Basic Portuguese for complete beginners - your first lesson!

Learn the top 20 essential European Portuguese words for beginners in this video lesson. Discover how knowing a few words and phrases can enhance your travel experience and make locals more interested in helping you. Plus, stay tuned for an exciting announcement at the end of the video! Don't forget to like and subscribe if you enjoy the lesson. For a more immersive learning experience, access our Memrise lesson in the description box. And as a bonus, we're offering a free 7-day access to our Pre-Journey course for complete beginners. Start your European Portuguese learning journey today!

Let us know in the comments if there are any other useful words or expressions you'd like to learn.

[orjqomo]

It was great. In the second part, the eighth sentence was wrongly translated (in English).

[ikkwpin]

We miss you so much please don't stop uploading again!!!❤

[lizdevine]

Thanks Carla, you are fantastic! Best teacher ever!

[writerabdulhanan]

obrigado. é my first day to learn inglês. i feel so good . tchao tchao for now. Happy to see you ❤

[mongofan]

Great and valuable lesson, Carla! Thanks, Alex.

[thesmithsmaf]

You are a natural Portuguese teacher - I am going to enjoy learning with your tool

[yaminmirza]

Thanks, Clara, for making these very essential words & phrases video for absolute beginners ❤

[lindsaywaringsculptor]

Welcome back Carla, so glad you have returned🙏🏾

[renatohuber]

I just love you guys. Can't wait to get back to learning after my other studies, that interrupted your program. It is so diffrent from anything i had seen before. Yes it is tough too, but it's as natural it can be and definitely not boring. I can't imagine how much work you put into this. Can't wait to talk to my inlaws and even get the passport eventually someday🙌

[irene]

Meu Deus, Carla voltou!!!🎉🎉🎉 Que notícia boa!

[mikeulator]

Welcome back! There's an error at @10:13 the phrase is "Excuse me, where is the toilet" but the translation below says "Hello, do you speak English"

[stephaniealbright]

I love this! I'm planning a trip in the coming months. I want to try to respect the opportunity to speak to the people.

[abundantlythreesixfive]

Great video, God bless you and Portugal 🇵🇹

[yazmac]

I always think learning this/that are good for travelling too, especially when ordering or buying something 😊

[odxspur]

thank you Alex. this is very useful for my travel in Oct.from Japan

[ronniechen]

Portuguese with Carla was the first video of learning portuguese i found on youtube, your genuine pronunciation helped me a lot.

[nataliawieczorek]

Obrigada❤ Portugues e uma lingua piu belissima!❤

[islandprincess]

Hi. I just discovered your channel yesterday and it is very helpful. I will be visiting Portugal next year May! I have partial Portuguese ancestry from Azores, Lisbon, and Guarda based on genetic cousin matches. I speak conversational Italian and French and I used to speak nearly fluent Spanish. I think Portuguese will be challenging but I am eager to learn! I also think I will revert to speaking Italian or Spanish if I don’t know how to say something in Portuguese. When I was in Italy I would occasionally use Spanish words as I didn’t know the word in Italian! But I was understood.

[andymartin]

Excellent video! I have never found it easy learning languages but this video is the best starting point I have found; interesting, useful and actually enjoyable. I am picking up the words quite quickly but really struggling with the pronunciation, especially the Portuguese 'r' sound! But thanks so much for giving me the confidence and belief to keep going!

[garthhunt]

I’m in love with Carla’s British accent!❤️