Friends

Rivals Joaquim and Rita catch up and discuss their careers. How many Portuguese-English cognates do you notice throughout their dialogue?

Rita and Raquel talk about their plans as they get ready to go out for the evening. Listen for regular -ar verbs conjugated in the present tense.

Sofia and André talk about everything they did yesterday with their friends. Notice how different forms of the past tense are used throughout the dialogue.

Cláudia and Vasco plan a surprise for Igor’s birthday. Take note of how the personal infinitive is used throughout their conversation.

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. […]

Rodrigo reminisces about his favourite tavern: Tasquinha do Zé Pipo. Notice how the imperfeito do indicativo (past continuous) is used throughout the dialogue.

Bianca and Rodolfo meet at a mutual friend’s party. Notice the variety of ways the preposition “de” is used throughout their conversation.

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 […]

João is irritated that Ana keeps skipping out on their plans. Practice differentiating between the verbs ver and vir throughout the dialogue.

João and Luís enjoy their summer break by going to one of the popular music festivals held in Portugal.

Toninho tries to convince his friends to go out to the club, but they’d rather stay home.

Jorge tells Soraia about meeting up with an old “friend” over the weekend. Notice the use of many regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense.