Tot i que la targeta de dèbit és nova, la provaré.

Tot i que means although / even though.

It introduces a contrast:

• Tot i que la targeta de dèbit és nova = Although the debit card is new
• la provaré = I’ll try it / test it

A very literal breakdown is something like all and that, but you should learn tot i que as a fixed expression meaning although.

La is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

• la targeta = the card

The noun targeta is feminine in Catalan, so it takes la.

Other examples:

• el llibre = the book
• la taula = the table

In Catalan, the usual way to say debit card is targeta de dèbit, literally card of debit.

This is very common in Catalan and other Romance languages: a noun is often followed by de + noun to specify its type.

Compare:

• targeta de crèdit = credit card
• sabates d’esport = sports shoes
• ulleres de sol = sunglasses

So de dèbit is just the normal Catalan structure here.

És is the 3rd person singular of ser: is.

The accent helps distinguish it from es, which is a pronoun and means things like himself/herself/itself or is used in passive/reflexive structures.

So:

• és = is
• es = reflexive/clitic pronoun

Example:

• La targeta és nova = The card is new
• Es renta = He/She washes himself/herself

In Catalan, adjectives often come after the noun.

• la targeta nova = the new card

That is the normal position for many descriptive adjectives.

In your sentence:

• la targeta de dèbit és nova

Here nova is not directly inside the noun phrase; it comes after és, so it is acting as a predicate adjective:

• the debit card is new

Also notice agreement:

• targeta is feminine singular
• so the adjective is nova (not nou)

That la is not the. It is a direct object pronoun meaning it, referring back to la targeta.

So:

• la targeta de dèbit = the debit card
• la provaré = I will try it

Catalan often uses object pronouns before the verb.

Compare:

• Veig la pel·lícula = I see the film
• La veig = I see it

Because targeta is feminine singular, the pronoun is la.

Provaré is the future tense, first person singular:

• provaré = I will try / I’ll test

It comes from the infinitive provar (to try / to test).

Future endings in Catalan are attached to the infinitive:

• provaré = I will try
• provaràs = you will try
• provarà = he/she will try
• provarem = we will try
• provareu = you all will try
• provaran = they will try

No. This is a very useful false-friend warning.

Provar usually means to try, to test, or to try on, depending on context.

In this sentence, la provaré means I’ll try it / test it.

To say prove in the sense of demonstrating something is true, Catalan usually uses demostrar or sometimes provar in more formal contexts, but for everyday learners it is safest to think:

• provar = try / test / try on
• demostrar = prove

Yes, this is a good grammar question.

In your sentence:

• Tot i que la targeta de dèbit és nova...

The speaker presents the card is new as a real fact, so the indicative is natural: és.

Catalan can also use the subjunctive after tot i que in some contexts, especially when the information is uncertain, hypothetical, or presented more subjectively.

For example:

• Tot i que sigui nova, la provaré.

That can sound more like even if it is new or although it may be new.

So, very roughly:

• tot i que + indicative = although/even though, with a factual idea
• tot i que + subjunctive = although/even if, with a less factual or more hypothetical idea

Yes. Catalan is fairly flexible here.

Your sentence is:

• Tot i que la targeta de dèbit és nova, la provaré.

You could also say:

• La provaré, tot i que la targeta de dèbit és nova.

Both are grammatical. The version with tot i que first is often more natural if you want to introduce the contrast before the main statement.

A learner-friendly pronunciation guide would be roughly:

tot i que la tar-JE-ta de DE-bit ez NO-va, la pru-va-RAY

A few helpful notes:

• targeta: the g sounds like the j in jam
• dèbit: stress on the first syllable, because of the accent: DE-bit
• és: sounds roughly like ez
• provaré: stress on the last syllable: pru-va-RAY

If you want to sound more natural, pay attention to stress:

• dèbit
• és
• provaré

Because in normal finite verb forms like this one, object pronouns usually come before the verb in Catalan.

So:

• la provaré = I will try it

Catalan does attach pronouns after the verb in some cases, especially with:

• infinitives
• gerunds
• affirmative commands

For example:

• provar-la = to try it
• prova-la! = try it!

But with a normal future form like provaré, the pronoun goes before:

• la provaré

Yes. Adjectives in Catalan agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

Since targeta is feminine singular:

• nova = feminine singular

Compare:

• el llibre nou = the new book
• la targeta nova = the new card
• els llibres nous = the new books
• les targetes noves = the new cards

So és nova means is new, with the adjective matching targeta.