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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...
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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!
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Send us a textBenvinguts i benvingudes de nou!It's time to put your knowledge of Catalan to the test! You've reached the first review episode of season 2.The last few lessons were a lot about people and relationships! We learned all about personality descriptions, talking about emotions, relationships with others as well as romantic relationships.Let us know how you did in the quiz - how many did you get out of 20? Which words did you find the hardest to remember?We always welcome feedback an...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Send us a textWelcome back! Benvinguts i benvingudes de nou!This episode is all about the present tense!We are delving into the grammar side of things much more in the next few lessons so that we can begin to really feel confident in communicating in different tenses, since we always use them in our every day conversations.We have obviously already seen aspects of the present tense, but this episode is going to break down exactly all of 'the rules' of how to form it for a huge variety of verb...
Send us a textWelcome back to another episode! You have reached a review episode where we put all our knowledge from the last four episodes to the test. There will also be some recap of even prior knowledge and some new things to learn along the way, particularly those kind of 'filler' words and phrases to use in a conversation as we are going to be listening to a dialogue and trying to work out its meaning.Let us know if you were able to follow along! And do you like these style of reviews? ...
Send us a textEi! Com va? This episode is all about school! You will learn a little about the school system and how to talk about different stages of education as well as how to talk about what your favourite subject is or was! (using the past tense!)Let us know what you thought of the episode or if you have any further insights about school/education in Catalan speaking regions.Please rate and/or review the Podcast and share it with someone you think would like it.Fins la propera! Support th...
Send us a textHola! This episode teaches you vocabulary for different instruments and how to say what you play or used to play. You will also learn some common emotions along with the verb 'to be' - 'estar' and put all of this together into sentences to practice the language!We hope you enjoy the episode. If you do we would love a rating/review wherever you are listening, share the podcast with a friend who you think might like it and if you really want to be our best friend you can consider ...
Send us a textWelcome back! Another episode and this time we are learning about TV & film, including how to say what we watch/like to watch/favourite shows/films and also learning some negative structures to talk about what we don't watch!We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. If you do we hope you will consider rating/reviewing the show, becoming a Patron or buying us a Coffee on 'Buymeacoffee'.Feel free to get in touch on social media and let us know if you are enjoying the podcast or...
Send us a textEi! Com anem?This episode is all about sports!You will learn vocabulary for 10 common sports, as well as be able to say how often you play them, give opinions and say which sport is your favourite.We hope you like the episode and find it useful. Feel free to get in touch with us with any questions or to chat to us.You can find our links below: Support the showCourse: Check out our new course and get 25% off!Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @...
Send us a textTime to put your knowledge to the test with another review lesson!This episode is a quiz for Alex and you listening to see how much you have remembered from episodes 36-39 - these involved talking about our daily routines and details about where you live.We covered a lot of grammar like reflexive verbs, possessive articles and pronouns and using adjectives correctly.Let us know how you did out of 20! Did you beat Alex's score? Support the showCourse: Check out our new course and...
Send us a textHola! This episode will teach you how to describe your home - from vocabulary on rooms of the house and descriptions, to learning about possessive adjectives/pronouns (they are the same in Catalan!) and recapping some key verbs.We hope you find it useful.If you want to make faster progress with your Catalan and support our project, you can consider becoming a Patron or buying us a coffee. The links are below. Thank you already to all of our Patrons and to you for listening ...
Send us a textHola! This episode goes into lots more detail in teaching you how to say where you live, learning some different geographical regions, as well as describing them with different adjectives and using a conditional tense to say where you would like to live!On t'agradaria viure? Where would you like to live? Let us know!Thank you as always for listening and to our Patreons for their continued support.Feel free to get in touch with any questions or requests of things for us to cover ...
Send us a textEi! Com va?This episode dives further into talking about our daily routines, outside of just the morning. You will learn how to talk in Catalan about what you normally do in the afternoons, evenings and nights. We hope you enjoy and find it useful!If you'd like to access bonus material, lesson notes and language summaries, as well as chat to us over video once a month you can join our Patreon by clicking this link: Patreon.You can chat to us on our socials linked below or send u...
Send us a textHola! This episode will teach you how to talk about your morning routine in Catalan, and we delve a little bit into learning what are reflexive verbs and how are they used.We hope you enjoy. Feel free to get in touch with us on our socials linked below to chat to us or give us any feedback about the podcast.Fins aviat :) Support the showCourse: Check out our new course and get 25% off!Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Fac...
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