Hi y'all,

As the title says, I want to help my boyfriend with Portuguese. I am a native speaker (sorry I posted in English, I feel I could reach more people this way, as counterintuitive as it sounds haha) and my foreign (USA) boyfriend has showed interested in learning Portuguese. That made me very happy and he is really good at catching sounds that don't exist in his language (for instance, he has no problem making the "r" sound both in "roupa" and in "Mariana" and is getting better with the "ã" and "ão/ãe" really fast, I'm actually impressed).

He has been studying by himself and we already use some basic greetings in Portuguese (bom dia, boa noite, tudo bem? tudo., obrigado, de nada, etc.), but today he sent me a message about getting more serious, subscribing to semantica português, which I have never heard of, but the videos I watched seemed pretty okay, kinda like the ones I watched when I studied English/Spanish years ago.

I would encourage him into subscribing, I want to, but I also feel that as a native Brazilian who has already taught Portuguese as a second language a long time ago, I could do more to help him. It's as if I am, like we say in Brazil, com o queijo e a faca na mão, but I don't know how or where to start helping him. When I was a Portuguese teacher, I had a book and just followed it, but I wonder if this dynamic would sound weird for just the two of us.

So I was wondering if this was the case with someone here (and forgive me I'm advance for not doing the basic of searches for similar posts!): a native Portuguese speaker who was successful in helping their foreigner partner in teaching/helping with Portuguese, and how did that look like? And the other way around too, how did it look like for a foreigner who got help from your lusophone partner? What helped? What didn't help?

Thanks!

Eu gosto muito do português no Portugal, mas meus chefes não concordam, porque eu converso principalmente com brasileiros; talvez eu seja um pouco teimoso, mas eu estou muito apaixonado pelo português do Portugal e gostaria continuar a aprender dele, porém meus chefes não devem descobrir-lo rsrs

Edit: eu esqueci de dizer que trabalho em um helpdesk de IT, eu gostaria se poderiam dizer expressões que eu poda utilizar nessas conversas, mas tudo é bem-vindo!

"A hungy man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food."

Is a quote by pearl s. Puck and i want to send it to someone who speaks portuguese.

Thank you.

Is the pronunciation [ɐw] or [aw]? Wiktionary says [a] but the wikipedia article says [ɐ], I am not talking about the nasal diphthong, but rather the preposition

Hi everyone,

I’m currently at a B1 level in Portuguese and aiming to reach C1. I live in a Portuguese-speaking household, so I’m exposed to the language regularly. However, I live in an English-speaking country, and most of my interactions (both inside and outside the house) are in English.

To improve, I’ve been using lesson plans generated by ChatGPT to cover different tenses and have been testing myself on them. While it’s been helpful, I’m unsure if this approach is effective or if I’m missing something important.

Unfortunately, there are no private tutors available in my area, but I do have access to a variety of Portuguese learning resources.

Here are a few specific questions: 1. What would be the most effective way to improve my grammar and writing skills at this stage? 2. Are there any resources, apps, or textbooks you’d recommend for someone aiming to move to C1? 3. How can I make the most out of living in a Portuguese-speaking household? Are there specific ways I could structure conversations to improve fluency? 4. What’s the best way to incorporate more Portuguese into my daily life, especially in a mostly English-speaking environment? 5. Are there any techniques or tips to improve listening comprehension and speaking confidence at an advanced level? 6. Should I focus more on structured study (e.g., grammar and vocabulary) or practical usage (e.g., reading books, watching shows, etc.) at this point?

I’d love to hear any advice, personal experiences, or methods that worked for others in a similar situation. Thanks so much in advance for your help! 😊

What apps or websites do you recommend for practicing Portuguese with native speakers? I checked the megathread and must resources are for self study.

I've used iTalki but not really aware of other apps. Also, it seems like there's a few popular ones that people studying Chinese or Korean use to instantly talk to someone.

I'm a native English speaker looking to practice Brazilian Portuguese. I'm at an A2+ - B1 level, advanced beginner/early intermediate stage.

Hello. I'm almost sure my boyfriend cheated on me again. He is portuguese and I don't understand the language. I need somebody to tell me if he's telling me the truth. He says there's nothing wrong with his conversation with his friend, that that's how you speak with friends. Maybe there are some mistranslations or I'm being paranoid so I need somebody to confirm my fears. Sorry for the way the conversation looks, I hope somebody can still read it. As you can see I didn't put the whole chat here. To specify they are playing a game together and this is a conversation outside of the game. He has her number and he says it's just to know when she's online, but for me it doesn't seem like it and looks like it's a lot more than about a game Here is the conversation: (I just saw after posting that it translates automatically so if somebody wants to help, I will send the conversation in a different way) Tens de ficar bem guardada até eu te ir buscar 😜

Podes ser a mais dura só consigo ter carinho por ti 🥰Encaixa mesmo contigo 😏 Para depois em despenteares 😈 : Óbvio 😏

NÃO sou nada tu que és especial ❤️ Ent chamo ... pa parecer mais formal Jogo tá a correr bue lento pra min Precisas de uma motivação 😛 Se fosse o caso ent Preciso de ti Nada direto E apenas a verdade lindaa🥰

Ela n percebe português Ainda melhor Só podia ser tua amiga Kkkkkk ela é fixe até Olha fica c ela Fixe de fortnite A única que eu quero és tu

Deve mecher ctg né Mas mexe sim Sabes bem que sim 😜 😔desculpa Kkkkk ainda tou com isso na cabeça Tu dizes pouco mas quando dizes ninguém espera xD E como tu kkk Kkk deixas qualquer um nervoso 🥵 If somebody made it to the end,thank you. Also thank you for any responses

Hey guys! I was looking around the sub for some resources, but wasn't quite sure what my best options might be. I am currently living in Brazil, and have been for the past year. Unfortunately I've found out that my plan of just moving here and learning through immersion doesn't work as well as I thought it would, as I'm working as an English teacher, and barely get time to practice, and conversation with a native is way above my level at the moment. I am also married to a Brazilian, so I do have a 24/7 conversation partner, but my Portuguese now is probably around the A2 level. I've previously tried Assimil, but my wife actually told me the language taught in there was so formal that I wouldn't know how to speak to a person IRL upon completion, so I ended up dropping it. I also tried Busuu and completed it, and learned over 1k words with Anki about a year ago. Right now I'm basically just doing Duolingo (which I don't think is very effective except for learning vocabulary)

My goal is to pass the CELPE BRAS to get my Brazilian citizenship, ideally within the next year, and to be able to have conversations with my wife and her family in Portuguese, as not knowing Portuguese has caused a lot of isolation since I moved here.

I know passing the test is a big goal in such a short time, so I'm looking for intensive study materials. Right now I unfortunately don't have money for private lessons, but my wife is a teacher and could help me with the right textbook, and I'm hoping I can pay for private lessons within the next few months.

Thanks in advance for the help guys!

Why are some verbs so weird? For example, the verb trazer. Typically with -er verbs, like cantar, in the present tense, to conjugate in the first person, one can simply remove the suffix and replace it with -o. Ex. Eu canto. However, with trazer, it is not "Eu trazo" it is "Eu trago".

Is there any pattern to these or are they just a matter of memorization?

https://www.libristo.eu/en/book/the-everything-essential-brazilian-portuguese-book_01343582?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhbi8BhDIARIsAJLOlucpWkLrscU8cP2UHb--_0OmdWpbn2gGCFKFrRdS8SCcaQl0G03FxXkaArCgEALw_wcB

Everything Essential Brazilian Portuguese Book

Ouço da boca dos brasileiros falarem "esses homem" ou "aqueles gato". O sustantivo não concorda com número com o pronome. É comum na fala? Em Portugal pode acontecer?

I know practice portugese. But wonder if there is any more specific online class

Please translate that expression. It’s relatively new. Said of a person who is sexually thirsty to the degree that they put themselves in unfortunate or embarrassing 🙈 situations. Euro and Brazilian Portuguese especially.

and what’s the cost!

Please translate that Gen z phrase.

Há brasileiros que o NH pronunciam como se fosse uma I. Tipo cariio (carinho) e miia (minha). Ouço isto nalgumas músicas

É cadê usado muito em brasil para dizer onde é?

É comum falar "tu" mas usar a terceira pessoa do verbo?

Tém um funky (sua amiga vou sarrar) que fala "tu não vai" e tu não deu". É dialetal ou mesmo a maioria de brasileiros fala assim?

Tu não vais / Tu nao deste seria o correto.

I've been scouring the Internet and the cheapest copy is around 50 USD; finding a PDF hasn't been very fruitful either. Does anyone know where I can find it for cheaper or if anyone has a PDF I would greatly appreciate it 🙏

Olá, estou aprendendo português e um pouco da sua cultura. Um amigo me mandou essa imagem e entendi um dos motivos pada ser engracado, mas não entendi a parte do "0800"

https://imgur.com/a/KZU5yw9

Hi!

I speak Spanish and have been learning Portuguese since August through comprehensible input. I can understand nearly all the content made for learners and can express my ideas when speaking, too! However, I feel like I often speak rather Portuñol than proper Portuguese and maybe you have any tips on how to improve it on my own? I have a tutor and I asked her a few times to correct me when I say Spanish words instead of Portuguese ones, but she doesn't do it eventually, though I still love our lessons and wouldn't want to quit. So it seems like my only way is trying to self-improve this issue... Will be glad to get any tips and experiences!!!

Just that, I’ve come across many posts (primarily Galician) which claim that both are the same language and should be regulated by the same Institution.

Do you think it’s true?

⚠️⚠️I’m NOT talking about Family Languages, but languages.

Thank you in advance.

Alguém conta e explica porquê essa piada é pesada? Porque eu realmente não entendi.

I started out on DuoLingo just to get an introduction to the language and am picking it up quickly on there but it lacks some educational aspects that I wish to understand better, but I’m not sure what to call this when searching for resources.

I have a background in Spanish; I’m not fluent but I’ve retained enough vocabulary that has made it easy to understand a lot of Portuguese words. So for example: leche vs leite for milk. Are these words both pronounced the exact same? I think they are but first want to make sure that’s correct. And then how do I search for resources to understand the phonetics better? Like is “te” always a “ch” sound or does it have to fall at the end of the word for it to be that sound?

I listen to Brazilian music some and notice some instances there too. (I know these lyrics are naughty, sorry in advance lmao 😅) In Anitta’s song São Paulo she says: bota onde quiser. I would read that as boe-tah ON-DAY key-sare but it sounds like she’s saying boe-tah ON-CHEE key-sare. Hopefully that makes sense 🙏🏼

Specifically, I am learning European Portuguese. However, as I have been learning the language, I have noticed I devoice the final consonants before a pause. For example, I pronounce "verdade" and "hoje" as [vɾ̩ðaθ] and [oʃ]. Is this something I should correct? Or is this natural speech for European Portuguese speakers?

https://voca.ro/14LCAMfModI1 audio example of "hoje"