Brazilian Portuguese

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Brazilian Portuguese


I This is a Category I Language.
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An aerial view of Rio de Janeiro, "a cidade maravilhosa"

See the Getting Started notes before you begin the course; it will give you an overview of how you'll be learning Brazilian Portuguese.

Don't forget to review the Pronunciation section so you can attempt to pronounce new words without audio.

[edit] Basic Course

100% developed Chapter 1 - Greetings and Introductions, Gender, Articles Estar

50% developed Chapter 2 - Professions, Gender Variants, Adjectives, Ser, Fazer

25% developed Chapter 3 - Common Objects, Plurals of Nouns, Numbers, Ter

50% developed Chapter 4 - Classroom Objects, Plurals of Adjectives, Ir, Locational Contractions

Chapter 5 - Places, Application of All Previous Topics

Chapter 6 - Shopping, -er verbs, Demonstrative Pronouns, Direct Object Pronouns

Chapter 7 - Sports, -ar verbs, Adverbs, Indefinite Pronouns (todos, cada, alguns), Comparing Verbs

A view of the East Zone of São Paulo

Chapter 8 - Schedules -ir verbs, Using the Present to Express the Future, Comparing Nouns

Complementary Chapter - Animals

Chapter 9 - Giving and Asking for Directions, Personal Imperative, Locational Adverbs

Chapter 10 - Fruits and Vegetables, Colors, Indirect Object Pronouns, Irregular Imperatives

Chapter 11 - Churrascos, Asking Questions (Who, What, When...)

Chapter 12 - At Home, Possessives, Possessive Contractions, Prepositions

Complementary Chapter - Means of Transportation

[edit] Intermediate Course

The Intermediate Course focuses only a few grammatical topics per chapter, being that the topics may be harder to learn than those presented in the basic course.

Chapter 13 - Phone Conversations, The Perfect Past, Subordinate Clauses

Chapter 14 - Visiting Friends, The Continuous Present, Explaining Things

Statue at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília

Chapter 15 - At the Theater, The Crase - à, Diminutive and Augmentative

Chapter 16 - Traveling, The Pluperfect Past, Nationalities, Countries

Complementary Chapter - Astronomy

Chapter 17 - Cooking, The Impersonal Imperative

Chapter 18 - At the Doctor's; Body Parts. Reflexive Verbs; Pôr, Botar, Colocar; Tomar

Chapter 19 - Talking About the Past, The Imperfect (Narrative) Past

Chapter 20 - The Passive Voice

Chapter 21 - The Weather - The Present Subjunctive

Chapter 22 - Invitations - The Future Subjunctive

Chapter 23 - The Past Subjunctive

Chapter 24 - A More Advanced Text

[edit] Appendices

Contributors - Contribuidores

Grammatical Index - Índice Grammatical 25% developed

Picture Dictionary - Dicionário Gráfico 25% developed

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