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Book your first lesson for free 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5Many people, especially at the beginning of learning Portuguese, ask whether there is really a big difference between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. In this episode, we talk about the most important differences: pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and a few everyday language differences. If we were biased, we would say that the version from Portugal is better, but since we’re not, we absolutely won’t say that ;)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Book your first lesson for free 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠When I think of experiencing the real Portugal, the first thing that comes to mind is Festa de São João. It’s a tradition you simply can’t compare to anything else. That’s when everything best about Portugal comes together - during Santos Populares, the festivals celebrating the patron saints of different cities. The biggest ones are Santo António in Lisbon, São João in Porto and São Pedro in fishing towns, but Santos Populares are celebrated in many other places too. If I had to recommend just one time of the year to visit Portugal, it would be this. You won’t regret it.

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Today will be short and to the point. Beginners often mix up two Portuguese verbs with similar meanings: pensar and achar. In this episode, we share a few simple examples to help you make sense of the difference, so you’ll know once and for all when to use each one.

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠⁠⁠Is it your first time going to Portugal and you want to be able to say something more than just “Bom dia”? Perfect - because that’s exactly what this episode is for! In this episode, you’ll get 20 ready-to-use phrases and sentences you can use right away at the airport, in a café, at a restaurant, in a shop and around town. Simple beginner-friendly sentences - the perfect language survival kit for your first days in Portugal.

Today’s episode is a quick mini-topic that can be tricky: pequeno vs pouco. Pequeno describes size, while pouco describes quantity - it sounds simple, but in practice it’s easy to mix them up, especially at the beginning of learning Portuguese. We hope this episode makes it clearer so you won’t have to guess anymore whether you want pouco milk in your coffee… or a bit more. Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠⁠⁠

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠⁠Colors in Portuguese? It might seem like a pretty simple topic, but as is often the case with this language - it just can’t be too easy. Even colors have rules, exceptions, and their own “teams.” Some change form, some stay exactly the same and others shift depending on what they describe. In this episode, we put this colorful whirlwind into a clear, logical order, so you won’t have to wonder anymore how to say that the grass is green.All our other links are here:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/DailyPortuguese⁠

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠Do you want to talk about the past in Portuguese, but you’re missing all those little “connectors” that help you build a sentence? In this episode, we go through the time expressions that most often appear with pretérito perfeito: dates, days of the week, “x years ago,” “since,” and “for a couple of months.” Learn these and you’ll be ready to confidently talk about what’s been happening to you lately.All our other links are here:⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/DailyPortuguese⁠

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠No joking! If you spill salt on the table in Portugal, you’re basically doomed. Unless, of course, you perform the little ritual that’s meant to undo the bad luck. In Portugal, nobody asks “does it work?” — they ask “are you sure you want to risk it?” In this episode, we’re sharing (completely for free) the recipe for how to be rich and have everything go your way… or at least how not to be broke while a soundtrack of constant misfortune plays in the background. No need to thank us.All our other links are here:⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/DailyPortuguese⁠

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠When doctors used to say that a glass of wine with lunch helps digestion and blood circulation, the Portuguese took it to heart. And it looks like they’ve been sticking to that advice ever since very consistently. On top of that, it seems no one send a memo to Portugal about initiatives like Dry January.In this episode, we talk about Portuguese drinking habits and where such a high level of wine consumption comes from. Of course, we couldn’t leave out a few funny stories from our own lives and we also share some observations about everyday life in Portugal.All our other links are here:⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/DailyPortuguese⁠

Book a free class 🇵🇹 ⁠⁠https://calendar.app.google/SXfwG9qHrxTE6mNv5⁠⁠If you want to tell someone in Portuguese what you did yesterday, where you were at the weekend, what you watched or who you met, this is where the pretérito perfeito – the Portuguese simple past – comes in. In this episode, we show you how to use it in practice, when it’s useful, but also when not to use it. We’ll go through the endings, the most important irregular forms and lots of real examples.Is it the easiest tense in Portuguese? Maybe. What we do know is that most people pick it up really fast — so let’s dive in.All our other links are here:⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/DailyPortuguese⁠