Learn Catalan - The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Christina and Alex
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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... .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...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!

  1. 3D AGO

    S2. E14 - The Superlative - The Best & Worst hobbies! - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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/slowest etc, which use the same structure. The words for the best and the worst are a bit different though so we practice them as well! If you enjoy the Podcast and haven't already, we'd really appreciate a quick rating or review - and make su...

    35 min

  2. FEB 23

    S2. E13. El Perfet - Irregular Verbs & More Practice - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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 rest of the pronouns so that you can talk about what a variety of people have done in the past! We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. If you do enjoy the Pod please don't forget to give a little rating or review as it really means ...

    32 min

  3. FEB 10

    S2. E12. Another past tense! El perfet - The Perfect Tense - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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 tenses and use them in the right way, as this is often something that learners find tricky! Hope you find it useful! Please rate, follow and share if you do :) Support the show Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Patreon: The Lazy Lingu...

    37 min

  4. JAN 27

    S2. E11. Mental Health - La Salut Mental - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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 into a few ways of expressing emotions or situations like feeling pressure, stress, overwhelm etc, as well as some of the things you can do to look after your mental health. It's great for when you want to have those deeper chats in Catalan an...

    40 min

  5. JAN 13

    S2. E10 - Review of 6-9 (Quiz & Dialogue on Food & Healthy Habits) - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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! We then practise a lot of this language even more in the context of a conversation, by hearing and dissecting a dialogue. Let us know how you did and how you found the episode! If you are on Spotify you can leave a comment or get in touch on our soci...

    36 min

  6. 12/30/2024

    S2. E9. Giving Advice - Healthy & Unhealthy Habits - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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 advice to someone else about their unhealthy habits. There is some language that practises what was learned in the previous episode and some new language which we see in a natural context of a dialogue. Remember that the detailed lesson notes provide ...

    32 min

  7. 12/17/2024

    S2. E8. Health! La Salut! Healthy and Unhealthy Habits - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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! We hope you enjoy the episode! Please subscribe and rate/review it if you haven't already. Help us spread the message and knowledge of Catalan! Support the show Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffe...

    32 min

  8. 12/02/2024

    S2. E7. Més menjar! More food! + Comparatives - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a text 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 on different types of food! We hope you enjoy it! It would mean the world if you gave us a rating/review or shared this with a friend. Fins aviat :) Support the show Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a...

    37 min
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    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... .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...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!

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