Coffee Break Portuguese

The topic of lesson 15 of Coffee Break Portuguese is numbers. Join Rafael and Ava as they count up to the thousands in Portuguese, and learn the days of the week, the months of the year, as well as some helpful phrases which use numbers and dates. We learned the numbers up to 10 in lesson 6 of our course, so if you haven't already listened to that episode, you can find it in the podcast feed. Vamo...

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We'll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speakers and we'll also learn a little more about one particular country where Portuguese is spoken in today's Cafezinho com Ca...

Bem-vindos a Coffee Break Portuguese lesson 13! In this lesson we are expanding on what we learned in lesson 12, in which we were talking about how to order in a restaurant. We’ll be taking this a step further and talking about how to express likes and dislikes, and say what you can and can’t eat. We'll also learn some other useful phrases which will be useful in a restaurant scenario. If you'd li...

Olá! In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we're learning vocabulary and phrases that will come in useful if you’re going to a restaurant. We’ll be learning how to ask for a table and how to order a meal, as well as the words for some specific dishes from the Portuguese-speaking world. This is the 12th lesson of our course, so if you haven't yet listened to the previous lessons, make sure to...

We're back with episode 11 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson, Rafael and Ava are talking about the transactional language that you'll need to know to order drinks in a café. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina , in which we’ll find out more about coffee-drinking habits in the Portuguese-speaking world. Vamos lá ! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus mate...

We have reached lesson 10 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this review lesson we go over what we learned in the first nine lessons of the season. We talk through the key points we’ve covered so far, then practise by listening to a dialogue. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned over the past nine lessons! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version...

We've reached lesson nine of Coffee Break Portuguese – the series that will teach you Portuguese right from the beginning. In this lesson we’re talking about something which is very important to us here at Coffee Break Languages … and that is language! We’ll be learning some helpful phrases that you can use to express that you don’t understand something, as well as how to talk about the langu...

We're back with another episode to help you learn Portuguese on your coffee break. In our eighth lesson we're delving further into the topic of places in town. Join Rafael and Ava to learn some more words and phrases that you should now if you're visiting a new Portuguese-speaking town or city, and learn how to understand and give directions. This episode further expands on what we learned in the...

Olá! Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. Our topic for today is places in town. Rafael and Ava will cover some useful words and phrases to help you find your way around a town or city and talk about how to ask for directions. This lesson is an introduction to the topic and we’ll be taking it further in lesson 8. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes a...

Join Rafael and Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, in which we're learning how to count from 1–10, how to ask for and give telephone numbers, and how to give more information about your family using numbers. We'll also be joined by Catarina for more listening practice and some learning about Portuguese names in today's Cafezinho com Catarina . Estão prontos? Vamos lá!  If you'd...

We've reached episode 5 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson Rafael and Ava are covering another useful topic for when you're travelling in the Portuguese-speaking world or meeting someone who speaks Portuguese – how to introduce your family. We'll be learning some of the words for different family members, as well as how to say what they are called. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus...

Ready to learn some more Portuguese on your coffee break? In this fourth lesson, we'll be learning how to ask someone where they live and how to talk about where you live. We'll also be taking some of our knowledge from previous episodes a step further by learning how to use the verb ser ("to be") to talk about where other people are from, as well as how to form negative phrases. If you'd like to...

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in this third episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. This time, we'll be focusing on talking about where you're from and learning some words for different nationalities. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here . Would you like a free Portuguese l...

We're back with Lesson 2 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This time we'll learn some more greetings that you can use at different times of the day, how to ask what someone's name is, and how to introduce yourself. Rafael and Ava also talk about how to address people formally and informally across different areas of the Portuguese-speaking world. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesso...

Welcome to this first episode of Coffee Break Portuguese! Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to start learning Portuguese right from the beginning. In our first lesson we'll be learning key words and phrases like "hello", "goodbye" and "thank you". We'll also learn how to ask "how are you?" and some possible ways to answer this. So, if you're ready, let's go! Vamos lá ! If you'd like to take adva...

In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, teacher Rafael and learner Ava explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Portuguese. We hear more about the types of topics that will be covered to help us when travelling to a place where Portuguese is spoken. We also get to know more about Rafael, Ava and Catarina and their language-learning backgrounds before learning a...

Coffee Break Portuguese is a language-learning podcast from Coffee Break Languages, for complete beginners. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Rafael guides learner Ava from the very beginning of her Portuguese-learning journey and equips her (and you as the listener!) with the skills required to communicate throughout the entire Portuguese-speaking world. We'll learn to communicate confide...