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Coffee Break Languages


Learn Portuguese with teacher Rafael and his student Ava. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Portuguese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way.


Coffee Break Portuguese does not focus on European or Brazilian Portuguese specifically: instead you'll be learning to use Portuguese in a way you'll be understood throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. Rafael, our main teacher, is from Brazil, but you'll also get to know Catarina from Portugal in our episodes.


Coffee Break Portuguese is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Rafael explains how the language works, helping Ava - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Ava asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Rafael's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language.


You'll also build your cultural knowledge with the help of our cultural correspondent Catarina who shares information on cultural and linguistic points from around the Portuguese-speaking world.


In the same time it takes you to sit down and enjoy a coffee in your favourite coffee shop, you can make progress with your Portuguese. Our 20 minute lessons are perfect to keep you focused and let you develop your confidence in regular sessions.


You can find support materials for Coffee Break Portuguese in the online course by clicking here here.


Would you like a free Portuguese lesson and language learning tips in your inbox every week? Sign up for the Coffee Break Portuguese newsletter.


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Coffee Break Portuguese

Welcome to the final episode of our beginners' course in Portuguese. Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to listen to the final dialogue recorded on location in Portugal, during Ava's trip to practise her Portuguese. Then, back in the studio, Rafael will help you understand all the language used in the conversation. Vamos lá!

If this is the first time you've come to the Coffee Break Portuguese podcast feed, scroll back in the feed for lesson 1, to learn Portuguese right from the start.

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CBP 1.40 | An end-of-trip party

Coffee Break Portuguese is a language-learning podcast from Coffee Break Languages, for complete beginners. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Rafael guides learner Ava from the very beginning of her Portuguese-learning journey and equips her (and you as the listener!) with the skills required to communicate throughout the entire Portuguese-speaking world. We'll learn to communicate confidently with native speakers through a range of topics associated with common travel situations such as introducing ourselves, ordering food and drink, checking into a hotel, and asking for directions. That's not all! We will also be joined by Catarina for our Cafezinho segments in which she'll share some useful language tips and cultural insights.

In this short introduction to the series, Rafael, Ava and Catarina introduce themselves and share some information about what's to come!

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Coffee Break Portuguese - Coming Soon

In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, teacher Rafael and learner Ava explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Portuguese. We hear more about the types of topics that will be covered to help us when travelling to a place where Portuguese is spoken. We also get to know more about Rafael, Ava and Catarina and their language-learning backgrounds before learning about the term ‘Cafezinho’ and how this will be incorporated into our lessons.

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Introducing Coffee Break Portuguese

Welcome to this first episode of Coffee Break Portuguese! Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to start learning Portuguese right from the beginning. In our first lesson we'll be learning key words and phrases like "hello", "goodbye" and "thank you". We'll also learn how to ask "how are you?" and some possible ways to answer this. So, if you're ready, let's go! Vamos lá!

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.01 | Meeting people

We're back with Lesson 2 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This time we'll learn some more greetings that you can use at different times of the day, how to ask what someone's name is, and how to introduce yourself. Rafael and Ava also talk about how to address people formally and informally across different areas of the Portuguese-speaking world.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.02 | Introducing yourself

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in this third episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. This time, we'll be focusing on talking about where you're from and learning some words for different nationalities.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.03 | Where you're from

Ready to learn some more Portuguese on your coffee break? In this fourth lesson, we'll be learning how to ask someone where they live and how to talk about where you live. We'll also be taking some of our knowledge from previous episodes a step further by learning how to use the verb ser ("to be") to talk about where other people are from, as well as how to form negative phrases.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.04 | Where you live

We've reached episode 5 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson Rafael and Ava are covering another useful topic for when you're travelling in the Portuguese-speaking world or meeting someone who speaks Portuguese – how to introduce your family. We'll be learning some of the words for different family members, as well as how to say what they are called.

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CBP 1.05 | Introducing your family

Join Rafael and Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, in which we're learning how to count from 1–10, how to ask for and give telephone numbers, and how to give more information about your family using numbers. We'll also be joined by Catarina for more listening practice and some learning about Portuguese names in today's Cafezinho com Catarina. Estão prontos? Vamos lá!

﻿If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.06 | Numbers 1–10

Olá! Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. Our topic for today is places in town. Rafael and Ava will cover some useful words and phrases to help you find your way around a town or city and talk about how to ask for directions. This lesson is an introduction to the topic and we’ll be taking it further in lesson 8.

﻿If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.07 | Asking where things are

In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we hear two dialogues which will help you practise your listening skills in Portuguese. These conversations were recorded on location in Porto, Portugal, when Ava and her friend Mariana were out souvenir shopping, then visiting the well-known Mercado do Bolhão. Back in the studio, Rafael and Ava talk through all of the useful words and phrases in the two conversations, to help you understand everything.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portuguese course here.

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CBP 1.35 | Shopping & lunch at the Mercado do Bolhão

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