Christina and Alex

Learn Catalan - The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Education EN ↓ 92 episodes

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...

Author

Christina and Alex

Category

Education

Podcast website

lazylinguist.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

May 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episodi 16. On és? Getting around town! - Catalan for Beginners 06.05.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 listening, we hope you enjoy. You can find more content including bonus material, lesson notes and transcripts by clicking on any of the links below: Support the show Catalan for Beginne...

Episodi 15. QUIZ! - Bon profit! - Catalan for Beginners 30.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 using all the language we have learnt with a few new things thrown in there too! It's a long episode so apologies if you find it too long, we didn't realise how long it would be until the...

Episodi 14. Ordering drinks - Catalan for Beginners 23.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 general! We hope you enjoy! We would be so grateful if you could leave us a rating/review if you haven't already done so, and consider supporting monetarily through our Patreon - it will help...

Episodi 13. Ordering food and asking for the bill - Catalan for Beginners 17.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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. There is a bit more cultural information in this episode too, which I think may be why it's turned out longer than usual (or just our general rambles!). Sorry again that it has come out a da...

Episodi 12. At the restaurant - Making a reservation - Catalan for Beginners 10.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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! You can click the 'Support the show' link to find out more about out Patreon page, where you can access bonus materials for the lessons. Remember that if you sign up in the month of April you will get access to a un...

Episodi 11. Survival Catalan - I don't understand! - Catalan for Beginners 02.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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! Show them that you are trying to speak their language with a few useful phrases you will learn in this episode. We are so excited to share our new Patreon page with you! You can sho...

Episodi 10. Describing others & Review of lessons 6-9 - Catalan for Beginners 26.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 they are from, what nationality they are and what hobbies you like to do with them. As always please let us know if you are enjoying the Podcast. We would love it if you took a minute our of your...

Episodi 9. Hobbies and opinions - Catalan for Beginners 19.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 you like or don't like to do! Support the show Catalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Details of group Lessons: Group Programmes Patreon (Bonus content for Season 2): The...

Episodi 8. Describing yourself - Catalan for Beginners 12.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 expected but I think we'll go back to making them a bit shorter in future! Let us know what you prefer. *Just note that I made a bit of a barbarisme when I said 'gor...

Episodi 7. Family - Who is in your family? - Catalan for Beginners 05.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 and find it useful! We would love it if you took a minute to leave us a review. Moltes gràcies! Fins aviat! Support the show Catalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Detail...

Episodi 6. Where are you from? - Catalan for Beginners 26.02.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 languages you speak. We are loving this project so far. Let us know if you are finding the lessons useful, and what you would like us to cover in future episodes! Support the show Catalan for Begi...

Episodi 5. Review of the first 4 lessons - Catalan for Beginners 19.02.2023

Send us Fan Mail Hola!  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 great progress in your Catalan learning journey! There is a little bit of new learning too as we will learn the other way to say 'I am', when talking about how we are feeling. Let us know i...

Episodi 4. Numbers 0-100, How old are you? - Catalan for Beginners 12.02.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 today, so let us know which you prefer, shorter or longer episodes? We are working on providing things like show notes and quizzes for all of the episodes so that you can have more material to lear...

Episodi 3. What's your name? Introducing yourself. - Catalan for Beginners 05.02.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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!  Feel free to leave a review or a message if you are enjoying the podcasts so far :) Support the show Catalan for Beginners Course: Catalan for Beginners Course Details of group Lessons: Group Programmes Patreon (Bonus content for Se...

Episodi 2. More Greetings - Catalan for Beginners 29.01.2023

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 short episode but with a bit of cultural information in there too. Let us know if you like short episodes or you would rather have longer ones! Gràcies per escoltar! Thanks for listening! Sup...

Episodi 1. How are you? - Catalan for Beginners 22.01.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 love to hear any feedback as we are very new to this!   Chat to us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089886391571 We do also have an Instagram with more Catalan lear...

Welcome! Benvinguts i benvingudes! Introduction - Catalan for beginners 15.01.2023

Send us Fan Mail 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 will be. We are so excited to get started on this project! Please get in touch and let us know your language learning goals. We also have a Patreon where we upload bonus materials to help you improv...

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