Remena la baralla.

Remena is the affirmative imperative for tu from the verb remenar. In other words, it is the form you use to tell one person informally to do something: Remena la baralla.

A useful pattern to notice is that for many -ar verbs, the tu imperative looks the same as the ell/ella present form: ell/ella remena = he/she shuffles / stirs remena! = shuffle! / stir!

The negative command is different: No remenis la baralla = Don’t shuffle the deck.

Yes. On its own, remena can be either:

• tu imperative: Shuffle the deck
• ell/ella/vostè present: He/She shuffles the deck or You shuffle the deck in the formal vostè sense

Context usually makes it clear. If this appears as an instruction in a game, recipe, or exercise, it will normally be understood as a command.

Catalan often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not necessary. This is very normal, especially in commands.

So instead of saying Tu remena la baralla, Catalan simply says Remena la baralla.

Adding tu is possible, but it usually gives extra emphasis or contrast, not just a neutral command.

Here la baralla means the deck or the pack of cards.

The noun baralla can also mean quarrel or fight in other contexts, but with remena, the card meaning is the natural one.

You may also see the fuller expression baralla de cartes, which literally means deck of cards.

Because baralla is a feminine noun in Catalan, so it takes the feminine singular definite article la.

A very basic pattern is:

• el for masculine singular nouns
• la for feminine singular nouns

So:

• el llibre = the book
• la baralla = the deck

It is more general. Remenar can mean things like to stir, to mix, to move around, to rummage through, or, with cards, to shuffle.

So the exact English translation depends on the object:

• remenar la sopa = stir the soup
• remenar papers = rummage through papers
• remenar la baralla = shuffle the deck

That makes remenar a very useful everyday verb.

A rough English-style approximation is:

reh-MEH-nuh luh buh-RAH-lyuh

A few important pronunciation points:

• remena has the stress on me
• baralla has the stress on ra
• the ll in baralla is a palatal sound; depending on dialect, it may sound a bit like ly or a y-like sound
• the r at the start of remena is stronger than a typical English r

Pronunciation varies by dialect, but that approximation will help you get close.

Yes, it is natural and idiomatic.

Catalan can also use other verbs related to mixing, such as barrejar, but remenar la baralla is a perfectly normal way to talk about shuffling cards.

If the deck has already been mentioned, Catalan can also replace la baralla with a pronoun: Remena-la = Shuffle it

The form changes depending on who you are addressing:

• Remena la baralla = informal singular, to one person you call tu
• Remeni la baralla = formal singular, to one person you call vostè
• Remeneu la baralla = informal plural, to more than one person
• Remenin la baralla = formal plural

So remena is specifically the informal singular command.