Walk through Lisbon with Rui and Joel as they explore the annual festivities of Santo António!
Santos Populares (Festas de Santo António em Lisboa)
Popular Saints (Santo António Festivities In Lisbon)
Arrival
✈️ Part 7: It’s time to prepare for landing! We say “adeus” to Teresa and Fernando (for now), and Rui and Joel discuss collecting your bags, finding customs and more, as you get ready to explore your new destination! • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., and […]
Mealtime
✈️ Part 6: Are you as excited as Teresa and Fernando are for mealtime? Back at headquarters, Rui and Joel will teach you about different aspects of an inflight meal, and how to ask for a coffee at the end. • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., […]
Cerveja Canadiana
Canadian Beer
Before leaving Canada, Joel and Rui spend the afternoon indulging in the strangest local craft beer flavours they could find. Should Portugal take notes and adopt some of these new flavours… or is it better to stick to the basics?
Takeoff
✈️ Part 5: Buckle your seatbelt and get ready to learn vocabulary about flight safety and takeoff! • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., and the whole team at TAP for their cooperation and collaboration! • In-plane footage filmed by Miguel Neves, with select stock footage provided […]
Returning to Joel’s Hometown
After a couple years without travel, Rui, Joel, and Clara fly to Joel’s hometown of Muskoka, in rural Ontario, Canada.
Boarding the Plane
✈️ Part 4: Find your seat, stow your bag, and learn the different parts of the plane cabin. • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., and the whole team at TAP for their cooperation and collaboration! • In-plane footage filmed by Miguel Neves, with select stock footage […]
The Boarding Gate
✈️ Part 3: Ready to go? Find your boarding gate and don’t forget your passport and boarding pass! • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., and the whole team at TAP for their cooperation and collaboration! • Includes stock footage provided by TAP. • Disclaimer: Characters are […]
At the Airport
✈️ Part 2: Whether you’re feeling lost like Teresa and Fernando, or you’re a savvy traveller, you’ll learn lots of new vocabulary to help you out the next time you check in for a flight to or from Portugal. • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & Rui Coimbra. • Special thanks to Célia, Miguel F., and […]
Planning Your Flight
✈️ Part 1 of our “Portuguese Air Travel” series Each new adventure has to start with a plan! Teresa and Fernando spontaneously decide to plan a trip. Back at headquarters, Rui and Joel introduce European Portuguese vocabulary to help you while booking your next flight to or from Portugal. • Features Mónica Vale de Gato & […]
How To Agree And Disagree In Portuguese
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. […]
How To Make Comments in 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 […]
4 Ways To Say “OK” In Portuguese
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 […]
3 Portuguese Verbs that Mean “To Understand” – Entender, Compreender, Perceber
In today’s video we’re going to introduce 3 Portuguese verbs that mean “to understand” in Portuguese: ENTENDER, COMPREENDER, and PERCEBER. You can use these verbs to check whether someone has understood you. We’ll teach you the informal and formal ways to ask this question with each verb, plus how to respond naturally “the Portuguese way”. […]
What to Say When You Don’t Understand
What did you say? Can you repeat that? Slow down! Learn what to say when someone asks you a question in Portuguese and you don’t understand. 🥴 Stay tuned until the end for a short practice session, plus a quick tip from Rui about why it’s not so crazy to talk to yourself. 😜 0:00 […]
How To Say “Do You Speak English?” In Portuguese
Do you want to show an effort to speak a bit of Portuguese, but don’t yet know enough to say everything you’d like? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask “do you speak English?” in Portuguese, for those times when the topic is above your current level. We’ll cover both informal and formal contexts, […]
I Speak “A Little” Portuguese
This episode is the first in our series about basic Portuguese phrases for beginners. Speaking Portuguese can be overwhelming when you’re just getting started and haven’t learned much yet. But we don’t want that to stop you from practicing! Set expectations for your first conversations by letting the listener know how much Portuguese you speak. […]
Rui & Joel Make Vinho!
Rui, Joel, and Clara travel north to visit a family vineyard in Portugal, in Vila Boa de Baixo, to try their hand at making wine! Watch until the end to find out whether the resulting wine was actually worth all of the effort…
2021 Holiday Party!
Despite Clara breaking half of our decorations, Rui and Joel manage to celebrate the holidays with the help of our members, who share with us their favourite holiday decorations. As you’d expect from us, there are lots of surprises throughout, (and you’ll learn lots of Portuguese without even realizing it!) Obrigado to everyone who generously […]
Maria Encontra os Colegas
Maria Meets Up With Her Colleagues
Let’s practice forming plurals in European Portuguese with this conversation between Maria and Pedro. Maria is looking for a pen, but ends up chatting with Pedro and sharing some snacks with him.
European Portuguese in China!
Did you know that there are a lot of students learning European Portuguese in China? At least 50 universities teach Portuguese as a foreign language to over 5000 students! We are very proud and grateful that many of these students and their teachers use Practice Portuguese inside and outside the classroom to improve their European […]
A Meditação
The Meditation
In today’s European Portuguese Listening Practice episode, Pedro teaches Joana how to meditate! Listen to this short dialogue and let us know what you’d like us to cover next on our channel!
Passo a Passo 2 – A Rota Vicentina
Step By Step 2: The Rota Vicentina
Years after walking the Caminho de Santiago in our first “Passo a Passo” film, your favourite Portuguese / Canadian pilgrims are back at it again, this time to walk the beautiful Rota Vicentina! To spare you from the foot blisters, Rui and Joel do the hard work for you, trekking through challenging sand dunes all […]
Tiago Conversa com o Pai
Tiago Talks To His Father
In this beginner Portuguese comprehension episode, Tiago talks to his father, showing us how to use estar + a + infinitivo to describe an action that is currently happening (i.e. the present continuous tense).