the book are the words you practise.

  1. Read
  2. Look up
  3. Listen
  4. Save
  5. Practise
  • Inline translation

    Stay in the original text and check the meaning only when you need to.

  • Word lookup

    A dictionary entry gives you ten meanings. A contextual lookup gives you the one that fits.

  • Audio narration

    Hear how the text sounds while your eyes follow the words.

  • B1 simplification

    Read the book you want now, at a level you can follow, and move up to the original later.

  • Flashcards

    Practise the words you actually met, in the books you actually chose.

  • Word games

    Test yourself on the exact sentences you just read.

  • My Dictionary

    One searchable list of every word you chose to keep, with the meaning you picked.

  • Daily goal

    A small target you meet every day beats a long session you never get round to.

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Reading shows you the words, games make you use them. Press Play in the reading toolbar and PolyglotReader builds short games from the Catalan page you are on, so you practise the vocabulary of Gala Placidia itself.

  • Fill the blanks

    One word is hidden in a sentence from the page. Pick the right one from four choices.

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    Type the hidden word. The first letter is shown, and Say it lets you hear the word.

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    The words of a sentence are shuffled. Tap them back into the right order.

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