Portuguese: The Basics

These set of videos are the very basics of Portuguese. Perfect for a tourist heading to Portugal, Brazil, Angola, where ever they speak Portuguese. Each video is followed by a few excercises and vocabulary words to help you on your way to enjoy your trip even more.

Basic Portuguese Phrases: First Version

overview of the city from a look out near bairro alto. Ola – hello, adeus – bye, ate ja – see you soon, obrigado/obrigada – thank you. Por favor – please. De nada – you are welcome, Fala Ingles? Do you speak English? Eu nao entendo – I do not understand. Nao falo portugues – I don’t speak Portuguese. Casa de banho – toilet. Como esta? – How are you? Bem/Boa – good, Ma/mau – bad. Sim – yes, nao – no

Basic Portuguese Phrases: Second Version:

overview of the city from a look out near bairro alto. Ola – hello, adeus – bye, ate ja – see you soon, obrigado/obrigada – thank you. Por favor – please. De nada – you are welcome, Fala Ingles? Do you speak English? Eu nao entendo – I do not understand. Nao falo portugues – I don’t speak Portuguese. Casa de banho – toilet. Como esta? – How are you? Bem/Boa – good, Ma/mau – bad. Sim – yes, nao – no

Basic Portuguese Verbs: Just the I and You forms

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qps2iteNNk

Personal Pronouns:

Eu – I,    

 tu – you (informal, not used in Brazil),    

vôce – you (formal in Portugal but only “you” used in Brazil),    

ele – he,    

ela – she,   

nos – we, vôces – you (plural),    

eles – them (male or mixed sexes),    

 elas them (females only)

The Verb “To be”: Ser vs Estar:

 SER: used with Time, Ocupation, Nationality, Identification, and Characteristics.

Eu sou Mark — I am Mark, Tu es portugues — you are portuguese, Voce e brasileira — you are Brazilian, ele e gordo — he is fat, ela e linda — she is pretty, nos somos de Lisboa — we are from Lisbon, voces sao

ESTAR: used with temporary conditions and locations

Eu estou doente — I am sick, tu estas bem — you are ok, voce esta aqui — you are here, ele esta ahi — he is there, ela esta em Lisboa — she is in Lisbon, nos estamos em Portugal — we are in Portugal, voces estao tarde — you guys are late, eles estao doente — they are sick, elas estao em Faro — they (female) are in Faro

And some Tourist Vocabulary:

The Train Station

Food Video: Part 1

Food Video: Part 2

The Toilets:

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5 Responses to Portuguese: The Basics

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  2. admin says:

    oh just you wait until we have beach vocabulary ;) then its going to be all out there! thanks for watching!

  3. Jake says:

    THANK YOU MARK, Really your video’s are so helpful, I have been watching your video’s for about 4 day’s now and im really starting to pick it up, im now sat in front of the computer, taking notes of every think you say, Maby you can help tho, I dont have a book yet and really want to learn, Is there any good book’s you can recommend ?? Again thank’s, I really do think what your are doing is amazing and really helping people like me who need and want to learn. :)

  4. admin says:

    It depends how you learn. Some people like phrase books but I feel that phrase books only teach you to memorize and not to actually speak. The better option is to get a basic grammer book that you can use to actually learn how to conjugate verbs and such then you can build your own sentences. If you are learning on your own you are best served getting a language book that is written in English for English speakers to learn portuguese as the books that are all in portuguese do not help if you do not even know the basics. I find them a bit more frustrating at the beginning. So check out your local college/university book store or one of hte bigger book stores by where you live and that may do the trick.
    and also keep watching the videos :) one day i will have subtitles on them, but that is a ways off as i have been busy moving to the US :)
    Mark

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