Aquest paràgraf no m'agrada, però l'altre és millor.

Because paràgraf is a masculine singular noun in Catalan, so the demonstrative has to agree with it.

• aquest = this, masculine singular
• aquesta = this, feminine singular

So:

• Aquest paràgraf = this paragraph
• Aquesta pàgina = this page

Catalan uses agradar like Spanish gustar. Literally, it works more like is pleasing to.

So:

• m’agrada = it pleases me / I like it
• m’ = to me
• agrada = is pleasing

In the sentence, Aquest paràgraf no m’agrada literally means This paragraph does not please me, but in natural English we say I don’t like this paragraph.

This is one of the most important structure differences for English speakers.

m’ is the shortened form of em, the first-person singular indirect object pronoun meaning to me.

Before a vowel or silent h, em usually becomes m’:

• m’agrada = I like it / literally it pleases me
• m’interessa = it interests me
• m’és igual = it’s all the same to me

So in your sentence, m’agrada means pleases me.

In Catalan, no normally goes before the verb phrase. If there is a clitic pronoun like m’, no still comes before the whole thing:

• No m’agrada = I don’t like it
• No em sembla bé = It doesn’t seem right to me

So the order is:

no + pronoun + verb

That is why you get no m’agrada, not m’agrada no.

Catalan often contracts short words before a following vowel.

Here you have two examples:

• em + agrada → m’agrada
• el + altre → l’altre

This is very common in Catalan and helps pronunciation flow more naturally.

So:

• m’agrada comes from em agrada
• l’altre comes from el altre

L’altre means the other one or the other.

It is short for something like:

• l’altre paràgraf = the other paragraph

Because paràgraf is already understood from the first part of the sentence, Catalan leaves it out.

So the full idea is:

• Aquest paràgraf no m’agrada, però l’altre és millor.
• I don’t like this paragraph, but the other one is better.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

• l’altre és millor = the other one is better
• l’altre m’agrada més = I like the other one more

The sentence you have makes a more general judgment about quality: the other one is better.
The second version focuses more directly on personal preference: I like the other one more.

So és millor is about comparison, while m’agrada més is about liking.

Catalan usually uses ser for general qualities, classifications, and comparisons like this.

• és millor = is better

Here, the speaker is judging the paragraph as better in general, so ser is the natural choice.

Estar millor can exist, but it often suggests a temporary state or condition, especially with people:

• Ara està millor = Now he/she is better

For a paragraph, és millor is the normal form.

Because millor is the comparative form of bo (good), just like better is the comparative of good in English.

• bo / bona = good
• millor = better
• el millor / la millor = the best

So:

• és bo = is good
• és millor = is better

This is an irregular comparison, just like English good → better.

Però means but.

The accent mark shows the stressed vowel and helps distinguish pronunciation. In standard Catalan, però is written with a grave accent on ò.

So:

• Aquest paràgraf no m’agrada, però l’altre és millor.
• I don’t like this paragraph, but the other one is better.

It is a very common connector used to contrast two ideas.

Yes, it is completely natural.

The structure is:

• Aquest paràgraf = topic / subject
• no m’agrada = negative statement with agradar
• però = contrast
• l’altre és millor = comparison

Catalan often keeps a fairly straightforward word order in sentences like this. Even though agradar works differently from English, the sentence itself is very natural and idiomatic.

Grammatically, people may understand it, but millor is the normal and correct comparative here.

So the preferred form is:

• l’altre és millor

not usually:

• l’altre és més bo

Just as English prefers better over more good, Catalan prefers millor over més bo in ordinary usage.