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Medium | Practice Portuguese
by Rui Coimbra / Joel Rendall
Learn European Portuguese from Portugal
Episodes
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Segredos da Pronúncia Nativa
In this episode, we once again analyze record audio clips from our brave listeners! We listen to the Shorty, "À Busca de Doces", and explore how to make your Portuguese sound more native with pronunciation subtleties and word choice. We also clarify some other challenging concepts, such as the...
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Como Falam os Nossos Membros?
Today, the tables have turned, because YOU, (our listeners) are the main voices of this special episode! European Portuguese learners from around the world bravely submitted recordings of themselves reading our featured Shorty, "Um Encontro". We listen to each one, while suggesting subtle...
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Carro Alugado, Caos Instalado
Cláudio and Joana are a Portuguese couple who decide to take a trip to Tomar in a rental car. When it comes to driving, they can't seem to agree on anything. Will they make it to their destination without driving each other crazy?
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Dona Gertrudes e a Conta do Gás
Dona Gertrudes, a retired 65-year-old woman, has just a received a surprisingly large bill from her gas company. Upset and nervous, she attempts to sort the matter out on the phone.
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Roupa Na Varanda, Afinal Quem Manda?
Monica has just moved to an apartment in the Historic Center of Porto. She meets her neighbour Eduardo who tries to impose some unexpected rules. Will she be able to deal with these strict requirements?
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À Caça de Descontos no Supermercado
To prepare for an upcoming birthday party that they'll be hosting, a modern grandma and her jokester husband stock up on groceries at the local supermarket. While taking advantage of every promotion they can, will they actually remember to pick up everything they went there for in the first place?
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Perigo na Estrada, Pesadelo na Oficina!
Eduarda, the mechanic, deals with a customer who thinks he knows exactly what's wrong with his car… when in fact, the biggest problem might just be the driver! (Special guest: Eliana Silva)
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Uma Ida Ao Supermercado
While making her way through her lengthy shopping list (containing useful food vocabulary, of course), Sra. Rosa shares her elderly wisdom with a young employee who is eager to help. Special Guest: Eliana Silva
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Um Natal de Crescer Água na Boca
This holiday season, a Practice Portuguese TV reporter takes to the streets to hear directly from Portuguese natives about their family Christmas traditions… until a particularly talkative woman steals the show!
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Lançamento: “Passo a Passo” (o Caminho de Santiago)
With the holiday season approaching, Rui and Joel announce a special early gift for members of Practice Portuguese! Listen and find out exactly what is on "the Way"… Updated December 1, 2018: It's launched!
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Cabelos, Tesouras e Desilusões
Salvador and Mariana (– no, Adriana! –) visit a hair salon to freshen up their looks, but quickly find themselves in a hairy situation! In this episode, you'll learn lots of new vocabulary and expressions that should come in handy the next time you find yourself going under the scissors…
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À Caça de Casa
In this episode, we explore the Portuguese apartment rental market with James, a young adult of Portuguese descent looking for a new place. To find some leads, he recruits the help of his friend, Luís. However, Luís happens to be going through a bit of drama with his ex-girlfriend, so let's see…
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BONUS: Palavras Japonesas Inspiradas na Língua Portuguesa
After listening to our last podcast on foreign words derived from Portuguese, a Japanese member, Ryoko, came to our rescue with recordings of every Japanese word we mentioned, plus a bunch of new ones for good measure. Join us as we explore surprising similarities between Japanese and Portuguese…
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Palavras Inspiradas na Língua Portuguesa
In this unscripted dialogue between Rui and Joel, we discover words in English, Spanish, French and Japanese that apparently derived from Portuguese vocabulary… Come for the comprehension practice, stay for the butchered non-Portuguese pronunciations!
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A Tartaruga Ninja
Our fabulously fictional Portuguese family is back (with peculiarly different voices 😂) and this time, they're considering adding a new member. We explore new vocabulary surrounding food, animals and more, and also run into some new usage examples of the conjunctive and conditional moods. And…
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A Rota da Cortiça
In this episode, we learn about one of Portugal's most important symbols and main exports: cork! We explore tons of new vocabulary, and later, for your benefit, Rui humbles Joel by tearing apart his pronunciation skills!
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Resolver Um Problema Ao Telefone: Alô?!
Update: April 10, 2018 – Previously audio-only, this episode has been turned into a fully-animated cartoon. The video is free for everyone to watch, plus our supporting Members get access to a special version with subtitles for improving comprehension. Telephone and Internet service companies are...
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Um Café em Lisboa
This episode is a collaboration featuring Tatiana Ribeiro, a Portuguese teacher (and fan of the project) from Brazil, currently living Italy! She recorded with us and also wrote the dialogue, which takes place in a café in Portugal. Since we all know jokes are funnier after they're explained in...
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A Lenda Da Serra Da Nó
We're back with another classic Portuguese tale, this time with the story of a Moorish king after the heart of a humble, female shepherd. Will he win her heart, despite their different religious backgrounds? How will they survive when the Christians come to take over the castle and land? Listen…
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Aprender Português? Vejo-me Grego! (Video)
In this video, Joel (o Canadiano) interviews Pedro, a personal trainer in Lisboa. When he saw which videos and website his Greek girlfriend was using to learn Portuguese, he immediately recognized Rui and Joel as members of the gym! Instead of just taking a photo together, we decided it would be…
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Natal e o Ano Novo
What could be better than a holiday episode in January? (Just about anything!) Listen to find out what happened to Rui that delayed this episode... and be extra prepared for when the holidays come around again in about 355 days! We also discuss some quirky traditions and superstitions that...
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A Lenda da Rapariga com Pés de Cabra
In this Lenda (tale), we explore a famous Portuguese tale of a woman... with goat feet! She manages to keep the secret hidden her entire life, until a nobleman falls in love with her and learns the truth. (special thanks to Luís Relógio for writing this episode!)
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3 Video Lessons (Special Announcement)
Attention Practice Portuguese podcast subscribers! This is not a regular podcast episode, but a special announcement to tell you about a 3-part video series we're launching starting today. Check out the first lesson now: practiceportuguese.com/words. In these 3 lessons, we aim to solve a few of…
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Uma Viagem a Marraquexe
Today's destination is Morocco, as we cover tons of new vocabulary to prepare you for wherever your future travels take you! Follow our journey through the airport, airplane, and all through the ancient city of Marrakesh. (Featuring a very special guest, Ana Coimbra, Rui's mãe!)
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Coisas Que Nunca Limpamos
Whether you're talking about cleaning, or even the extinction of dinosaurs, there is always a good excuse to practice European Portuguese!
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Medium | Practice Portuguese currently has 55 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Learn European Portuguese from Portugal
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