Instructions and resources
1. Portuguese has two major varieties: European and Brazilian. They are the same language with their own characteristics. When relevant, we will signpost a specific variety by using abbreviations, EP …
Course: Foundations of Portuguese for Global Communication
Welcome – Bem-vindos!
Alexandra Lourenço Dias would also like to say hi. She is a lecturer at King’s College and has produced one of our videos in Week 1: Language awareness Brazil – …
Story – Episode 2: this is my friend
1. Watch the video. Carla introduces her friend. 2. This is how Carla introduces Marta to João: Esta é a minha amiga, Marta. = This is my friend, Marta. She …
Story – Episode 3: where are you from?
1. Watch the video. Here is the conversation they have: João: De onde você é? Marta: Sou de Portugal, de Lisboa. Estou no Rio de Janeiro de férias. E você? …
Game: what country is this?
1. Watch the video. It is a game. You’ll be asked to say country names, e.g. é o Brasil = it is Brazil. Before you play the video, you may …
Countries
1. First, a reminder: Listen O país = the country. Os países = the countries. 2. Listen and repeat the country names. os países Listen o Brasil Listen a …
Gender and number agreement: nationalities
1. Agreeing one’s nationality in a sentence may already be intuitive to you. If not, you can follow 3 steps. These steps work across the language for words that describe …
Saying one’s nationality
1. This table will help you build sentences. Start from the left, then pick the masculine or feminine option. Note how singulars and plurals work in the syntax. See examples …
Talking about one’s profile
1. Follow Marta’s profile with the audio and text. Glossary: em uma escola = in a school. três vezes por ano = three times per year. rua = street. Listen …
Present tenses: regular verbs ending in -ar
1. In the previous step, we learnt how to tell where one lives by using verb morar. Morar = to live. Morar is a regular verb that ends in …
Story – Episode 4: what’s your telephone number?
1. Watch the video. Follow how João and Marta exchange telephone numbers. 2. Here is the main interaction from the video: João: Qual é o seu número de telefone? Marta: …
Spelling your name and email
1. Spelling your name. Follow the two questions below: Listen Como se escreve? = How do you write it? Como se soletra? = How do you spell it? A word-for-word …
You have completed week 2!
1. The following transcripts summarise some of the key language we have learnt this week. Here Larissa shares her number and email, and spells her email. Listen BP O …
A few positive words
Before we dive into the course, we would like to share a few words that will help you sound polite in Portuguese. 1. Thank you = obrigado / obrigada / …
Saying where one comes from: country and city
1. Observe the use of do, dos, da, das and de. When do we use each of them? Try to figure it out before you scroll down for the answer. …
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Foundations of Portuguese for Global Communication
