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Português

Portuguese (Brazil) through English

Start with a first action with eu and você. This course is for learners building a foundation in Portuguese (Brazil) with explanations in English.

Instruction
English
Target language
Portuguese (Brazil)
Written structure
25 numbered lessons
Level
Foundations; no certified CEFR level

Listen to short teaching recordings, pause to construct a sentence, then hear the explanation. Written lessons provide a broader recap. Audio is prepared when available and reused; further lessons may need preparation. Text feedback does not assess pronunciation.

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Let’s start with two important words in Portuguese. 'Eu' means 'I', and 'você' means 'you' when speaking to one person. These words are called subject pronouns—they tell us who is doing the action.

This is an opening excerpt. Full lessons add untimed questions and explanations. Teaching and pronunciation await fluent-speaker review.

Course outline

  1. A first action with eu and você
  2. Identity and origin with ser
  3. Articles, gender and sounds inside useful nouns
  4. Questions and a single preverbal não
  5. Current states and location with estar
  6. Plural nouns, vocês and two ways to say we
  7. Wanting an object or wanting to act
  8. Present verbs and liking with de
  9. Having things, age and bodily states
  10. Possessives that agree with the possessed thing
  11. Places and contractions with em, de and a
  12. Plans with ir and an infinitive
  13. Actions in progress with the gerund
  14. Polite requests and permission
  15. Quantities, prices and a café order
  16. Routines, time and reflexive actions
  17. Completed past actions with regular verbs
  18. Useful irregular past forms
  19. Past habits and background with the imperfect
  20. Combining a background with a completed event
  21. Ability, obligation and negative scope
  22. Objects, recipients and Brazilian pronoun choices
  23. Reasons, purpose and identifying clauses
  24. A visit, directions and conversation repair
  25. Cumulative review through a day and a plan