In this “Basics of European Portuguese” we will tackle colors. I will also give you examples of how to use them in a sentence as well as some extra tidbits. I hope you like it. Extra content & tailored exercises related to this basic lesson are available to members of the “Carla’s Babies” program. Extra…
In this “Basics of European Portuguese” video, I take you through a few more basic sounds, including diphthongs and other weirdly named, but essential tidbits for correct European Portuguese pronunciation. Obrigada, Carla Ready to become fluent in European Portuguese? For the last decade, we’ve been working on putting together the best possible European Portuguese course….
In this “Basics of European Portuguese” video, we tackle 100 common expressions a European Portuguese speaker might use in day-to-day conversation. Extra content & tailored exercises related to this basic lesson are available to members of our The Journey program. Obrigada, Carla Ready to become fluent in European Portuguese? For the last decade, we’ve been…
For the inaugural video of the new “Basics of European Portuguese” Series, we tackle the very basic sounds, or phonemes, of European Portuguese. We plan to make a follow-up video that will expand on this soon. Obrigada, Carla Ready to become fluent in European Portuguese? For the last decade, we’ve been working on putting together…
Hey folks, we shot this European Portuguese Vocabulary lesson at the Lisbon Zoo a few weeks ago. How many animal names can you correctly pronounce?While we were at it, we also asked natives standing by to give us terms associated with specific animals. The theory goes, that the more “items” your brain has associated with…
Here’s a quick video of me buying cakes at the beach. It’s full of simple European Portuguese dialog you can use on day to day conversation. While at Costa da Caparica, a few weeks ago, recording some new (confidential-for-now) stuff for Portuguese With Carla, we spotted a woman selling Bolas de Berlim, custard-filled do-noughts, and…
Well, it’s snail season in Portugal, so we thought it might be a good idea to shoot a quick video of my mother-in-law ordering some in a shop and turning it into a European Portuguese lesson. 🙂 Apart from the snail bit, this is basically an unscripted European Portuguese conversation that would typically happen in…
One of the hardest things for English speakers who are learning European Portuguese is to get their heads around the formal vs informal way of speaking in the new tongue. Truth is, pretty much every language has markers, of one sort or another, that let its users speak or indeed write in a more polite, less casual manner. The…