Past Tense

Pedals turning, waves crashing, eyes closing.

When you first start learning Portuguese, you tend to rely on simple, direct phrases: Quero um café, Preciso de ajuda, etc… There’s nothing wrong with that, and people will understand you. But European Portuguese speakers rarely phrase things that bluntly, even for small, everyday requests. Adding a  and using other polite phrases goes a long […]

A kitchen disaster unfolds when siblings blame each other for the mess all over the floors and walls.

A girl flaps her arms, and is amazed to find herself flying over the city of Coimbra! Hear the story in both the present and past tense.

Explore the pretérito mais-que-perfeito and other forms of the past tense, in this story of the titan Prometheus.

Who’s the better liar, Rui or Joel? 🤥 Today we’ll practice using past tense verb conjugations to discuss past experiences. Can you detect which of our stories are true, and which are total lies?

What’s that sound?! 🫣

While traveling in Mongolia, Guilherme emails his grandfather to share some exciting news.

José tells us why he enjoyed traveling in the interior of Portugal more than Lisbon. Later, Sara asks him questions about his trip.

Maia’s journey trying to make her travel vlog profitable, shared from both a 1st-person and 3rd-person perspective.

Jéssica is upset after a fight with her best friend Daniela.

In the Simple Past 2 unit we practiced with some of the most common irregular Portuguese verbs in the simple past (pretérito perfeito do indicativo): ir, ser, estar, dar, and querer.  Now let’s continue with a few more!