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Portuguese Course for Beginners

This quick Portuguese course for beginners can help you in this phase when you have none or few knowledge in Portuguese. The articles in this series are specific for English native speakers (or that ones that are fluent in English). I hope that you like it!



Unit 1. | Basic Vocabulary

Fundamentals of pronunciation and some useful vocabulary

ALPHABET

By learning the Portuguese alphabet, you will manage to start figuring out how words are pronounced. So this is my suggestion to start.

USEFUL VOCABULARY

Here you can find some videos that will help to start to build a basic vocabulary and understand a little more about pronounciation.



Unit 2. | Grammar 01

Learning about grammar will give you insight into the way the Portuguese language works.

PART 1

  • SUBJECT PRONOUNS
  • REGULAR VERBS - Part I
  • REGULAR VERBS - Part II

    • PART 2

  • SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
  • NEGATIVES
  • INTERROGATIVES

    • PART 3

  • PLURAL
  • CARDINAL AND ORDINAL NUMBERS
  • DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES

    • PART 4

  • FEMININE AND MASCULINE
  • DIMINUTIVO E AUMENTATIVO
  • ADJETIVOS


    • Unit 3. | Grammar 02

    Learning about grammar will give you insight into the way the Portuguese language works.

    PART 1

  • PREPOSIÇÕES [1][DE e EM]
  • ADVÉRBIOS
  • COMPARAÇÕES

    • PART 2

  • DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS [1]
  • POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
  • PREPOSITIONS [POR e PARA]


    • Unit 4. | Grammar 03

    Learning about grammar will give you insight into the way the Portuguese language works.

    PART 1

  • IMPERSONAL VERBS
  • REFLEXIVE VERBS
  • PAST TENSES

    • PART 2

  • FUTURE TENSE
  • CONDITIONAL TENSE
  • PARTICIPLES


    • Unit 5. | Extras

    Learning about grammar will give you insight into the way the Portuguese language works.

    PART 1

  • MODAL AUXILIARIES
  • CONTINUOUS TENSES
  • SUBJUNCTIVE

    • PART 2

  • THE PASSIVE
  • DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
  • ???????

    • PART 3

  • DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS [2]
  • ADVERBS [2]
  • THE VERBS "SER" AND "ESTAR"
  • VOCÊ vs. TU: HOW AND WHERE CAN I USE THEM?

    • PART 4

  • USING ARTICLES WITH CITY AND COUNTRY NAMES
  • THE VERB "GOSTAR"
  • WHEN TO USE "TUDO" AND WHEN TO USE "TODO"



    • After these basic concepts, you can improve your skills by reading the intermediate level articles in this English version of the blog. Click here to see some of them. Also you can try to read their respective Portuguese version.

    And a good exercise is trying these ideas for conversation exchange topics: Tópicos para conversação em português.



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