Master the rules of European Portuguese with lessons covering grammar. Lessons cover verbs, tenses, pronouns, articles, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and sentence structures. This category is designed for learners at all levels who want to build a strong foundation and improve accuracy. Communicate effectively in both written and spoken Portuguese. Explore clear explanations, examples, and exercises that make complex grammar easy to understand and apply in real-life situations.
Congratulations on reaching the past imperfect in Portuguese! This tense will open up many more sentences and allow you to express many more ideas and tell stories. This tense will allow you to say things like “I used to” or “When we were kids, we would…” The best way to learn this tense is to … Read more
You may have heard me say before that Portuguese is a Null-Subject Language. But what does that mean? This means that Portuguese grammar allows us to create a full sentence without an explicit subject (doer) even though it follows the SVO sequence. This is not possible in English, as we always need to include who … Read more
If you’ve heard that learning the verbs in Portuguese can be a nightmare for some learners, you’ve heard right! Will they be a nightmare for you? Maybe, but only if you let them. It’s no secret that the verbs in Latin-based languages can be cumbersome to learn. This is especially more challenging if, in your … Read more
Learning a new language can be tough. What makes all this worse is not remembering or being familiar with the grammar terminology itself. I have your back! In this lesson, we’re looking at what a verb is and how verbs in Portuguese are used. Portuguese sentences follow (for the most part) the SVO sequence (subject/verb/object). … Read more
Many Portuguese nouns are easy to identify as being feminine (ending in “a” or “as“) and masculine (ending in “o” or “os“). But what about nouns that don’t fall into either of these? How do you know if they are masculine or feminine? For that, you need to know the other common endings that dictate … Read more
How do you string a sentence in Portuguese? So you’ve been learning different words and maybe some sentences, but now you’re stuck when you want to make your own sentence? Have you been wondering if there is a formula you can follow that will allow getting this right the majority of the time? In short, … Read more
Have you been wondering when to use definite articles in Portuguese? This is one of the most confusing areas of Portuguese grammar, especially for beginners learning European Portuguese. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly when to use definite articles (o, a, os, as) with clear examples, audio, and real-life usage. If you’re not yet familiar … Read more
See if you can get how each article contracts with the different prepositions. You can brush up on it here where I’ve broken down all the combinations for you. Back to Portuguese Grammar Quizzes Be sure to leave a comment below and feel free to request a topic or category for a future Portuguese vocabulary … Read more
If the question of when NOT to use definite articles in Portuguese has been driving you crazy, then this post is for you! This is one of the most confusing areas of European Portuguese grammar, especially for beginners. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly when to drop the articles (o, a, os, as) with clear … Read more
We use the definite articles in Portuguese (os artigos definidos) before a noun to indicate that the identity of that noun is known to the person we are speaking to. In English, this is the word “the”. What’s a noun? A noun is a name we give to people, things, places or ideas. In Portuguese, … Read more