Beginner
142 self-paced lessons: Greetings, ser and estar, the sounds of Brazilian Portuguese, articles and gender, present-tense verbs and ter, questions, numbers and time, family, places and the present progressive.
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Greetings, Pronouns & Ser, Part 1 of 2
Say hello and goodbye at any time of day, ask how people are, give your name, use the everyday polite words and meet the subject pronouns.
Greetings, Pronouns & Ser, Part 2 of 2
The verb ser in every person, to say who people are, where they're from and what they do.
Dialogue Lab: Prazer!
Follow a first conversation at a language exchange in São Paulo and practice greeting someone, giving your name, saying nice to meet you and saying where you're from.
Você, o Senhor & a Senhora
When to say você and when to say o senhor or a senhora, plus the respectful titles Dona and seu.
Countries & Nationalities
Say where you and other people are from, with nationalities for men, women and groups, and ser de with countries and cities.
Jobs & What People Do
Say what you and other people do for a living with ser and no article, and ask about someone's job.
Contrast Clinic: Sou, É, Somos, São
Tell apart é and são, sou and somos, and the verb é and the word e, and make nationalities and jobs plural to match.
Review: Greetings, Pronouns & Ser
Mixed practice on greetings, pronouns, você vs o senhor, the verb ser, nationalities and jobs, with no new material.
Error Hunt: Ser, Nationalities & Jobs
Spot and fix the classic beginner mistakes with ser, jobs, nationalities and obrigado / obrigada.
Transformations: Change the Person
Change who a sentence is about and follow the ripple: ser, the nationality and the job all change with the subject.
Real-World Mission: Introduce Yourself
Write and say a short language exchange profile with a greeting, your name, where you're from, your nationality, your job or studies and a goodbye.
Spiral Review: Who Are You?
Meet people at a party in Rio and pull the whole unit together: greetings, names, ser, origins, nationalities, jobs and você vs o senhor.
Unit 1 review: Greetings, Pronouns & Ser
Listen, speak and write with what you learned in "Greetings, Pronouns & Ser", then a short unit quiz.
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