M'agrada llegir a la nit.

Catalan uses agradar differently from English to like.

Literally, m'agrada llegir a la nit is closer to Reading at night is pleasing to me.

So:

• m' = to me
• agrada = is pleasing
• llegir a la nit = reading at night

That is why the person who likes something is not the grammatical subject of the verb. The thing liked is the subject.

M' is a shortened form of em, the unstressed pronoun meaning to me.

Before a vowel, em becomes m':

• em gusta → not correct in Catalan
• m'agrada = I like / it pleases me

So:

• M'agrada = It pleases me / I like it

This apostrophe is very common in Catalan with weak pronouns before vowels.

The verb agrees with the thing being liked, not with the person who likes it.

In this sentence, the thing being liked is llegir a la nit — an infinitive phrase, which is treated as singular. So Catalan uses agrada.

Compare:

• M'agrada llegir. = I like reading.
• M'agraden els llibres. = I like books.

In the second example, els llibres is plural, so the verb becomes agraden.

Llegir is the infinitive, meaning to read.

After agradar, Catalan often uses an infinitive to talk about liking an activity:

• M'agrada llegir. = I like reading / I like to read.
• M'agrada cuinar. = I like cooking / I like to cook.

So in this sentence, llegir functions like reading or to read in English.

It can mean both.

Catalan does not make a strong distinction here. Using the infinitive llegir can correspond to either:

• I like reading
• I like to read

The exact English translation depends on context and style, but the Catalan sentence is natural for both.

A la nit is a common way to say at night or in the evening/nighttime, depending on context.

It is made up of:

• a = at
• la nit = the night

So literally it looks like at the night, but in natural English we usually say at night.

Catalan often uses articles where English does not.

Yes, often you can.

Both can refer to nighttime, but they are not always felt in exactly the same way:

• a la nit often points to a time period: at night / in the evening
• de nit often means at night / by night / during the night, sometimes with a slightly more general or adverbial feel

For this sentence, both can work in many contexts:

• M'agrada llegir a la nit.
• M'agrada llegir de nit.

The first is very straightforward and common for learners to understand.

Yes. Catalan word order is flexible.

You can say:

• M'agrada llegir a la nit.
• A la nit m'agrada llegir.

Both are correct. The second one puts more focus on a la nit.

The first version is the most neutral and basic order.

You usually put no before the verb phrase:

• No m'agrada llegir a la nit. = I do not like reading at night.

The weak pronoun stays attached as usual:

• m'agrada
• no m'agrada

Then the verb must agree with the thing liked.

If the thing liked is singular or an infinitive phrase, use agrada:

• M'agrada llegir.
• M'agrada la música.

If it is plural, use agraden:

• M'agraden els llibres.
• M'agraden les novel·les curtes.

So the choice between agrada and agraden depends on the grammatical subject, not on me.

A learner often notices the ll.

In standard Catalan, ll is traditionally a palatal sound, similar to the lli sound in some careful pronunciations of Spanish ll, though in modern speech pronunciation varies by region.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• llegir ≈ lyeh-ZHEER or yeh-ZHEER, depending on accent

Also:

• the final -ir is pronounced, unlike silent endings in English
• the stress falls on the last syllable: lle-GIR

Pronunciation varies across Catalan-speaking regions, so you may hear slightly different real-life versions.