Estima-la
This is a promotional video made to help reflect the feelings on the use of the Valencian language. If you´ve never heard it spoken before, it is a treat for the ears!
To translate it as best as I can, the narrator is recounting a story of her youth, wherein her granparents decided to speak to her the Valencian language rather than Castillian (Spanish from Spain), because they felt that one day, it may be lost or forbidden (as it was during the Franco dictatorship period).
Much to their complete surprise, the language did not die, nor was it outlawed. Instead, there are many teachers... school, songs, festivals, poems, shows... That the best trips are going through the streets of small villages, hearing and understanding the words spoken there.
And perhaps more importantly, the notion of pensat i fet, (a very Valencian concept that holds a place of honor among the people, the act of spontaneously thinking and doing something in the same moment) still stirrs the soul, before undertaking some great adventure.
The last few words are the most powerful...
With one´s own language, the revolution can happen in even the lowest voice.
The Valencian language unites, it does not discriminate.
Take care of her.
Estima-la. Love her.