Parlem català? – Learning Catalan, at home and abroad

Filling the Sink listeners and Catalan News readers from around the world explain how and why they joined the more than 9 million people that speak Catalan.  They also reveal some of their favorite words, such as somiatruites, or daydreamer, which literally translates as omelette-dreamer!  Dr Afra Pujol i Campeny on the challenges of teaching her native language and what motivates students abroad – like those at the University of Cambridge – to study it.    Cristina Tomàs White and Cillian Shields join Lorcan Doherty to chat about their experiences with the language and discuss the question: is it difficult to learn Catalan?