Excited to try all the delicious food and wine at a Portuguese restaurant? Well, first you have to get a table! In this episode, we’ll teach you how to make restaurant reservations in Portugal, plus many useful phrases and vocabulary. Stay tuned until the end for a short demo lesson, featuring activities from the Practice […]

In today’s episode you’ll learn about a very important preposition — “com”, which means “with” in Portuguese. “Com” can be tricky because of how it combines with personal pronouns. For example, you can’t say “com mi” ❌. You have to say “comigo” ✅ – “with me”. Some pronouns take on a new form like this […]

Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or sentences together. You’ll need them to start connecting your thoughts and forming more complex sentences in Portuguese. There are many different Portuguese conjunctions, but we’ll start you off with the 3 most common. Can you guess what they are? Stay tuned until the end for a […]

Let’s learn how to say “no” in Portuguese! To say “no” or to make a statement negative, just remember this one word and add it before the verb. This video is a part of European Portuguese for Beginners series that covers basic Portuguese grammar, vocabulary and common European Portuguese expressions. If you want to learn […]

In today’s video we’re going to introduce you to indefinite articles in Portuguese. Watch and learn how to say “a” or “some” in Portuguese, when you want to refer to a less specific instance of something. Stay tuned until the end for a short demo lesson, featuring activities from the Practice Portuguese learning platform, plus […]

In today’s video we’ll introduce you to definite articles in Portuguese. Did you know there are 4 different ways to say “the”?? 😱 This video is a part of our European Portuguese for Beginners video series that covers basic Portuguese grammar, vocabulary, and common European Portuguese expressions. Stay tuned until the end for a short […]

A group of friends are about to go see a movie. Before they leave, Diana decides to make dinner for everyone, despite not being a very good cook… Take note of how regular -ar verbs (such as chegar, começar, cozinhar, ajudar, cortar, etc.) are conjugated in the present tense (presente do indicativo) throughout the dialogue. […]

Have you tried a pastel de nata?

Senhor Esteves stops by to say hello to Dona Graça and her daughter, Carla. Since it’s almost lunchtime, they invite him to stay for a meal. Notice the different levels of formality used among the different speakers.

Today you’ll learn how to agree or disagree with someone in Portuguese. Or if you’re the type to avoid stirring up controversy, you can also just say, ‘I don’t know’! 😉 Stay tuned until the end for a short practice session, plus a quick tip from Rui about how to use movies to learn Portuguese. […]

Today you’ll learn 5 simple phrases you can use in a conversation to show you’re listening and to keep the conversation going. Even if you don’t have a lot to say just yet, this will make sure you sound interested and engaged. Que bom! Stay tuned until the end for a short practice session, plus […]

There are many ways to say “OK” in Portuguese, or to respond positively in agreement. Sometimes you need just a simple Okay, Sure, All right… And other times you want to be more enthusiastic with a Good! or a Great! In this video we’ll teach you 4 options for how to say OK in Portuguese […]