Improve Your Portuguese Listening Skills – Best Practices
Learners of Portuguese must work on their listening comprehension skills if they are serious about becoming fluent. That’s unquestionable. Yet, exposure to spoken Portuguese can easily overwhelm…
Portuguese Prepositions ‘Para’ vs. ‘A’: Know When to Use Either
Language learners often struggle to discern between the prepositions a and para, especially when both are used as prepositions of movement. So, what’s the difference between the…
Portuguese Verb Tenses and Moods Explained: A Usage Rundown Anchored to English
With so many conjugations, Portuguese verbs are a hard-to-chew bit for anyone learning the language, especially for those not acquainted with any Romance language from before. Now,…
Forming the Plural in Portuguese
In Portuguese, not only nouns are spelled differently according to number (singular/plural), but also words belonging to other word classes such as adjectives, demonstratives, or possessive pronouns.…
The Top 3 Challenges of Learning Portuguese (And How to Overcome Them)
Portuguese has been gaining popularity among language learners worldwide. However, like any language, learning Portuguese comes with its own set of challenges. In this blog post, we’ll…
Portuguese Grammar: A Beginners Guide
Here's an introduction to Portuguese grammar for beginners. Plain and easy.
Portuguese Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
Reflexive verbs are abundant in Portuguese and many of them are frequently used in everyday life. It is easy for language learners – especially those unfamiliar with…
Best Books to Learn Portuguese
There are plenty of textbooks out there for those learning Portuguese, especially for beginners. But which ones are worth your time and money? I am afraid that…
Portuguese Food Recipes (Practice the Imperative Mood)
Today I will bring you a few traditional Portuguese food recipes. You should know that following Portuguese recipes is an excellent way to create exposure and engage…
Portuguese Object Pronouns
Little words like lhe, te, or nos often surround Portuguese verbs. Those are object pronouns just like him, you or us in English. Simply put, object pronouns…
The Portuguese Verb Haver
If you’ve been learning Portuguese for a while, you’ve probably noticed that little word há popping up everywhere. Indeed, há is a verb form of Haver, which…
Numbers in Portuguese
Learning to say the numbers in Portuguese is one of those things you want to achieve as soon as possible in your language-learning journey. You see, numbers…
How Long Will It Take to Learn Portuguese?
So you’re starting to learn Portuguese and asking yourself how challenging your language-learning journey is going to be. Put another way, how long will it take until…
Portugal’s Dialects
Portugal, a land steeped in history and cultural richness, boasts a linguistic tapestry as diverse as its landscapes. Let’s explore the charming quirks and phonetic particularities of its…
Portuguese Word Stress and Accent Marks
If you care about Portuguese pronunciation and want to get good at it, you’ll need to come to grips with its word stress patterns. That’s it. Here’s…
Portuguese Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
Let’s look at Portuguese regular verbs and conjugation patterns in the Past tense – both Preterite and Imperfect conjugations (aka Pretérito Perfeito and Pretérito Imperfeito). As you’ll…
Learn Portuguese – Tips to Get You Started
Portuguese is spoken by over 250 million people worldwide, making it the sixth most spoken language in the world. If you’re interested in learning Portuguese, but don’t…
Learning European Portuguese vs. Brazilian Portuguese: What You Need to Know
Portuguese is a beautiful and diverse language spoken by millions of people around the world. If you’ve decided to learn Portuguese, you may have stumbled upon the…