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Portuguese, filmed where you will actually need it
Marta takes the camera to the places an ordinary week in the everyday Portugal happens: the pastelaria, the petrol station, the beach, the health centre, the cash machine. Short, vertical, one situation at a time — and all 9 of them are here.
Real situations
«Estamos na…» — we are at the…
Each one is a place, a task and the Portuguese that gets it done. Press play: the video loads from YouTube only when you do.
No café da esquina "Let's have something to drink" — the café conversation you will have most often.
Na padaria, de manhã At the pastelaria: why a coffee is a «bica», and what you will hear back.
Abastecer o carro At the petrol station, where nobody speaks slowly for you.
Um dia de mar Beach Portuguese — «o mar», the sand, the sun — which here counts as survival vocabulary.
Marcar uma consulta Going to the health centre — vocabulary worth having before you need it.
No multibanco Taking money out: what «levantamentos» means on the screen, and the words around it.
Words and grammar
Three more, on the small things that trip you up
Doces de Portugal
A café terrace · 1:19
Ordering the most famous pastry in Portugal — with a galão — and saying it properly.
Duas palavras parecidas
On the beach path · 1:32
«Calor» or «quente»? One of those pairs English speakers mix up, sorted out in ninety seconds.
O que faz na vida?
Under the pine trees · 3:26
Jobs and professions — how to answer when someone asks what you do.
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Subscribe to @CaSeFala and they turn up in your feed. The short videos are the taste; the bundles are the full lessons, eight at a time.