The Sounds of Portuguese

Two-minute illustrated A1 lessons spoken slowly in European Portuguese, no English.

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What it actually is

Adelina builds each lesson around one small thing — the difference between 'a' and 'para', how to say 'in the' — and narrates it in slow, clear European Portuguese over simple illustrations, so an absolute beginner follows the picture while the language does the work. The English appears only in the titles; nothing in the audio is English. Over 400 free videos, subtitled in many languages, still updated. Deliberately tiny lessons, so it complements longer listening rather than replacing it.

What it covers

  • Listening
  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar

How it teaches

  • Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

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