Learning Notes

To be more precise and descriptive in your Portuguese conversations, it’s important to master Portuguese . But what are they? Simply put, adverbs are words which modify other words – verbs, adjectives, and sometimes even other adverbs. They add to the meaning or clarify the manner in which a word applies to the rest of […]

Onde The adverb  indicates a location. Examples: Onde can be used to replace expressions such as: Aonde is a contraction between the adverb and the preposition  . It’s most commonly used with

Adjectives are words that describe or qualify nouns. They can be if they’re just one word, or if formed by two or more elements, usually (but not always) connected by a hyphen (-). Simple Portuguese Adjectives Compound Portuguese Adjectives More compound adjectives:

A little kindness goes a long way, especially when you’re struggling to communicate in a new language! This guide covers the most important phrases to express basic, everyday courtesy in Portugal. (There are also many others that will help get you started in simple conversations or greet people properly throughout the day.)

There are a few different ways to say no, to make a sentence negative, or to refer to a quantity that is zero. Here are some of the important words to know: Not The simplest way to make a sentence negative in Portuguese is just to place the word before the verb. This is the […]

Let’s learn how to say goodbye in Portuguese! There are many options, depending on who you are talking to, the time of day, or how long it will be until you see them again. Take a look at the infographic below for a quick guide to the most common phrases for saying goodbye in Portugal:

If you had to say which mood is used in the bolded part of this sentence, what would be your guess? Well, you may have guessed just from reading the title that this is an example of the conditional mood, used to talk about hypothetical situations that are conditional or dependent on something else.  In […]

When someone yells or a doctor says , there’s one thing they’re doing in common: using the mood! There are 2 types of imperatives in Portuguese: the affirmative and the negative, shown below respectively. In these examples, the speaker is talking to multiple people, i.e. using the vocês (you – plural) form. Regular Verbs in […]

A challenging part of learning Portuguese is realizing that many words need to be adjusted to agree with the gender and number of the people or objects we are talking about. To help us understand the rules for making words plural in Portuguese, first let’s see a quick overview of which types of words stay […]

Whether you’re just visiting or planning to live in Portugal, learning some food vocabulary is going to be pretty important! 😆  As part of our Cooking and Eating unit, this guide should give you a good introduction to dining out in Portugal, or, in other words: Breakfast & Coffee There are and , which are […]

There are 3 essential conjunctions that you’ll need when you want to start connecting your thoughts and forming more complex sentences in Portuguese: These 3 are called , because they combine multiple independent phrases into one. You’ll learn much more about conjunctions in later units, but for now, we’ll focus on these 3 essentials. 1) “E” […]

What’s the difference between mau and mal? What about bom and bem? These pairs of Portuguese words are very similar in meaning, but they’re not interchangeable. It comes down to understanding the difference between adjectives and adverbs and how they are used in Portuguese. Adjectives Good and bad are adjectives, which modify nouns (people / places […]