Duration of the online course: 8 hours and 41 minutes
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Start speaking Brazilian Portuguese with a free online course: essential grammar, pronunciation, and everyday phrases to travel, work, and chat confidently.
In this free course, learn about
Use ser vs estar (and differences between ser/estar) in common situations
Conjugate regular verbs and use core tenses: present, past (pretérito) and imperfect
Use key irregular/common verbs: ter, ir, poder, precisar, falar
Choose saber vs conhecer; achar vs pensar; trazer vs levar; olhar vs ver vs assistir
Describe location: where you live and where you are; aqui/cá/aí/ali/lá
Master basic sentence structure and everyday adjectives, colors, days of week, weather
Apply noun gender rules and form plurals correctly
Use pronouns: possessive, demonstrative; choose tu vs você and nós vs a gente
Use quantifiers muito/muita/muitos/muitas and distinguish só/somente/apenas
Use prepositions and contractions: de, em, para vs por; em/na/no; common contractions
Count from 0–100, big numbers, and use ordinal numbers; tell time
Improve pronunciation: nasal vowels/sounds, open vs closed E/O, and letters R and X
About the free online course
Brazilian Portuguese basics is designed for anyone who wants to stop guessing and start communicating with confidence. Whether you are preparing for a trip, connecting with family and friends, or adding a valuable skill to your professional profile, this free online course helps you build a practical foundation in the language you will hear on the streets, in shops, at work, and in daily conversations in Brazil.
You will develop the core grammar that makes Portuguese feel predictable, so you can create your own sentences instead of memorizing isolated phrases. Step by step, you will get comfortable choosing between essential structures, using common verb forms, and expressing what you do, what you like, what you want, where you live, and where you are. As your confidence grows, you will be able to talk about routine, describe people and places with frequent adjectives, and share opinions naturally in real-life situations.
Clear pronunciation guidance is built in to help you sound more natural and understand native speakers more easily. You will work on important Brazilian sounds and patterns, including common letters, nasal vowels, and tricky contrasts that often confuse beginners. The course also supports fluency with practical language building blocks such as numbers, days of the week, colors, telling the time, and common word combinations and contractions that appear constantly in everyday speech.
By the end, you will have a well-rounded base for continued learning, with the ability to speak about yourself in the present and the past, ask and answer common questions, and recognize the grammar cues that unlock meaning when you listen. If you want a friendly, structured path into Brazilian Portuguese that stays focused on what you can actually use, this course is a solid place to begin.
Course content
Video class: Speaking Brazilian - The Differences Between Ser 07m
Video class: How to conjugate regular verbs in Portuguese - part 108m
Video class: How to conjugate regular verbs in Portuguese - part 208m
Video class: Brazilian Portuguese - How to answer the question where are you from?10m
Video class: Brazilian Portuguese - How to talk about your daily routine (part 1).11m
Video class: Learn Portuguese - How to talk about your routine (part 2).09m
Video class: Learn Brazilian Portuguese - How to talk about things you like.06m
Video class: Speak Brazilian Portuguese - How to talk about where you live.08m
Video class: Speak Brazilian Portuguese - How to talk about where you are.07m
Video class: Speak Portuguese - Learn the most common adjectives and how to use them.05m
Video class: Learn how to answer the question what do you do? in Portuguese.06m
Video class: Learn how to talk about your nationality in Portuguese!05m
Video class: Brazilian Portuguese - Learn the most common uses of the verb falar (to speak).05m
Video class: Speak Brazilian Portuguese - How to talk about what you want.05m
Video class: Most Common Regular Verbs in Portuguese - Verbo Precisar.05m
Video class: Learn Brazilian Portuguese - Verb TER (to have)05m
Video class: Can you speak Portuguese? How to use the verb poder (can).05m
Video class: Brazilian Portuguese - Most used irregular verbs - IR (to go)06m
Video class: How to use the verb to know in Brazilian Portuguese - saber ou conhecer? - Speaking Brazilian05m
Video class: Learn how to express your opinion in Portuguese: achar or pensar? - Speaking Brazilian06m
Video class: Speak Portuguese - When to use trazer (to bring) or levar (to take)? - Speaking Brazilian05m
Video class: Verbs in Portuguese - to look, to see or to watch? | Speaking Brazilian03m
Video class: PAST TENSE in PORTUGUESE | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: Past IMPERFECT tense in Portuguese | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: Intermediate 06m
Video class: When to use PARA or POR? | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: How to talk about the WEATHER in Portuguese | Speaking Brazilian06m
Video class: How to pronounce the letter X in Portuguese | Speaking Brazilian04m
Video class: Gender of Words in Portuguese: Feminine or Masculine? | 4 Easy TIPS | Speaking Brazilian05m
Video class: How to form the PLURAL in PORTUGUESE | 5 TIPS | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: Days of the Week in Portuguese | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: Portuguese for Beginners: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS | Speaking Brazilian08m
Video class: Tu ou Você? What is the difference? | Speaking Brazilian09m
Video class: Nós or A Gente? What is the difference? | Speaking Brazilian06m
Video class: BASIC PORTUGUESE - Muito, Muita, Muitos, Muitas | Speaking Brazilian06m
Video class: How to use the preposition DE in Portuguese10m
Video class: How to use the preposition EM in Portuguese | Speaking Brazilian07m
Video class: BASIC PORTUGUESE | Demonstrative Pronouns07m
Video class: Numbers in Portuguese from 0 to 10008m
Video class: Big Numbers in Portuguese from 101 to 1 Billion08m
Video class: COLORS IN PORTUGUESE | Basic Brazilian Portuguese08m
Video class: LIVE CLASS: Nasal Vowels1h05m
Exercise: In Brazilian Portuguese, what indicates that a vowel is nasal?
Video class: How to pronounce the open O and closed O in Portuguese09m
Video class: How to pronounce the open E and the closed E in Portuguese08m
Video class: The 3 main verb tenses in Portuguese - Beginner level [LIVE CLASS]30m
Video class: Word Contractions in Brazilian Portuguese09m
Video class: Can you use these words? | Aqui, Cá, Aí, Ali or Lá?06m
Video class: SÓ, SOMENTE or APENAS? What is the difference?05m
Video class: How to tell the time in Portuguese?12m
Video class: How to pronounce the letter R in Brazilian Portuguese10m
Video class: NASAL SOUNDS IN PORTUGUESE13m
Video class: How to Use Ordinal Numbers in Portuguese05m
Video class: Brazilian Pronunciation in 30 minutes | The MOST DIFFICULT sounds29m
Video class: Basic Sentence Structure in Brazilian Portuguese08m
Video class: EM, NA or NO? What’s the difference?04m
Video class: Speak Like a Brazilian: How to use the -ING FORM in Portuguese?05m
Video class: SER or ESTAR? Brazilian Portuguese Grammar for Beginners06m