Family

Rui and Joel discuss how their lives have changed after kids.

Rita and Nuno strike up a conversation in a waiting room. They pass the time discussing what their homes look like, who they live with, and some of their daily routines.

Estamos de volta! Returning to the roots of where this all started back in 2013, Rui and Joel are reviving our flagship Podcast! Although we’re releasing video episodes, we’ll also keep our audio-only listeners in mind, so you can subscribe to our podcast feed in your favourite app and listen while on-the-go. In this episode, […]

In this Learning Note, we’ll present a lot of Portuguese vocabulary related to different family members and loved ones. Then you can practice using these new words in the Lessons that follow. You may wish to add some of these words to your Smart Review, depending on which members of you like to talk about […]

A brother and sister reminisce on happy memories before clearing out their parents’ home.

Learn how to talk about (and to) babies as Joaquim stops by to meet Sandra’s son for the first time. You’ll notice there are lots of words in the diminutive form!

After a couple years without travel, Rui, Joel, and Clara fly to Joel’s hometown of Muskoka, in rural Ontario, Canada.

The arrival of spring reminds Rita of the weekends spent at her grandparents’ farm. As you hear about her favourite memories, you can practice your “R” pronunciation and the pretérito imperfeito do indicativo tense.

Need more practice conjugating regular -er verbs? Listen for these verbs: comer, beber, crescer, parecer, escrever, correr, aprender, entender, conhecer, and responder. They are all conjugated following the same patterns! Follow along as Cassandra shares her typical Saturday routine. She eats breakfast with her son, writes an email to her mother, and then meets up with […]

Mónica attends an old friend’s wedding reception and has a quick chat with the father of the bride.

It’s almost time for the Consoada and Joana and Pedro are already anxious about spending Christmas-time with their quirky family members.

These brothers take game night very seriously… While they play, you can practice differentiating the verbs saber vs. conhecer.