Learn Catalan - The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this review episode, we test your Catalan skills with a translation quiz based on the last four lessons. You’ll practise vocabulary and structures related to household chores, the environment, and everyday actions. We also revisit key grammar points, including the imperative for giving commands and demonstrative adjectives like “this” and “that.” Listen, translate, and see how much you can remember! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDeta...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re diving into demonstratives in Catalan — how to say this, that, these, and those with confidence and understand the difference between things that are near you and further away. We’ll also combine this with real-life vocabulary and commands, so you can say things like “Recycle this plastic” or “Throw those bottles in the bin” naturally and accurately. Perfect for building confidence and sounding more natural in everyday situations! If you’re enjoying the...

Send us Fan Mail Want to talk about the planet in Catalan? In this episode, we cover essential vocabulary and verbs to describe everyday habits that help the environment. Learn how to say things like I recycle paper, don’t waste water, or cars pollute the air, and practice talking about your own eco-friendly routines. Perfect for building practical vocabulary and speaking confidently about real-life topics! If you’re enjoying the podcasts, we would really appreciate a rating or review on whic...

Send us Fan Mail We're getting bossy in this episode! Com va? Esperem que estiguis bé! In this episode, we’re focusing on one of the most useful parts of everyday Catalan: the imperative – how to give commands, instructions, and suggestions. Using the theme of chores and daily tasks, you’ll learn how to tell someone to clean, tidy, organise, and help around the house – all in natural, real-life Catalan. We’ll cover: How to form the informal imperative (for friends, family, people you kn...

Send us Fan Mail Bentornats! Com esteu? In this episode, you’ll learn how to talk about the chores you do at home in natural, everyday Catalan. We’ll explore key vocabulary for common household tasks, practise understanding simple sentences, and work through a short dialogue to see the language in context. You’ll also have the chance to practise using different tenses, helping you move beyond the present and speak with more confidence about your routines... past, present, and future. Perfect ...

Send us Fan Mail In this one-off special episode, Christina is joined by Júlia, one of our Catalan tutors at The Lazy Linguist, for a relaxed, bilingual chat in English and Catalan. This episode is your chance to get to know Júlia a little bit - where she’s from and her background, while also enjoying some real-life Catalan listening practice with a native speaker. Christina guides you through the conversation, explaining key phrases and helping you get the most out of the Catalan you hear. J...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Ready to put your Catalan to the test? In this review episode, you’ll test your Catalan with a quiz covering the last four topics: the hair salon, buying tickets, the zoo, and job interviews. You’ll translate 20 practical phrases to help you recycle key vocabulary and structures from all four lessons and see what’s really stuck. Perfect if you want to: consolidate what you’ve learnedspot any gaps in your knowledgeand build confidence using Catalan in real-life situation...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va? Preparing for a job interview in Catalan? Or ever wondered how to talk about work? This episode is for you. In this episode, we focus on the language you need to talk about jobs and interviews, from talking about your experience and skills to answering some of the most common interview questions with confidence. You’ll learn: Key vocabulary related to work and interviewsHow to talk about your job, experience and educationUseful phrases for describing your skills...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you'll learn zoo and animal vocabulary in Catalan while practising the near future tense - and discover why it’s used differently from other languages like Spanish. A practical, dialogue-based episode to help you sound more natural in real-life situations. Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @l...

Send us Fan Mail Ever stood at a ticket desk in Catalonia not knowing what to say? In this episode, you’ll learn all the Catalan you need to buy tickets confidently - from cinema and theatre tickets to train journeys. We’ll walk you through the key words, help you understand seating and show you how real conversations sound. Be sure to rate the show if you enjoy it and let us know in the comments why you are learning Catalan and how you are getting on with it! Support the show Self Paced Co...

Send us Fan Mail Need a trim, a new hairstyle, or just want to understand what your hairdresser in Catalonia is saying? In this episode, we dive into all the essential Catalan vocabulary and phrases you’ll need for a trip to la perruqueria. From el xampú and les tisores to reflexive verbs like tallar-se els cabells, you’ll learn how to describe your perfect haircut — and follow along with a natural dialogue between client and hairdresser. Perfect for anyone who wants to feel confident speakin...

Send us Fan Mail 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 to, and test yourself with a quiz to see how much you remember! (Remember there’s also a bonus episode for Patrons with a short dialogue to help you put the language into context.) Enjoy! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner &...

Send us Fan Mail 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 different kinds of art, share your opinions, and sound like a true art lover in Catalan. We hope you enjoy it! As we said, let us know if you did/are enjoying the Podcast in general and where you are learning from - we love getting to know our list...

Send us Fan Mail 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 also explore some key vocabulary for theatre (actors, stage, script, audience) and practice useful phrases in different tenses: Present continuous (Estem mirant una obra de teatre)Past perifràstic (Vaig veure un musical molt divertit)Imperfect (L’am...

Send us Fan Mail 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 we’ll learn new vocabulary for books, series, podcasts, and films. We hope you enjoy it! If you're reading this before the 15th September, there is still time to sign up for the group classes starting on the 15th! Find more info here: https://www.thelazylinguist....

Send us Fan Mail 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 in to learn more about when we use it, how's it formed and practise hearing it in different contexts! *There are only a few spots left in my beginner group programmes starting this September. Find out more on our website* https://www.thelazyling...

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Send us Fan Mail Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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 improving your Catalan. If you found it useful, please be sure to give us a 5* rating/review - it really helps us spread the message and help others learn Catalan too 😊 Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails...

Send us Fan Mail 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, you’ll be able to talk about your social media habits in Catalan. Com utilitzes les xarxes socials? Feel free to leave us a comment in Catalan! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Grou...

Send us Fan Mail 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 language to describe what you do on these devices/the online word. Please rate if you enjoyed the episode and don't forget to follow so that you get notified about future episodes! Feel free to comment your own sentences about how you use your...

Send us Fan Mail 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 carried in your bag/pencil case and much more. There's a dialogue at the end which we go through in more detail in the bonus episode. If you consider becoming a Patron it will not only help you make faster progress with your Catalan, but h...

Send us Fan Mail 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 context. Through storytelling, guided practice, and a short dialogue, you’ll get comfortable using the imperfect tense to describe past habits. Great for intermediate learners looking to make their Catalan more natural and fluid! The current group classes are going ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 describe how things used to be. Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcat...

Send us Fan Mail 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 plural conjugations as well as some of the strange irregularities that happen to the root of a lot of verbs in this tense in Catalan! We hope it wasn't too confusing for you! The lesson notes/language summaries on Patreon might help you consolidate ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 talk about what our school days were like! Let us know how you found the episode/how you are finding the Pod in general or anything else. We love getting to know our listeners! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia Cours...

Send us Fan Mail 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 into Catalan - they weren't easy so well done if you got some! Let us know your score! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 mean...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetai...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 so...

Send us Fan Mail 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 provid...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group L...

Send us Fan Mail 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 opinons and see how a lot of them change, as well as the verbs like 'és' and 'són'. We hope you enjoy! Gaudiu! Remember our course launch offer of 25% ends on the 19th November, so grab your discount while you still can! Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Benvinguts 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 fee...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 lear...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 kn...

Send us Fan Mail Sign up to the waiting list of our new course!: https://christina5.podia.com/catalan-for-beginners-podcast-course Welcome 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail We 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...

Send us Fan Mail Benvinguts 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' f...

Send us Fan Mail Benvinguts 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 revi...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! 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! ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 cons...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 podc...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! 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 show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreo...

Send us Fan Mail Time 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 show Self Paced Courses: Beginner...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 l...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! 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...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! 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 show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist&nbs...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Bon any nou! Happy New Year to you! We are so excited for another year of learning Catalan!! This lesson is a review of the last 4 lessons, so we recap months of the year, days of the week, along with other language such as asking to spell your name of recapping some of the holiday traditions that we learned about. If you are a Patron, we would love for you to join us for a videochat on Monday 8th January! Thank you for the support, it has really helped keep this proj...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! This lesson is all about Christmas and the holidays. You will gain lots of cultural insights into Catalan traditions around the holidays while learning lots of useful Christmas/holiday vocabulary in Catalan along the way. We hope you enjoy! Please share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it too. Thank you to our latest Patron, KJ. If you are interested in joining the Patreon you can find us at The Lazy Linguist - Catalan | Learning Catalan the easy way - Beyond th...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! This episode teaches you the alphabet along with some useful pronunciation pointers. We also use the alphabet to practise spelling things, like our name or the name of an artist or song. You will also discover some great Catalan music so that you can enjoy listening and practise your Catalan in a different way! Let us know what your favourite Catalan artists are if you have any! We also talk about more Catalan music in the bonus episode, as well as talking about differ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! This episode will teach you the days of the week in Catalan and also how to say what hobbies you do on those days! This requires us to have some knowledge of the present tense in Catalan. It is annoyingly probably one of the hardest tenses to master as there are lots of different endings for different types of verbs, so we just stick to learning the 'I' form in this episode, so you can talk about what you do. We will delve deeper into all aspects of the present...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va? We're back with a little bit of a shorter episode this time - we felt like the last one was probably too long! Let us know what kind of length episodes you prefer. This lesson teaches you the months of the year, and how to say important dates, for example your birthday! You will also learn how to wish someone a happy birthday. Remember you can find bonus episodes, summaries of the vocab and detailed lesson notes over on our Patreon (The Lazy Linguist) - linked ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! We have made it to episode 30! This episode brings together our knowledge from the last 4 lessons and earlier episodes too. We have a quiz as always, this time focussing on vocabulary, and then we have a dialogue using lots of language from the last 4 lessons especially, but we also recap a lot of the basics learnt in the first few episodes - let's hope you haven't forgotten them! It's a long one, and we debated splitting it and using some of it in the bonus episode, ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! In today's lesson we will be talking and about jobs! You will learn how to say several common job titles in Catalan as well as some other language and phrases relating to work. Enjoy! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Ei! In this episode of the Lazy Linguist Catalan for Beginners we learn words and phrases associated with the weather. Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Facebook: The Lazy Linguist Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Welcome back, this episode teaches you some vocabulary for common animals you may have as pets, as well as recapping some key structures like asking someone if they have pets, asking their name, age and what they are like/look like. We hope you enjoy it. Be sure to give us a 5* rating if you are enjoying the podcast as we put a lot of time into it. If you want to show your support further you can become a Patron and gain access to lots of exclusive features. Fins la ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Welcome back. This episode teaches you some clothing vocabulary and we put it into practise by saying what clothes we wear, along with describing the colour of the clothes. We also learn to say what our favourite colour is - can you tell us what yours is in Catalan? Thank you as always for listening and a special thank you to our Patrons for helping to keep this Podcast going. Soon we are hoping to set up a little studio/office in our new place and invest into a ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va? Esperem que estiguis bé. It has become a bit of a tradition that after every 4 lessons we do a little review episode and put our knowledge to the test! Christina always says this but retrieval practice is key so listening to this episode and testing yourself is just as important as listening to the other episodes. It is really important to make sure we are confident with what we have learnt so far before we start adding new material so that it doesn't feel too...

Send us Fan Mail Ei! Com anem? This episode will teach you how to get by when clothes shopping, from asking where the changing rooms are to asking for different sizes, colours etc, you will learn a range of language to help you shop for clothes successfully. We hope you enjoy it and thank you as always for listening and your continued support. Thank you to our new Patreons Mike and Judy! Please visit the Patreon for more information about some speaking sessions/chats on our Discord, happe...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com anem? This lesson will teach you some shopping vocabulary, from knowing different types of shops, to asking at what time they open and close and recognising signs, to asking the shop assistant for help. We hope you enjoy it. Thank you very much for listening. We really appreciate you following along and are so glad that we can help you with your Catalan. Please keep sharing and rating to get the podcast out to more people so that we can get as many people as possi...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va tot? This lesson focuses on medical situations, including emergencies and how to get help/call an ambulance, but also things that you might need to say at the doctor's to explain how you are ill, or asking for medication at the pharmacy. We hope you enjoy it! Feel free to get in touch with any questions or even ideas for language to cover in future episodes. You can get in touch on our socials below or our email thelazylinguistpodcast@gmail.com Thank you for ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! We missed you! So after 20 weeks of weekly posting, it has caught up to us and at the moment with the busy house move and lots going on in our lives, we have decided to go bi-weekly on the podcasts (just temporarily until we are settled into our new place!). We hope you understand! There will still be weekly content on the Patreon so if you want to try that out we are offering you a 7 day free trial, so you can see if you like it and decide to cancel any time! Cl...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com estàs? This lesson is another review lesson where we put everything we have done over the last four lessons to the test! Follow along and see if you can beat Alex's score in this translation challenge! Keep reading to find out how he did as we lost track of his score!... Alex got 8/10 in the first half and 7/10 in the second half, so 15/20 altogether! Not a bad score but he did need a fair bit of help and does still need to go over a lot of words! How are you fin...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va? This lesson will teach you some of the language you may need to know at the airport. Are you planning any trips to Catalonia/Andorra/any other Catalan speaking regions? Let us know! You can find our socials and more information about our Patreon linked below. Thank you again to all of our Patreon's and listeners. We really appreciate any support. Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group Program...

Send us Fan Mail Bon dia, bona tarda, bona nit! Hope you are well! This episode covers how to get by on public transport, something that can be quite stressful in a different country! It also features how to tell the time, something else that be quite confusing in Catalan! We hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think and chat to us on social media in the links below: Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on ...

Send us Fan Mail Hola! Com va tot? This lesson teaches you how to ask for directions as well as understand and give directions yourself! We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. Get in touch with us and let us know what you think :) Apologies for the slight delay in this week's episode, it's been a busy weekend! Click the 'Support the show' link or the Patreon link to find out more about our bonus episodes, transcripts and detailed lesson notes on there. Thank you again to our current Pat...

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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy...

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 end but wanted to keep it as authentic as possible without loads of editing. Please let us know how long you l...

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 us keep the project going and give you access to material that will help you progress quicker with ...

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 day later than usual but I hope you appreciate the commitment as I got back very late from my trip and we we...

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 unique set of extra content bundles for the first five episodes. As always, get in touch with us or feel free ...

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 show your support and be part of our community for as little as £2 a month. If you sign up to either of the £5 or ...

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 day to leave us a quick review. Gracies i fins la propera! Support the show Self Paced Courses...

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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Facebook: The Lazy Lin...

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 'gordo/a' as this is taken from the Spanish word. The 'correct' Catalan word would be 'gras/grassa' but people say gordo/a as wel...

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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a ...

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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Pat...

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 if you are enjoying these lessons. We welcome any positive or negative feedback! Fins aviat! Suppor...

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 learn from. Is this something you would be interested in? Let us know! Support the show Self Paced...

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 Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group ProgrammesSupport on Patreon: The Lazy Linguist Buy us a coffee: Buy me a Coffee Instagram: @lazylinguistcatalan Facebo...

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! Support the show Self Paced Courses: Beginner & Intermedia CoursesDetails of Group Lessons: Group P...

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 learning content: https://www.instagram.com/lazylinguistcatalan/ We also have a Patreon wher...

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 improve your Catalan further and faster! Patreon: www.patreon.com/thelazylinguist Instagram: @la...