In lesson 27 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’re covering another useful, everyday topic – telling the time. We’ll learn how to ask someone for the time, how to say what the time is in Portuguese, and how to say at what time events start and end. Vamos lá!
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CBP 1.26 | Talking about work – Jobs and professions in Portuguese
Olá! The topic of today’s lesson is work. In this episode we’re learning new vocabulary to refer to different types of work and professions, as well as finding out how to ask someone what their job is and how to talk about what you do.
CBP 1.25 | Descriptions and appearances – How to describe people in Portuguese
We’ve reached lesson 25 of our course and today’s topic is describing people in Portuguese. We’ll be learning useful words and phrases to describe someone’s appearance and say what they are like. This means that we’ll also be reviewing the basics of adjective agreement in Portuguese. Finally, we’ll be joined by Catarina, who has a fascinating cultural segment about a very famous writer from the Portuguese-speaking world.
CBP 1.24 | The present tense and the alphabet – Beginners’ essentials to verbs and spelling in Portuguese
In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we’re covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner’s Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá!
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.
CBGa 1.17 | What’s your job? – How to talk about jobs in Gaelic
In this lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic, we’re talking about work. Join our Gaelic language expert Susanna as she teaches learner Mark how to ask someone about their job and where they work.
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.
CBGa 1.16 | Descrbing locations and places in Gaelic
In Lesson 16 of Coffee Break Gaelic, we’re continuing with our holiday theme and learning how to describe the landscape. This topic gives teacher Susanna the perfect opportunity to teach learner Mark about adjective agreements in Gaelic.
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.
CBGa 1.15 | Talking about holidays – Vocabulary for landscape
In episode 15 of Coffee Break Gaelic, we’re going on holiday! We’ll learn some new vocabulary to talk about the landscape which will give us the tools to decipher the meaning of some Scottish placenames.
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!
Capítulo 20 – Un nuevo inicio
We reach the final chapter of our story and we find out how the breakthrough in the relationship between Carlos and Marta goes beyond their emotional bond. New words to listen out for include: descabellado, enfrascados and apurar.
CBGa 1.14 | How to talk about destinations in Scottish Gaelic
In this week’s episode of Coffee Break Gaelic, we’re expanding on our previous lesson and learning how to talk about where we are going using place names.
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.
CBGa 1.13 | How to ask “Where are you going?” in Gaelic
Susanna and Mark are back with another lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic. Now that we’ve learned how to talk about places around town, we’re going to learn how to ask “where are you going?” along with various answers to this question.
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.
Capítulo 18 – Padre e hija
Carlos and Marta meet up in the square where they spent time during her childhood. They have a very honest conversation about the path that has led them both to this point. New phrases like nimiedades, encajar el golpe and ni en pintura are included in this latest episode.
CBSw TD 1.10 | Sol och bad på Tylösand
In this final main lesson we hear about how the family wrapped up their holiday on the Swedish west coast. We learn new vocabulary and new phrases, and have a look at the difference prepositions can make to the same verb.
