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!
Episodes
81 episodes
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Pots parlar sobre el teatre, el cinema, llibres i art? 🗣️ Repàs! - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E30.
Welcome back! This is a long one - packed full of learning!In this episode we’re recapping everything from our recent episodes on art, books and entertainment. You’ll review how to talk about what you’re watching, reading and listening t...
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Episode 30
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Parlem d’Art! 🎨 Vocabulari per a museus i galeries - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E29.
In this episode, we dive into the world of l’art i els museus! You’ll learn key Catalan vocabulary and phrases to talk about paintings, sculptures, exhibitions and your artistic preferences. By the end, you’ll be able to describe diffe...
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Episode 29
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El teatre i el cinema 🎭 - Podem parlar del que ens agrada? - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E28.
In this episode we dive into the world of theatre and cinema in Catalan! You’ll learn how to talk about plays, films, and musicals, plus how to describe your favourite genres — from comedies and dramas to horror and fantasy.We’ll ...
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Episode 28
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Llegint, mirant i escoltant en català 📚 - Intermediate Catalan - S2: E27.
Hola! In this episode, we’re learning how to talk about what we’re reading, listening to, and watching right now in Catalan. We’ll look at the present continuous tense with verbs like llegir, mirar, and escoltar, and ...
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Episode 27
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Què estàs fent? The Present Continuous 🎁 - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E26.
Bones! Com anem?This episode dives into yet another tense in Catalan - the present continuous! This tense is used quite a lot in daily conversations mainly to talk about what you or someone is doing right at that moment. Tune...
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Episode 26
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Pots parlar sobre les xarxes i la tecnologia? 📲 REVIEW - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E25.
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Episode 25
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A favor o en contra de les xarxes/la tecnologia? 💻 - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E24.
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Episode 24
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Humor a Internet - Ens petem de riure! 🤣 - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E23.
Hola! Com anem?In this episode, we crack up while exploring Catalan memes, reels, and viral videos! Learn fun vocabulary and natural expressions to talk about digital humour, share jokes, and describe your favourite meme - all while impr...
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Episode 23
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Les Xarxes Socials - Social Media 💬 - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E22
In this episode, we talk about how people communicate online today and go over essential Catalan vocabulary for social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. You’ll learn useful expressions, hear a short dialogue, and by the end,...
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Episode 22
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La tecnologia - Com utilitzes la tecnologia? 👩🏻💻 - Intermediate Catalan - S2. E21
Bentornats a un altre episodi! This episode is all about how we use technology in Catalan. It's an introduction to talking about using different devices like phones, computers, laptops, tablets and more... along with lots of other l...
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Episode 21
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S2: E20 - QUIZ. Review of l'Imperfet, Old Routines, Items in my Bag - Intermediate Catalan
Hola! We're here with episode 20 and it's another review episode of the last 4 lessons - you'll hear a lot of sentences in the Imperfect tense, and specifically relating to things you used to do in the past, old routines at school, what you car...
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Episode 20
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S2: E19 - Com era la teva rutina? Describing past routines using the Imperfect - Intermediate Catalan
In this episode, we dive deeper into the imperfect tense by talking about what our school routines used to be like. You'll review common daily routine verbs, learn time expressions, and build longer sentences in cont...
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Episode 19
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S2: E18 - What’s in the Bag?! School & Office Vocab + Prepositions - Intermediate Catalan
In this episode, we’re talking about school and office items and stationary in Catalan! Things like pens, notebooks, backpacks and more. You’ll also get some grammar practice with hi ha, prepositions, and the imperfect tense to describ...
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Episode 18
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S2. E17 - L'Imperfet P2 - Plurals & Irregulars! - Intermediate Catalan
In this episode we dive deeper into the imperfect tense!Make sure you listen to the last episode where we talked about the imperfect and the singular forms of common verbs before you listen to this one.In this one we look at the p...
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Episode 17
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S2: E16 - The Imperfect Tense - Com era la teva escola? - Intermediate Catalan
Join us for this episode as we dive a little deeper into the Imperfect Tense in Catalan. We use this tense to talk about recurring actions in the past or to describe things in the past.Tune in to find out more and specifically how to tal...
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Episode 16
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S2: E15 - QUIZ! - Review of Eps 11-14 - Intermediate Catalan
Join Alex on a translation challenge!We review the last 4 lessons on the perfect tense, superlatives and talking about mental health/hobbies. There are 10 sentences to translate from Catalan into English, and 10 from English ...
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Episode 15
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S2. E14 - The Superlative - The Best & Worst hobbies! - Intermediate Catalan
Hola! This episode is all about using the superlative in Catalan.You'll learn how to say the most or the least of things, for example the most interesting, the least funny, the most fun etc... also the words for tallest/shorterst/fastest...
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Episode 14
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S2. E13. El Perfet - Irregular Verbs & More Practice - Intermediate Catalan
Hola! Com va? This is part 2 on the perfect tense! Last lesson we learned the basic use and formation of the singular pronouns, this episode will focus on a lot of the irregularities with the past participles as well as teach you how to use the...
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Episode 13
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S2. E12. Another past tense! El perfet - The Perfect Tense - Intermediate Catalan
Welcome back! Thanks for stopping by.This episode goes into detail on how and when we use the perfect tense - another common past tense! We learned the perifràstic tense in season 1, but this season we want to be able to use multiple ten...
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Episode 12
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S2. E11. Mental Health - La Salut Mental - Intermediate Catalan
Benvinguts a un altre episodi! Welcome to another episode!We've previously talked about health, but focussed more on physical health and how to take care of your body, but taking care of your mind is just as important!This episode dives...
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Episode 11
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S2. E10 - Review of 6-9 (Quiz & Dialogue on Food & Healthy Habits) - Intermediate Catalan
Ei! Com va?This is a review episode where Alex and you are put to the test! Do you remember the language from the last four episodes on different food types and healthy/unhealthy lifestyles? Try the quiz and see how you get on!W...
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Episode 10
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S2. E9. Giving Advice - Healthy & Unhealthy Habits - Intermediate Catalan
Ei! Com va? Bon any! (If you are listening just before or around the new year!)This episode is a part 2 to the last episode where we talked about healthy and unhealthy habits.We break down a dialogue which is one person giving advic...
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Episode 9
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S2. E8. Health! La Salut! Healthy and Unhealthy Habits - Intermediate Catalan
Ei! Com va tot?We are back with an episode talking all about health! How do you say you have healthy habits in Catalan? Or unhealthy habits? We'll also cover some more complex opinions and hear a dialogue from Christina and a new voice!...
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Episode 8
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S2. E7. Més menjar! More food! + Comparatives - Intermediate Catalan
Ei! Com anem?This episode is packed with food and drink vocab, as well as learning how to give comparisons in Catalan - like more than, less than, as... as. We also recap common opinions and adjectives to give lots of different thoughts...
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Episode 7
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S2. E6. La Fruita i La Verdura - Fruit & Veg + Opinions & Adjectives - Intermediate Catalan
Ei! Com anem?This episode is all about fruits & vegetables! Learn vocabulary for lots of common fruit and veg, as well as giving justified opinions on them with adjectives to describe them. We will recap how to give singular and plural ...
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Episode 6
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