CBP 1.23 | At the pharmacy – Health and medicine vocabulary

Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we’re covering the transactional language that you’ll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We’ll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on the topic of health. This episode expands on what we learned in the previous episode, so make sure to check out episode 22 wherever you’ve found this episode.

CBP 1.22 | Aches and pains – Vocabulary for body parts, symptoms and illnesses

In lesson 22 of our course, teacher Rafael and learner Ava are talking about aches and pains, and how to say that you’re not feeling well. We’ll be learning some parts of the body in Portuguese, how to say that we are experiencing a problem with one of these, the vocabulary for some other health problems, and some other useful phrases that you can use if you’re visiting a doctor. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina, in which we’ll be learning all about fado.

CBP 1.17 | Shopping at the market – Portuguese fruits and vegetables vocabulary

In lesson 17 of Coffee Break Portuguese we’re taking what we learned in our previous lesson a stage further and continuing with the topic of shopping. This time, we’re at the market, and we’re applying some of the same language to a new context, as well as learning lots of new words for the food items you might find there and how to express quantities in Portuguese. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina, in which she tells us about a famous market in Lisbon.

CBP 1.16 | Shopping for souvenirs – Essential Portuguese shopping vocabulary

Welcome to lesson 16 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This is the series in which we’re learning Portuguese right from the beginning, along with Rafael and Ava. The topic of this lesson is shopping. We’re learning some transactional language that will come in useful when you’re in a shop. We learn the words for different types of souvenirs, and how to ask how much things cost.

CBP 1.15 | Numbers, days and months – Counting from 1 to 1000+ in Portuguese

The topic of lesson 15 of Coffee Break Portuguese is numbers. Join Rafael and Ava as they count up to the thousands in Portuguese, and learn the days of the week, the months of the year, as well as some helpful phrases which use numbers and dates. We learned the numbers up to 10 in lesson 6 of our course, so if you haven’t already listened to that episode, you can find it in the Podcasts section of our website. Vamos lá!

CBP 1.14 | Arriving at the hotel – How to book a hotel room in Portuguese

Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We’ll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speakers and we’ll also learn a little more about one particular country where Portuguese is spoken in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina.

Capítulo 19 – La verdadera herencia

Carlos and Marta continue their conversation and admit the mistakes that they have both made in the past. However, Carlos worries about Marta’s reaction to his news. Listen out for new language which include: volver a la infancia, algunos cabos sueltos and nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena.

CBP 1.13 | More about food and eating out – Key restaurant vocabulary in Portuguese

Bem-vindos a Coffee Break Portuguese lesson 13! In this lesson we are expanding on what we learned in lesson 12, in which we were talking about how to order in a restaurant. We’ll be taking this a step further and talking about how to express likes and dislikes, and say what you can and can’t eat. We’ll also learn some other handy phrases which will be useful in a restaurant scenario.

CBGa 1.12 | Where is? – Asking where things are in Gaelic

Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic with teacher Susanna and learner Mark. In episode 11 we learned how to talk about places in the town. We’re going to take this topic a step further this week and learn how to ask “where is?” We’ll also be introducing some definite articles.

CBP 1.12 | Ordering a meal in a restaurant – How to order food in Portuguese

Olá! In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we’re learning vocabulary and phrases that will come in useful if you’re going to a restaurant. We’ll be learning how to ask for a table and how to order a meal, as well as the words for some specific dishes from the Portuguese-speaking world.

Capítulo 17 – Más de una vida esperando

Carlos returns to the same bench in the same square he used to wait for Marta after school when she was a child. Will his game and these memories convince Marta of his plan? Find out more about Carlos in this latest chapter while listening for new phrases like llenar de elogios, tirar la toalla and de una vez por todas.

CBSw TD 1.09 | En spännande dag i Halmstad

In the penultimate lesson of our Travel Diaries we follow Mattias and family further south along the Swedish west coast to the city of Halmstad. As the family runs into a minor crisis situation we take the opportunity to delve into lots of new phrases and grammar. We explore the difference between varsin, varsitt and varsina, and review definite and indefinite forms.