Apr 17

50 expressions to sound more intelligent in Brazilian Portuguese (connectors)

Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/connectors/ In this lesson, you'll learn expressions that will help you express yourself better and sound more intelligent in Portuguese. We're going to talk about connectors, which are words or expressions we ... Show More

7m 18s

Apr 3

Why Dates in Portuguese Are Confusing (and How to Say Them Right)

Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/datas In this lesson, you’re going to learn to say dates, months, and years in Brazilian Portuguese. I’m going to give many examples and teach everything that you need to know to be able to speak naturally abou ... Show More

11m 48s

Mar 13

How to apologize in Brazilian Portuguese (Common Expressions Explained)

Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet PDF 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/desculpe_desculpa What is the difference between “desculpe” (sorry) and “desculpa” (sorry)? And when do we say “desculpe” (I’m sorry) or “sinto muito” (I’m sorry)? There are many ways to apologize in Portug ... Show More

7m 20s

Nov 2024

CBP 1.38 | Making friends in Portuguese

Lesson 38 of our Portuguese course is a chance to review and practise the essential words and phrases that you typically use when you meet someone for the first time. We'll listen to another conversation recorded on location in Portugal, then, back in the studio, teacher Rafael a ... Show More

23m 42s

May 2024

CBP 1.28 | Hobbies and free time

Welcome to lesson 28 of Coffee Break Portuguese! The topic of this lesson is free time. We’re going to learn how to talk about your hobbies and the activities you enjoy doing, as well as how to say when and how often you do them, using adverbs of frequency in Portuguese. We'll al ... Show More

31m 7s

Oct 2024

CBP 1.35 | Shopping & lunch at the Mercado do Bolhão

In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we hear two dialogues which will help you practise your listening skills in Portuguese. These conversations were recorded on location in Porto, Portugal, when Ava and her friend Mariana were out souvenir shopping, then visiting the well- ... Show More

30m 4s

Mar 2024

CBP 1.24 | The present tense and the alphabet

In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner's Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take adv ... Show More

29m 2s

Aug 2024

CBP 1.31 | At the airport: on location in Portugal

Welcome to a new episode... on location in Portugal! It's time to put everything we've learned in our course so far into practice in real-life situations. Over the next 10 episodes, we’re going to be following Ava’s trip to Portugal. Back in the studio, Rafael and her will listen ... Show More

25m 57s

Dec 2024

CBP 1.39 | A special coffee break in Belém, Lisbon

We have something special in today's episode! In the penultimate lesson of this season, we're going to listen to two dialogues recorded on location in Lisbon, Portugal, and hear what happened when Ava and Catarina met up for um verdadeiro cafezinho! This was not just any cafezinh ... Show More

37m 5s

Aug 2024

CBP 1.32 | Asking for travel information in Porto

In this lesson we'll be listening to the second recorded conversation that Ava had on her trip to Portugal. This time, she was practising her Portuguese by asking for travel information at the airport. The conversation contained many useful words and phrases, which Rafael and Ava ... Show More

28m 52s

Apr 2023

CBP 1.03 | Where you're from

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in this third episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. This time, we'll be focusing on talking about where you're from and learning some words for different nationalities. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video ... Show More

25m 4s

Sep 2023

CBP 1.14 | Arriving at the hotel

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We'll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speaker ... Show More

28m 43s

Apr 2023

CBP 1.04 | Where you live

Ready to learn some more Portuguese on your coffee break? In this fourth lesson, we'll be learning how to ask someone where they live and how to talk about where you live. We'll also be taking some of our knowledge from previous episodes a step further by learning how to use the ... Show More

28m 26s

Brazil’s Other Big Party (Not Carnival!)...