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Coffee Break Portuguese

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

Coffee Break Portuguese

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

Coffee Break Gaelic

CBGa 1.22 | How to say what you prefer in Gaelic

Now that we know how to talk about our hobbies, we can explore how word order can change when expressing likes and dislikes. We’ll also take this topic a step further and learn how to express preferences in Gaelic.

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.21 | The weather – How to talk about the weather in Portuguese

Welcome back to another lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese! We’re now halfway through our 40-lesson course and in lesson 21 we are talking about the weather. We’ll be learning how to ask what the weather is like today and what it is going to be like tomorrow, how to answer these questions to describe various

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.20 | End-of-unit review – The basics in Portuguese from Lessons 1–19

We’ve reached lesson 20 of Coffee Break Portuguese, which marks the halfway point in our beginners’ course. In this episode we’re reviewing what we’ve learned throughout the first 19 lessons. We’ll be doing this by listening to a dialogue that incorporates many of the topics we’ve covered so far. We hope you enjoy seeing how

Coffee Break Gaelic

CBGa 1.19 | Offering drinks in Gaelic

In this episode, we’re moving on to the topic of drinks so you can enjoy a Gaelic coffee break! You’ll learn the words for different types of drinks in Gaelic and how to ask and answer the question “what do you want?”

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.19 | Travelling by public transport

This lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese is all about travel. Join Rafael and Ava to learn the phrases you need to know when dealing with travel situations in a Portuguese-speaking country, including using public transport and buying travel tickets. We’ll also listen to a practice dialogue set in a train station and hear from Catarina