Curriculum
Lessons
First contact with the language: pronunciation habits, essential verbs, and the sentences you need to survive a day in Brazil.
Primeiros passos
Greetings, introductions, and the two “to be” verbs (ser and estar)
Greetings and introductions
How Brazilians actually greet each other — and how to introduce yourself without sounding like a phrasebook.
14 exercises
Ser: who and what things are
The verb ser in the present tense — identity, origin, profession, and permanent qualities.
14 exercises
Estar: states and locations
The other “to be”. Where things are, how people feel, and the crucial contrast with ser.
14 exercises
O essencial
Words for “the” and “a”, gender, plurals, and present-tense verbs
Gender, articles, and plurals
Why every noun has a gender, how articles bend around them, and the plural patterns that follow.
14 exercises
Regular present: -ar verbs
The biggest verb family in Portuguese. Falar, morar, trabalhar — one pattern unlocks hundreds of verbs.
14 exercises
Regular present: -er and -ir verbs
Comer, beber, escrever, abrir — completing the regular present tense with the two remaining families.
14 exercises
Pela cidade
Numbers, time, places, and the verbs ir and querer
Numbers, prices, and time
From counting change at the padaria to telling the time — numbers you will use every single day.
14 exercises
Ir: going places
The irregular verb ir, the contractions ao and à, and how to talk about where you're headed.
14 exercises
Querer and poder: wants and requests
Ordering food, asking permission, and making polite requests with two essential irregular verbs.
14 exercises
Comida e gente
Food, family, the verbs ter and fazer, and asking questions
Ter: having and there being
Possession, age, and the all-purpose Brazilian “tem” — one verb doing the work of three.
14 exercises
At the table: food and ordering
Navigating a Brazilian menu, the padaria counter, and the rituals of lunch — Brazil's most important meal.
14 exercises
Family and questions
Talking about the people in your life, possessives, and the full toolkit of question words.
14 exercises