Free short videos
Portuguese, filmed where you will actually need it
Isabel takes her camera to the places where an ordinary week in the Algarve happens: the pastelaria, the petrol station, the beach, the health centre, the cash machine. Short, vertical, one situation at a time. All 9 of her YouTube videos are here — and one more, which plays right on this site.
Real situations
«Estamos na…» — we are at the…
Each one is a place, a task and the Portuguese that gets it done. The video loads from YouTube only when you press play.
Vamos beber alguma coisa “Shall we have something to drink?” — the café conversation you will have most often.
Estamos na pastelaria At the pastelaria: why a coffee is called a «bica», and what you will hear in reply.
Estamos na Bomba At the petrol station, where nobody slows down for you.
Estamos na Praia Beach Portuguese — «o mar», the sand, the sun — which, in the Algarve, counts as survival vocabulary.
Ir ao centro de saúde A trip to the health centre — vocabulary worth having before you need it.
Levantar dinheiro Withdrawing money: what «levantamentos» means on the screen, and the words that go with it.
More short videos
The small things that trip you up — and one from the sofa
Three on words and grammar, which load from YouTube only when you press play, and a newer one that plays from this site itself.
Pastel de Nata
A café terrace · 1:19
Ordering Portugal's most famous pastry — with a galão — and pronouncing it properly.
Heat or Hot?!
On the beach path · 1:32
«Calor» or «quente»? One of those pairs English speakers mix up, sorted out in ninety seconds.
Profissões
Under the pine trees · 3:26
Jobs and professions — and how to answer when someone asks what you do.
A short video from Isabel
On the sofa · 1:25
Isabel, talking straight to the camera, with the dog beside her.
New videos go to the channel
Subscribe to @LearnPortugueseWithIsabel and they will turn up in your feed. The short videos are a taster; the bundles are the full lessons, eight at a time, to follow at your own pace.