Learn Portuguese Part 2
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AreumBrazil or the
romantic streets of
Lisbon, you’ll be
more equipped to
venture off the
beaten path and
explore all the
Portuguese-
speaking world has
to offer when you
have Portuguese in
your linguistic
repertoire.
Live The
Portuguese
Language Abroad
— Whether you’re looking to enroll at a foreign university and have a more alternative
college experience, find a job at a hostel that lets you hit the beach by day and work at
night, or retire in a place with a slower pace of life, living abroad is hands down the best
hands-on approach to getting the most immersive language experience possible. By
placing yourself in an environment where you’re obligated to speak Portuguese, you’ll fast-
track your journey to fluency. Your life can take on new twists and turns when you move to
an unfamiliar place, and there’s so much of the Portuguese-speaking world to explore.
When you learn Portuguese, you open up a gateway to a robust, colorful, and novel life
adventure!
Build Your Business Portuguese Skills — Today the world is more connected economically
than ever before. The sweeping tides of globalization mean that companies and
organizations today are operating across international borders and boundaries. If you’re a
professional looking for ways to stay competitive and current in the global market,
learning Portuguese is a no-brainer for success. Western Europe and the South American
continent are both emerging markets full of opportunity for businesses. Learning the
Portuguese language is a fantastic way to connect with colleagues in other countries, score
new clients, build strong relationships with Portuguese-speaking partners and investors,
and to show off the multicultural, international, and inclusive nature of your brand.
Use Language To Train Your Brain — Building any new skill is a surefire way to expand your
intellectual horizons. Learning Portuguese is an especially sound way to keep your brain
flexible and nimble, especially as you grow older. Picking up a new language involves
making connections between words and what they represent, taking apart and putting
together grammatical structures, spontaneously speaking and thinking on your feet,
sticking with a challenge when it’s frustrating and confusing, and a whole lot of active
listening. There are few better ways to exercise your mental muscles than by learning
Portuguese.
Immerse Yourself In Portuguese Culture, Unfiltered — Learning Portuguese opens you up
not only to a better understanding of the language itself but also of the arts and culture of
the world that speaks it. To read the literature of decorated Portuguese-speaking authors
and poets like Fernando Pessoa, Almeida Garrett, Ferreira Gullar, Lygia Fagundes Telles
and José Saramago is to engage with the language in some of its most beautiful and
colorful expressions. Through the lens of Portuguese you get a more active immersion in
more contemporary Portuguese-language media like podcasts, radio shows, audiobooks,
and TV shows. The stories and recipes of world-renowned culinary creations like frango à
passarinho, the dialogue of famous Portuguese films, and the lyrics of classic bossa nova
songs all become accessible to you when you learn the Portuguese language. And if you’re
from a family with Portuguese-speaking elders and ancestors but you don’t know the
language yourself, learning Portuguese is an excellent way to connect with your heritage.
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Learn Portuguese Basics: Portuguese Lesson For Beginners
Learning Portuguese Pronunciation, The Portuguese Alphabet And
Portuguese Accents
Luckily, Portuguese pronunciation isn’t too confusing for non-native Portuguese speakers,
especially because letters of the Portuguese alphabet typically only have one sound
associated with them. Though many sounds between Portuguese and English are the same or
very similar, the Portuguese language has a unique spelling system and specific
pronunciations that must be learned separately from English — including nasalized vowel
combinations like ão in words like mão (“hand”) and consonant clusters like nh, pronounced
like the “ny” in “canyon” and found in Portuguese words like caminho (“path”), to name a few.
Can You Pronounce These 7 Portuguese Words?
Don’t worry if you can’t master a typical Portuguese accent or Portuguese pronunciation right
away; it takes time and practice! The best way to remember these rules is just to practice over
and over, especially by reading texts out loud. Watching Portuguese or Brazilian TV and
movies or listening to Portuguese-language podcasts, radio and film can certainly help you
master Portuguese pronunciation and sound like a native Portuguese speaker.
Portuguese Vocabulary
Learning Portuguese vocabulary isn’t as hard as you might think. It takes time and practice,
but you’ll find there are a lot of Portuguese words and phrases that are connected with
expressions you already know.
As mentioned above, Portuguese is a descendant of the Vulgar Latin spoken by the common
people of the Roman Empire. Though English isn’t in the same language family as Portuguese
(English is a Germanic language), more than a quarter of English words come from Latin, so
there’s already lots of overlap between English vocabulary and that of the Romance
languages, including Portuguese. When you see the Portuguese words diferente, religioso or
artista, for example, you’ll probably have no trouble guessing their English equivalents.
Basics Of Portuguese
Grammar
Portuguesse Verbs And
Portuguese Verb
Conjugations
Verbs are key elements of
any Portuguese sentence.
Whenever you want to
express that someone or
something does some
action or is something else,
you need a Portuguese
verb.
You can start to recognize
when a word you come
across is a Portuguese verb
by noticing the word’s
ending. Portuguese verbs
end in one of three endings:
-ar (like the verb cantar, “to
sing”), -er (like viver, “to
live”) or -ir (like partir, “to
leave”). This makes it fairly
easy to figure out when
you’re dealing with a
Portuguese verb as
opposed to another type of
Portuguese word, like a
Portuguese noun or
Portuguese adjective.
However, these are only the
endings for the verbs in
what’s called their infinitive
form — “to do,” “to be,” “to
eat” or “to speak,” for
example.
To be used in actual Portuguese sentences, these verbs need to be conjugated, which is a
technical way of saying that each Portuguese verb requires a special ending depending on the
subject of the verb (who or what is doing the action of the verb). There are many Portuguese
