Learn Portuguese in 30 Lessons provides you with the tools to communicate in Portuguese since the very first lesson.
As you've probably noticed, we are on the same boat � English is also my second language.
My passion for language learning comes from the time when I didn't even have access to a computer. I still recall my first attempt to write something with this purpose...
I started choosing 100 verbs and writing each one in a 5"x7" card. Then I organized them according to their frequency - only by logic - and ordered them in a hug, which I kept under my bed. (That was my first computer! :)
On a 'beautiful sunny afternoon' a wind coming from nowhere shuffled all of them, and destroyed my work of days!
Guess what? I started it all over again.
Long story short, that first work helped me to see that there are many ways of learning a foreign language. The approach here presented is just one of them.
Enjoy! The winds are at your favor!
Odd Lessons
Verbs, Vocabulary & Expressions
4 Portuguese verbs with their respective translation
20 words strictly related to the learned verbs
10 useful expressions used in daily life
Practice
10 sentences in Portuguese help you improve your communication skills. Each one is finished by a slash (/).
Replace the word in bold by one of the words after the slash and repeat the phrase out loud. Do it until you feel confident with each one. (See the �Answer Key� right below)
Exercises
They are divided into 'Write in Portuguese' and 'Translate'. Whenever you need, check the Answer Key and Glossary for a quick recall.
Answer Key
It brings the answers to the Exercises, as well as the sentences from the �Practice� section written in English.
Print them out, give them to a friend and take turns: after one reads a sentence in English, the other says it in Portuguese in a progressive way. Here�s how to start:
Your friend: I like.
You: Eu gosto.
Your friend: I like to speak.
You: Eu gosto de falar.
Your friend: I like to speak Portuguese.
You: Eu gosto de falar Portugu�s.
Your friend: I like to speak Portuguese with my father.
You: Eu gosto de falar Portugu�s com meu pai.
Of course you will have some doubts. Please send me some of them through the contact form below and I will be pleased to help you.
(On a near future, I want make the audio available, but as I've just started working full time on the Web site, firstly I need to make a solid base.)
Please be patient with both of us - We can do a great job together!
Even Lessons
They are presented this way:
Conversation
Questions with answers. Just read them and consult the previous odd lessons if necessary.
Oral Practice
Basic questions that you should answer when applicable.
Extra Mile
Here, the verbs from previous lessons will return, with a simplified conjugation.
To understand how simple it is, read this article.
I hope you enjoy this work. For years I have written, printed and used similar ones for a while, then left them gathering dust in my bookshelf.
The Web has finally allowed me to share this with you. Who should we thank for that?
To know even one life has breathed easier because
you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
