Learn Catalan - The Lazy Linguist Podcast
Hola! We are Alex and Christina, a couple from the UK. Christina is a languages teacher originally from Catalonia and is teaching Alex Catalan right from the basics up to intermediate and hopefully advanced level!
We are documenting the journey through these podcasts, so if you are also learning Catalan this will help you learn along with us...
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Please get in touch and let us know if you are also learning Catalan! Instagram - @lazylinguistcatalan ... Facebook page - The Lazy Linguist Podcast...
We also have a Patreon where you can access bonus content, detailed lesson notes and transcripts to consolidate your understanding and help you make faster progress with your Catalan. You can find it at www.patreon.com/thelazylinguist
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In future there is potential to make episodes for Spanish and French learners too, so please let us know if you would be interested in that!
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
36. My Morning Routine (& Reflexive verbs!) - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! This episode will teach you how to talk about your morning routine in Catalan, and we delve a little bit into learning what are reflexive verbs and how are they used.
We hope you e…
35. Bon any! Review of the last 4 lessons - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Bon any nou! Happy New Year to you!
We are so excited for another year of learning Catalan!!
This lesson is a review of the last 4 lessons, so we recap months of the year, days of t…
34. Catalan Christmas Traditions and vocabulary! - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! This lesson is all about Christmas and the holidays. You will gain lots of cultural insights into Catalan traditions around the holidays while learning lots of useful Christmas/holi…
33. The Alphabet, Pronunciation & Catalan Music! - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! This episode teaches you the alphabet along with some useful pronunciation pointers. We also use the alphabet to practise spelling things, like our name or the name of an artist o…
32. Days of the Week & Present Tense (Hobbies) - Catalan for Beginners
Hola!
This episode will teach you the days of the week in Catalan and also how to say what hobbies you do on those days!
This requires us to have some knowledge of the present tense in C…
31. Months & Dates - When is your birthday? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com va?
We're back with a little bit of a shorter episode this time - we felt like the last one was probably too long! Let us know what kind of length episodes you prefer.
This less…
30. QUIZ TIME! Can you talk about colours, clothes, the weather, pets and jobs? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola!
We have made it to episode 30! This episode brings together our knowledge from the last 4 lessons and earlier episodes too.
We have a quiz as always, this time focussing on vocabula…
29. Jobs & Opinions - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! In today's lesson we will be talking and about jobs! You will learn how to say several common job titles in Catalan as well as some other language and phrases relating to work.
Enj…
28. Describing the Weather! - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! In this episode of the Lazy Linguist Catalan for Beginners we learn words and phrases associated with the weather.
Group Lessons starting September 2025: Group Progra…
27. All about pets! Do you have pets? Describing pets - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Welcome back, this episode teaches you some vocabulary for common animals you may have as pets, as well as recapping some key structures like asking someone if they have pets, ask…
26. Clothes & Colours - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Welcome back. This episode teaches you some clothing vocabulary and we put it into practise by saying what clothes we wear, along with describing the colour of the clothes. We als…
Episodi 25. Quiz and review of the last 4 lessons - Hotel, medical, shopping situations and more!
Hola! Com va? Esperem que estiguis bé.
It has become a bit of a tradition that after every 4 lessons we do a little review episode and put our knowledge to the test!
Christina always says…
Episodi 24. Clothes Shopping. Em queda bé! - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! Com anem?
This episode will teach you how to get by when clothes shopping, from asking where the changing rooms are to asking for different sizes, colours etc, you will learn a range…
Episodi 23. Let's go shopping! - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com anem?
This lesson will teach you some shopping vocabulary, from knowing different types of shops, to asking at what time they open and close and recognising signs, to asking th…
Episodi 22. Medical situations and emergencies - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com va tot?
This lesson focuses on medical situations, including emergencies and how to get help/call an ambulance, but also things that you might need to say at the doctor's to ex…
Episodi 21. At the hotel - Booking accommodation - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! We missed you!
So after 20 weeks of weekly posting, it has caught up to us and at the moment with the busy house move and lots going on in our lives, we have decided to go bi-week…
Episodi 20. QUIZ! Can you actually travel in Catalan? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com estàs?
This lesson is another review lesson where we put everything we have done over the last four lessons to the test!
Follow along and see if you can beat Alex's score in thi…
Episodi 19. Don't miss your flight! Getting around the airport - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com va?
This lesson will teach you some of the language you may need to know at the airport.
Are you planning any trips to Catalonia/Andorra/any other Catalan speaking regions?
Let …
Episodi 18. What time does the train leave? Public transport and telling the time - Catalan for Beginners
Bon dia, bona tarda, bona nit! Hope you are well!
This episode covers how to get by on public transport, something that can be quite stressful in a different country! It also features ho…
Episodi 17. I'm lost! Understanding directions. - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com va tot?
This lesson teaches you how to ask for directions as well as understand and give directions yourself!
We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. Get in touch with us and l…