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. 3 DAYS AGO

    S2. E4. Romantic Relationships - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a textHola!This episode delves into the topic of romantic relationships - from how to say you are in one, that you are in love or that you are going on dates!Thank you as always to all of you for tuning in. We hope you are continuing to enjoy the episodes and they are helping you on your Catalan learning journey. We would love it if you left a quick rating or review if you haven't already.And moltes gràcies to our Patrons! Join us in the bonus episode where we will learn more thi...

    29 min
  2. S2: E3. Relationships with Family & Friends (+ reflexives & possessive articles) - Intermediate Catalan

    OCT 6

    S2: E3. Relationships with Family & Friends (+ reflexives & possessive articles) - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a textEi! Com va?This episode is all about relationships - you will learn how to say whether you have a good/bad relationship with people (recapping family members vocabulary), verbs like 'to respect' and 'to trust', as well as practising some possessive articles like my, your, his/her but also learning how to say 'our'!We've jam packed it but also tried to keep it a little shorter this time!Let us know if you liked the episode :)(If you are wondering, we are still working tirelessly ...

    31 min
  3. S2: E2. Emotions! - Using 'estar' vs 'ser' & much more! - Intermediate Catalan

    SEP 22

    S2: E2. Emotions! - Using 'estar' vs 'ser' & much more! - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a textWelcome back! It's a long one! (Oops, Christina getting carried away and letting these go on longer and longer - we'll try to keep them shorter for you in the future!)In this episode we delve deeper into talking about different feelings/states/emotions, and we'll see them used in many contexts, learning more new vocabulary along the way!We'll also talk a little bit about the difference between the verbs 'ser' and 'estar' and using other phrases like 'em sento'.Let us know what y...

    47 min
  4. SEASON 2: 1. Personality Descriptions - Intermediate Catalan

    SEP 9

    SEASON 2: 1. Personality Descriptions - Intermediate Catalan

    Send us a textSign up to the waiting list of our new course!:https://christina5.podia.com/catalan-for-beginners-podcast-courseWelcome back!! Benvinguts i benvingudes de nou!!Com ha anat l'estiu? How was your summer? Are you ready to continue with your Catalan journey?We are so excited to be starting season 2! You will be progressing even further with the Podcasts this season, as we head to more intermediate territory.We are kicking off the season with an episode that teaches you how to t...

    41 min

  5. JUL 28

    50. FINAL EPISODE! - HOLIDAYS - Can you talk about your holidays in different tenses? - Catalan for Beginners

    Send us a textWe have made it to episode 50!!In this episode, we put everything we have learned in the last 4 lessons (and beyond) into practice by seeing if we can understand some short texts about holidays.It's a bit of a longer one to end this season! Hopefully that's a good thing as it means extra practice, but we will try to keep future episodes to under 30 minutes :)Thank you so much for tuning in and if you have listened to all 50 episodes - we hope they have been useful to you on your...

    48 min

  6. JUL 17

    49. The Conditional Tense - El Condicional - Catalan for Beginners

    Send us a textBenvinguts i benvingudes de nou! This episode will teach you how to use the conditional tense to talk about hypothetical things - things you 'would' do... But not just 'you', as you will learn all the pronouns so you can easily manipulate lots of verbs to include talking about other people.We hope you find it useful as always. We would love it if you rated or reviewed the pod if you haven't already.Feel free to get in touch on our socials or through the 'Send us a text' feature ...

    34 min

  7. JUN 30

    48. The Future Tense - El Futur Simple - Catalan for Beginners

    Send us a textBenvinguts i benvingudes al episodi 48!So far we've covered present and past tenses, this one is all about the future! (The most common future tense - the simple future). We hope it is simple for you to understand and use ;)You will also learn some time expressions in the future tense so that you can use these verbs in sentences and start talking about future plans, including holiday plans!We do lots more practice in the bonus episode so join us for that if you think you could b...

    39 min

  8. JUN 17

    47. The Past Tense - El Perifràstic - Catalan for Beginners

    Send us a textHola!In this lesson you will learn all about the 'perifràstic' tense to talk about what you did in the past.You will also learn some time expressions in the past to use with these verbs and we're particularly focussed on describing holidays. There will be more practise in the bonus episode on how to talk about your holidays in the past, using what you have learned about the past tense in this episode.We hope you enjoy and find it useful! Feel free to get in touch with any feedba...

    33 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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