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
Episodi 16. On és? Getting around town! - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! Com va tot?
Today you will be learning how to say what is in your town/city, how to ask where something is and how to say where you are going by using the verb 'to go'!
Thank you for …
Episodi 15. QUIZ! - Bon profit! - Catalan for Beginners
How much can you remember from the past 4 lessons? It's time to put your knowledge to the test! Join Alex as he attempts a quiz of 20 translations. We then also have a conversation usin…
Episodi 14. Ordering drinks - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com estàs?
This episode will teach you lots of vocabulary related to drinks and how to order drinks in Catalan, along with some random other language and chats about the culture in…
Episodi 13. Ordering food and asking for the bill - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! Com anem?
This episode continues a bit from last week's as it is still in a restaurant situation, but this time you will know how to order different courses and ask for the bill. The…
Episodi 12. At the restaurant - Making a reservation - Catalan for Beginners
Hola!
This week's episode will teach you how to talk to a waiter at a restaurant, including making a reservation and making requests.
We hope you enjoy!
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Episodi 11. Survival Catalan - I don't understand! - Catalan for Beginners
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This week we are moving to a series of 'transacional' language learning. What do you say if you haven't understood somebody? The worst thing would be to just speak English to them!…
Episodi 10. Describing others & Review of lessons 6-9 - Catalan for Beginners
Ei! Com va tot?
This lesson will bring what we have learnt in previous episodes together with some new grammar to be able give information about our family, describing them, saying where…
Episodi 9. Hobbies and opinions - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Com estàs?
This lesson will teach you how to give positive and negative opinions on some common hobbies.
Get in touch with us on Facebook or Instagram and let us know what hobbies …
Episodi 8. Describing yourself - Catalan for Beginners
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This lesson will teach you some basic descriptions in order to describe yourself in Catalan, using two important verbs 'ser/ésser' and 'tenir'.
It's a bit of a longer one than expe…
Episodi 7. Family - Who is in your family? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola!
In today's lesson you will learn words for several different family members as well as being able to say who is in your family and ask somebody about their family.
We hope you enjoy…
Episodi 6. Where are you from? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Benvinguts i benvingudes al episodi 6!
This lesson will teach you how to ask somebody where they are from, say where you are from, where you live, what nationality you are and what…
Episodi 5. Review of the first 4 lessons - Catalan for Beginners
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In this episode we are reviewing the key concepts and language covered in the first 4 lessons. If you can understand and answer the questions for yourself you have already made gr…
Episodi 4. Numbers 0-100, How old are you? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Benvinguts i benvigudes al episodi 4.
This episode will cover the numbers 0-100 and you will learn how to give your age and ask somebody their age.
It is a bit of a longer episode t…
Episodi 3. What's your name? Introducing yourself. - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Benvinguts i benvingudes...
This episode will teach you how to introduce yourself in Catalan, ask someone their name etc.
We hope you enjoy it!
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Episodi 2. More Greetings - Catalan for Beginners
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Benvinguts i benvingudes al episodi dos! Welcome to episode 2.
In today's lesson we are going to learn some different greetings, depending on the time of day it is. This is quite a …
Episodi 1. How are you? - Catalan for Beginners
Hola! Benvinguts i benvingudes. Welcome to your first Catalan lesson!
In this lesson we cover the basics like asking somebody how they are and being able to answer the question.
We would …
Welcome! Benvinguts i benvingudes! Introduction - Catalan for beginners
Join Alex as he learns Catalan from complete beginner level and make progress with him each episode.
This short episode briefly introduces us, your podcast hosts, and what this podcast w…