THIS IS A PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE LEARNING SUB!

You’re waiting at a Brazilian bakery. The customer ahead of you points at the bread and says:

Me vê dois desses, por favor.

A moment later, two bread rolls go into a bag. A very productive use of a verb you learned as to see.

In informal Brazilian Portuguese, me vê… can be a way of ordering something. In that bakery, the request amounts to “I’ll have two of those, please.” The action expected from the person behind the counter is to get the items for you. You might also hear me vê um café or me vê duzentos gramas de queijo.

It’s useful to learn the whole pattern: me vê followed by what you want. Trying to reconstruct the request from the visual meaning of ver makes an ordinary purchase unnecessarily mysterious.

Then you walk into a clothes shop and say Só estou olhando, obrigado: “I’m just looking, thanks.” That usually lets the assistant know you’re browsing and don’t need help yet. A verb about seeing can get breakfast ordered; a sentence about looking can give you space to browse.

What’s one tiny exchange in a Brazilian shop, café or street market that taught you something a vocabulary list didn’t? What was actually said, and what did you understand at first?

Hi all,

I'm currently just starting on learning the language and just wondering what people tend to find the best ways to go about this. I aim to do 40mins to 1 hour a day but I'm not sure how to best use my time, I don't plan on skipping anything.

Should I be doing a couple of smart reviews a day and then a unit or something else?

Hi does any one know any resources for learning Portuguese from Swedish that they can recommend? I found most books and apps being English to Portuguese. It feels abit like Chinese telephones to learn a language through an other language.

Olá. Estou estudando para concurso público e faculdade. Gostaria de saber se alguém tem o dicionário Michaelis da língua portuguesa comprado na Google Play Store, como estou desempregado e por isso não posso comprá-lo (dependo dos meus pais), gostaria de um favor se alguém tiver esse aplicativo. 🙃 Poderia me enviar o arquivo.db do dicionário (data base) quero incorporá-lo ao meu Obsidian de forma offline. Já fiz isso com a versão online, mas gostaria mesmo de tê-lo offline. Se alguém puder me ajudar, agradeço. Posso compartilhar o plugin caso alguém queira, aí você faz suas customizações usando ia como quiser.

Obs.: o .db é onde ficam as palavras do dicionário.

Eu já não tenho TV a cabo mas queria continuar a ver ladybug e Ninjago com a dobragem de Portugal, alguém consegue um site grátis pra ver séries só com dublagem de português europeu?

Trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese, so I can speak to my Wife side of the family. I’m taking every possible route to learn and I’ve now stumbled across anki I went to download some shared decks and there’s so many different things. I have no idea what to do. Can somebody recommend me?

Oi amigos!
I have been learning Portuguese for a couple of years now and was hoping that someone could help with finding any resources for finding Brazilian Portuguese dubs of The Simpsons? (mainly seasons 1-10)
It really helped me with my Spanish a couple of years ago but I can’t seem to find anywhere that has the Brazilian dub specifically. Any help is much appreciated. Obrigado!

I’ve seen Brazilians on the internet say that they sometimes struggle to understand Portuguese spoken in Portugal, and some even claim that they can understand Spanish more easily than European Portuguese. This genuinely made me curious.

From what I’ve heard, Brazilian Portuguese is generally easier for learners to understand because the pronunciation is clearer, while European Portuguese can sound like the words are being swallowed, with a lot of reduced vowels. There also seem to be differences in everyday expressions, grammar, and the way people speak naturally. In some cases, a Brazilian and a Portuguese person might even struggle to understand each other, especially if they speak quickly or use regional slang.

So, what actually makes them the same language rather than two separate languages?

Hello,

I want to learn Portuguese, I have actually taught myself Spanish in the past to fluency, almost entirely through watching Youtube vlogs in Spanish and doing some verb conjugation and grammar practice. I am looking for a recommendation for Brazilian vloggers that I can watch on Youtube so I can learn Portuguese. I am hoping that they be:

- young trendy woman, in her 20s

- queer

- artistic type, speaks about philosophy and art and fashion

Thank you in advance for the recs!

Hey I’m just starting my journey in learning Brazilian Portuguese but I’m struggling in a lot of places. I can recognize some written and spoken words and phrases. A lot of what I’m doing is using pingo, and pimsler, I’ve also changed my language settings for things like my phone, games, and movies that I’ve played before and know most English voice lines. Listening to a lot of Brazils top hits too. It helps a little, but I’m still struggling with retention. It seems everything goes in one ear and out the other. I can recognize it in the moment, but can’t recall or use it in a sentence. Next is grammar… really struggling just when I think I’ve formed a coherent sentence it turns out I’m technically right but I still used the wrong words. I tried to look into a language class but I live in probably one of the most rural states in the lower 48 of the US and don’t have any options for that even with local community colleges. Also I don’t know any native speakers outside of the few barrel racers I’ve met in passing at jackpots. If anyone has some tips that helped them or know of some tutors let me know! This has been probably the best and hardest learning adventure I’ve ever had, and I really want to see it through! So excited to keep learning this beautiful language!

Hi, I'd like recommendations of Portuguese language courses that are somewhat affordable and that have a diverse student body. It would be better if it were around the Santa Cecília area, but anywhere close to a metro is fine.

Thanks!

You get up from the sofa. Before you’ve even reached the kitchen, someone says:

Já que você tá de pé, pega um copo d’água pra mim?

Since you’re up, could you get me a glass of water?

All you did was stand up. Now you’re taking orders.

There’s a neat little piece of language at work here. Já que introduces something the speaker treats as already established, then uses it to justify what comes next. You’re already up, so getting that glass of water is presented as an easy addition to whatever you were doing.

The same pattern works beyond the sofa. Já que você vai ao mercado, traz pão? means “Since you’re going to the supermarket, could you bring some bread?” The trip was your idea. The bread was someone else’s.

And a request can collect another request: Aproveita e pega um pra mim também. While you’re at it, get one for me too. One person gets up; three people are suddenly thirsty.

What phrase in Brazilian Portuguese tells you a favour is coming before anyone actually asks? Who says it, and what usually comes next?

To the English speakers who learned Portuguese as an adult, Where would one look for supplementary classes that teach legal terms in Portuguese. I work for the state (non-LEO) and encounter a lot of Portuguese speakers in my line of work. I speak proficient Portuguese, but lack the vocabulary and precise words for a regulatory setting. My job involves taking statements from residents and interacting/educating the public.

As written in title. Looking for Assimil Brazillian Portuguese pdf + audio.

can offer french with ease if anyone wants :)

Obrigado.

Just though I would share this because I have been looking for in person classes in NYC and an independent mulitlingual bookstore in Brooklyn just started to offer Beginner Brazilian Portuguese Class in person starting later this month.

Buenas noches a todos, que alegría encontrar esta comunidad. Me gustaría aprender este idioma y he decidido aprender en este año. ¿Tienen canales de YouTube, una cuenta de Tik Tok, libros, y apps para recomendarme?

Estou estudando português há alguns meses (meu idioma nativo é Servio). O presente do verbo IR parece ter as terminações do pretérito perfeito dos verbos regulares em -AR, mas ao contrário:

"Eu vou" parece "Ele falou"

"Ele vai" parece "Eu falei"

Achei a semelhança curiosa. Há algum nome linguístico para este fenómeno?

Num convite por mensagem, “talvez eu consiga ir na sexta” deixa a presença em aberto. “Eu vou na sexta” já comunica uma decisão. Para mostrar interesse sem confirmar, dá para acrescentar: “Quero ir, mas ainda preciso confirmar.” A simpatia pode vir dessa segunda frase, sem apagar a incerteza da primeira.

Casual research suggests aluguer is practically identical with alugar?

If it's about renting a car or house. Wiktionary obscurely suggests that aluguer might have other uses.

Both seem to be bi-directional - the subject may be the owner or the renter, depending on context.

Does anybody have a nice Bossa Nova playlist in only Portuguese?

Other playlists could also be welcome

I feel like only listening to funk might not be ideal for improving my portuguese kkkk