European Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com)

Jorge tells Soraia about meeting up with an old "friend" over the weekend. Notice the use of many regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense.

What would you do? Explore the conditional and the subjunctive as Sofia struggles to make a decision about a job opportunity.

Learn more about the Boa Esperança, a replica of the early caravels launched on perilous journeys in the 15th century. Adapted and translated from an article by Lena Strang in Tomorrow Magazine.

Raul tells Soraia about his love of football (i.e. soccer for you Americans)! Use the dialogue to help familiarize yourself with a variety of conjunctions.

Cátia and Manuel discuss their weekend plans.

Follow along with this simple vegetarian recipe using some delicious Portuguese ingredients. The formal imperative mood is used throughout.

Anselmo gets the Covid-19 vaccine. Follow along to prepare for the questions you may be asked at your appointment. This episode is longer than usual (a Longy rather than a Shorty!), but it includes lots of useful vocabulary and expressions as the characters discuss medical history, symptoms, and some myths about the vaccine. Members can also access our unit on Pandemic Etiquette, which includes many useful phrases for these unprecedented times.

Beatriz writes in her diary about her family, pets, and favourite things to do.

(Personal note from Joel): Sue Williams and her husband David are long-time Practice Portuguese members. After I read Sue's sailing memoir about their adventures and hardships while crossing the ocean from Canada to Portugal (and beyond… then back home again!), I enjoyed it so much that we requested permission from Sue and her publisher to adapt this excerpt into Portuguese to share with our members. We think you'll really enjoy it, and highly recommend reading the entire book, (whether you think you're into sailing or not!) A big "obrigado" to Sue and the kind folks at the Dundurn press for allowing us to share this excerpt, and to Eliana for her wonderful performance. (This is not an affiliation or monetary partnership of any kind. I just loved the book and wanted to introduce it to our audience.) Original book, in English: Sue Williams, Ready to Come About, (Dundurn Press Limited, 2019) by permission of Dundurn Press Limited and the Author.

Learn about the history behind the Monument to the Overseas Combatants in Belém.