Advance your European Portuguese with our B1+ lessons for intermediate learners. This category focuses on expanding your vocabulary, mastering more complex grammar, and improving your speaking and listening skills for real-life situations in Portugal. Explore reading exercises, dialogues, and interactive activities designed to help you communicate confidently and naturally in Portuguese.
Ah yes, translations! The bane of learners (and teachers). Sometimes they hinder more than help. The nuances of estar com vs ter in Portuguese perplex language learners and I’m often asked what the difference is. Both expressions convey the sensation of feeling, yet their usage can subtly diverge. This offers a glimpse into the rich … Read more
Há muito tempo atrás, numa pequena e longínqua aldeia, havia um lugar conhecido como a Casa dos 1000 Espelhos. Um pequeno e feliz cãozinho soube desse sítio e decidiu visitá-lo. Quando chegou, subiu alegremente as escadas até à porta da casa. Olhou através da porta com as orelhas bem levantadas e a cauda a abanar … Read more
To refer to a past within the past present or future we can use Pretérito Perfeito Composto do Conjuntivo. What that means is that this tense is used to express the anteriority of action in relation to another action either: in the past; that is ongoing at the moment; that will happen in the future; … Read more
In complex sentences, we use the Conjuntivo mood in Portuguese to refer to uncertain or doubtful facts, possibilities, hypothetical scenarios or desires. And this is also usually done through certain “trigger words”. This mood comprises three main tenses having both a simple and compound form. So that’s 6 tenses in total: Presente do Conjuntivo, Pretérito … Read more
The Present Subjunctive in Portuguese (Presente do Conjuntivo) is used in complex sentences and after the linking word “que”* and is dependent on the main clause. This main clause will always express a wish, doubt, emotion, uncertainty or belief. *(there is a handful that doesn’t use “que“) Lesson How to Conjugate the Present Subjunctive in … Read more
What are the impersonal expressions in Portuguese? If you’re learning the language and have progressed beyond the beginner stages, you’ve no doubt come across this term already. These are the expressions used with some of the subjunctive tenses and the personal infinitive tenses. They are easy to spot because they start off the sentence with … Read more
Practice your intermediate Portuguese with this story improvisation! Watch how random words become a short story and expand your vocabulary. cooperar / colaborarexcelentefazer puré / esmagarbota / mala do carro / reiniciar/ dar um pontapécapturarcópiaprejudicial História improvisada O Simão e o Fernando vão colaborar num concurso de fotografia juntos. Eles querem capturar a essência de … Read more
Idiomatic expressions are a great way to enrich your study of a language and help you sound more like a native speaker. So what’s an idiomatic expression? It’s a combination of words that when said in a particular context take on a meaning of it’s own. The meaning is always figurative and not literal. Examples … Read more
If you’ve reached the point in your Portuguese learning where you thought that you were progressing only to start feeling like the more you study the less you understand, then this post is for you. We’re going to look at sentences for intermediate speakers. If this is too advanced then start here first. These expressions … Read more