Tips & Tools For Learning European Portuguese | Practice Portuguese

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In this video, we cover some of our favourite apps, practical learning tips, and discuss some of the mindset challenges our members run into when trying to learn the language.
We also answer a question we hear over and over again: "How can I confirm the words I'm learning are used in Portugal and not just Brazil?"
And finally, we put an end to all the suspense and reveal exactly what we've been working on for the last few months! (Note that the initial launch will be limited to those on our email list, so make sure you're on it if you want to be notified).
**CHAPTERS:**
Finding your Motivation 01:52
- Using Negative Motivation to Your Advantage 03:02
- The Importance of Urgency 05:45
Easy Ways to Immerse Yourself 06:32
- Short vs. Long Study Sessions 06:58
- Simple Ways to Start Immersing Yourself In The Language 07:18
Portuguese Music 10:34
Apps, Websites, and Tools 10:54
- Reading News in Portuguese 11:08
- Portuguese Video Content Online 12:12
- Dictionary iOS/Android 13:05
- Verb Conjugations 16:23
- Flashcards App 14:31
- Mobile Learning Apps 15:14
How to Check Your Vocabulary Lists With Linguee 16:20
Special Announcement! 20:33

[@TheLearningLounge]

The joy of what you do and who you are together makes this work, and makes learning European Portuguese more fun 🙂

[@peachesandoreo]

Ha ha, yes,#1 way to integrate European Portuguese into your life is to marry a Portuguese native. Did that several years ago. my wife speaks better English than most native Americans, really. You all are right, so many Portuguese speak English so well it is too easy for people like me to not have even bothered to learn Portuguese. Now it is my turn to learn her language. I definitely have motivating factors, such as being able to speak with her parents and become more like a local and less like a permanent tourist. I want to earn my Portuguese citizenship so I must learn the language. You two guys work really well together and seem to have a great friendship. I am very thankful to have found you all as offering up European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese educational sources are everywhere. My wife and I expect a fair amount of Portuguese natives have a certain amount of dislike for hearing Brazilian Portuguese spoken. I didn't want to waste much time in learning to speak in the wrong dialect and using "wrong" words. Thanks guys.

[@zuchs1969]

Ahhh this was amazing... I am currently taking my first Portuguese class. I am struggling... I will be moving to Portugal in about 4 years. My husband is Portuguese, my family now has their citizenship's now I need to get mine.. I have to be able to speak the language when I go to the consulate. It shows I am being part of the community. As well it is important to be able to know the language if I'm moving there! These tools will help so much and your videos are a great addition to my class ! Keep up what you doing.. amazing.

[@victoriaoliveira3594]

Thank you guys for all the amazing content on youtube and podcasts! It is so difficult to find quality European Portuguese lessons and you guys are by far the best!

[@NotSoNaturalLife]

love your channel. I've been waiting for this video! it's tough to find European Portuguese tools. Thanks guys!

[@PracticePortuguese]

Obrigado Natasha!

[@abdirisaksaidabdisalam3219]

It's TRUE I have been looking these European português staff for more than one year.

[@jentosh6937]

Ask for her i

[@Olivia22s1]

I've been looking for a KZbin channel like this for almost 2 years and I can't believe I stumbled upon this gem thank you so much for providing this on KZbin. This will definitely help me along the way in learning European Portuguese specifically.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks for finding us Olivia, hope to be able to help! Boas festas

[@vkmaud]

You guys are amazing and giving such a great contribution for European Portuguese Language learners. And please keep doing your beautiful work more and more. Muito Obrigado!!!!

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks very much Masud, great to have you with us :)

[@margaretezhang3551]

As an English and a Portuguese learner, this is what I've been looking for, both Canadian English and European Portuguese are on my language learning list!

[@labtechsuperstar]

I went to Lisbon last year and before leaving I took a Pimsleur course. I really enjoyed it and it helped give me at least a very basic vocabulary for getting around town (hello, how much?, where is the bathroom?, etc). The European Portuguese was the 2nd Pimsleur course I took (previously did Czech) and I had good success with it. Then last month I had a stopover in Lisbon - on board TAP to get there and I watched all your videos. They were great because not only did they refresh what I had previously learned, but I got the visual/reading element. Pimsleur teaches you by listening and repeating only. (Which helps a lot with pronunciation). Thanks for all you do!

[@mczel74gt]

Até recentemente descobriu seu canal que é ótimo porque é difícil encontrar um site com bom conteúdo de Português de Portugal. Os recursos que vocês recomendam ja usei e são muito úteis. Quero agradecer pelo grande esforço e trabalho de vocês. Parabéns!

[@Kanakatak83]

I love you two. I just found you and I just love your videos. We want to move to Portugal but I am the only one learning, so you both being here feels like support!

[@poconagean]

you guys are the best! thank you so much for these videos. keep up the good work!

[@grahamsax]

Love 'Meet the Natives' in the Memrise European Portuguese course

[@rinasuslin6420]

Listened and watched this before. Finally changed my phone settings to Português! Hooray!

[@melgrafixs]

Thank you so much for this video! I just found your channel and I'm so happy that I learned of so many resources to learn portuguese!!

[@dinkasalvador]

My boyfriend is Portuguese, I'm Hungarian and we live in Belgium. I absolutely LOVE learning new languages, but before finding Practice Portuguese I was pretty stuck, and later I found out that most of the stuff I learned was actually Brazilian... I'm so very happy that I found you guys! Please keep up the amazing work! I enjoy the course very much! And even my boyfriend learns new things about his own language from it every day... He was very impressed with the vowel pronunciation chart. For native speakers is often hard to explain certain things about their own language.

[@kellyhoi8063]

Your tips are great motivations! Really really appreciate you guys' efforts in making all these useful videos and podcasts for European Portuguese learners. Muito obrigada! :)

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks for the kind words, Kelly!

[@r0cksana03]

You are amazing! Your videos are very helpful! Thank you for all the work you're doing!

[@lindabotelho1087]

Muito obrigada Rui and Joel. I had missed out some of the important points the first time, I went through the video in connection with Tips and Tools for learning Portuguese. I have already gone through Video-2, connected with Open &Closed Vowel Sounds. You took a lot of trouble in preparing the material for Video-2. I have to go through Video- three times more as it involves a lot of careful time study.The Tips and Tools for Learning Portuguese and the surprising but pleasant announcement -- Introducing The Practice Portuguese Learning School-- is indeed what we were looking forward to. Que Deus abençoe vocês, Rui e Joel.Muitissimo obrigada. 👌🏾👌🏾👏👏👏🙏🙏

[@olgakuvshinova1272]

Guys, you are so cool! Your podcast is what I needed! Obrigada :)

[@GadieBarro]

Rui you make my stomach aches laughing. Joel, you speak so fast, and your vocal cord voice like super clear. Thank you for this. I am just watching this 2nd video of yours. Fun to watch early morning hahhahahahahhaha

[@tylerschroeder7230]

DROPS!! It's an app that I used to begin learning Mainland Portuguese, it is SO GOOD!! It mostly teaches you nouns or short phrases, but it is super useful. ALSO, I love you guys. Thank you so much for taking so much time to do this for everyone.

[@cristinas4060]

Muito obrigada por tudo e por o seu trabalho! 🤩

[@engr.marlonboloron2917]

Very helpful guys, been watching your videos! thanks alot.

[@natashacovas1188]

Muito obrigada pelos conselhos !!!!

[@brecheezer]

Those negative motivators you mentioned are real! Thank you for mentioning them. Those little tasks, over time, can cause a lot of anxiety if you can't speak the language and can make you feel very isolated (I speak from experience unfortunately). My next move to Portugal, probably this year, and I don't want to repeat the same mistake there.

[@tinaanjalid.2935]

Haha, switch my phone to Portuguese :-D -I'm very happy to have found you, looking for European Portuguese resources. It's great fun to study with you. Muito obrigada :-)

[@lovesdaisies]

I signed up for your learning studio! I realize I'm a little late to the game her. I hope that your site is successful!

[@mariateresapascualmoya2670]

Obrigada e muito pelos vossos tips de aprendizagem muito interessantes que fazem um approach muito interessante e ameno ao português europeu e também muito obrigada pela vossa companhia, pois estudo sozinha e muitas horas sem escuitar ninguém, obrigada e muitos bons resultados!

[@bisousmeable]

Great video, good tips - Love you guys :) I love Portugal - I'll be there again next week....

[@binugm659]

Really touch me what you are talking about is. I also thinks same ways hope I will learn lots from you guys .

[@LukeandTylerTravel]

Super useful! Thanks for this :)

[@ceciliadaencarnacao1728]

Thank you! Very helpful

[@mohdnawazkhan6804]

You guys are motivations.... Please bring more videos...

[@alex32100]

I love what you guys are doing by the way. I was born in Lisbon, and came to Florida as a baby and never learned until I returned at 19. I can speak it now but I had to figure out all those tricks you talk about myself, the music, TV, changing my phone, computer, even custom programming my car at the dealer, and I can attest to the fact that there are NO resources to learn European Portuguese without traveling to Portugal and taking classes like I did. If I had this 6 years ago it would've done so much for me, but even now it helps keep my fluency up.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Alex muito obrigado pelas palavras. Ficamos muito surpreendidos com o carinho que temos recebido por parte dos ouvintes. O único objetivo deste projeto é ajudar pessoas que como tu, ou como o Joel, precisaram de recursos e não encontraram! Ficamos felizes que gostes :)

[@michelleirby7587]

Even if you don't know any Portuguese at all it is good to listen to the Podcasts when I first started I saw your podcast listed on hacking Portuguese.com I started listening to the Podcasts and found that there were so many cognates between English and Portuguese that listening to the podcast did actually help even though I didn't know any Portuguese at all i've just gotten a premium membership to your website and it is phenomenal thank you thank you thank you so very much

[@mingurrung]

i like your channel guys. i am really searching place to learn real europen portuguse. I am really happy what you guys are doing.

[@stellabrophy2715]

Superb video !!! Thank you

[@EugeniaENunez]

Thank you so much!!

[@lindabotelho1087]

Muito obrigada Joel and Rui, for - The Tips and Tools to Learn Portuguese. They are useful and practical. I was going through the video in connection with how Rui went on Air with Practice Portuguese. Unfortunately, l have lost the link in connection with this particular video- there is also a brief account of how Joel went through the Covid Test- Rui's experience in switching from TAP to Practice Portuguese really interesting.The Podcast is really informative. Looking forward to your vibrant videos.Que Deus abençoe vocês imensamente 👌🏾👌🏾👏👏🎵🙏

[@PracticePortuguese]

Always great to hear from you Linda, and glad you like that latest video! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/borHpaiBna6bjKc

[@alex32100]

-8:34----- All of the domestic Portuguese cable channels are available on IPTV boxes in HD via subscription for boxes like Dreamlink. Portuguese people here in the states use it and it's as easy to use as regular cable anywhere you have internet.

[@mariateresapascualmoya2670]

Obrigada pela informaçao 🌼

[@SchaferVideo]

Good job. Helpful.

[@mohammadabdulkader7488]

Awesome video 👏

[@dicole6]

1:43 love it hahah good to know that. Obrigada :)

[@healthshapenbody]

Great Video!!!

[@kelceyfirth]

I want to learn Portuguese because I’m now friends with 2 girls from Portugal. They came to England for their brother’s wedding and we became close friends. I want to learn Portuguese so that I communicate easier with them, because their English isn’t the best. Hopefully I will visit them in Portugal next year :)

[@Horhne]

Muito obrigado por este vídeo. Estou muito contente de achar o seu site e também no Facebook e KZbin. Como vocês dizem é muito difícil de achar os recursos portugueses que não são de origem brasileiro. Felizmente achei a maior parte de estes recursos listados aqui, mas espero que o seu site existe quando comecei a aprender português. Tive perdido muitas horas do meu tempo!! Espero que a sua empresa continuará a desenvolver. Posso recomendar Lingee. É muito bom. As suas dicas para achar as palavras verdadeiramente portuguesas são muito úteis. Tenho uma pequena dica por Lingee. Quando achou uma palavra mas não está certo como pronuncia-la, pode tocar a palavra no ecrã (no iPhone) e presente-se duas opções para ouvir a pronunciação - uma em Português do continente e um outro em Brasileiro. Para o estudante sério, posso recomendar o dicionário ‘Collins Portuguese-English’ O App no iPhone é muito útil e muito fácil de usar. Incluido no dicionário são as conjugações de todos os verbos. Mas este App é caríssimo. Acho que custa vinte livras!!! Sento-me motivado para aprender português porque eu e meu marido vimos o ano próximo em Algarve para trabalhar. Meu marido é de origem português, mas nasceu na Africa do Sul. Ele pode falar Inglês e Afrikaans melhor que português! Então ele não pode explicar-me a gramática portuguesa. Que pena! Para mim, os seus vídeos são muito úteis porque como o maior dos estrangeiros, acho português muito difícil de compreender. O vídeo “Disappearing Sounds” fez-me rir tanto! Muito obrigado e boa sorte!

[@PracticePortuguese]

Boas dicas, Michael! Muito obrigado pela mensagem e boa sorte com tudo no Algarve :)

[@Grazia683]

Thank you very much, very useful (and funny) videos.

[@emperorkujabijatta160]

Thanks alot brothers

[@leeanne333]

Thank you sooo much, I am learning Portuguese because my husband is Portuguese, and I would love to be able to have a conversation in Portuguese with his family.

[@leeanne333]

thanks so much!

[@monikakruk6114]

I love you guys

[@PUAlum]

I'm so enjoying these videos. Being in Lock-down in LALAland has motivated me to delve into some long "on hold" interests. I lived in Brazil for a few years.....never reached fluency, but reached some mid-level conversational skill. So thank you. PS----are you (they) still making videos? (also enjoyed brushing up my Canadian accent a bit! :)

[@PracticePortuguese]

Haha glad you like! And yes, we have new videos in production. We are very focussed on our learning platform so our video launch schedule is a bit slower, but we aren’t going anywhere for the foreseeable future 🇨🇦🥰

[@ilovedeath]

Also, if you'd be willing to create lessons specifically for finding an apartment and setting up a bank account, would be very helpful! Thanks again!

[@PracticePortuguese]

You should find some content on those topics on the Practice Portuguese website! :) - Joseph

[@helentalbot8120]

Thanks for the tips! Not only useful for my Portuguese studies but for my English classroom too. I do get quite frustrated at finding mainly Brazillian sites so these tricks to find more European Portuguese on the internet are very handy.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks Helen. For your English classroom, the cognates video should come in handy (our 5000 words video, the first in this series). Cheers

[@launcher5434]

Rui's sarcasm kills me.

[@benvindamiguel5872]

Where are you guys from? Best accent that i have ever heard from non native Portuguese or Spanish people. Muito bom; amei🤗

[@artemturchyn1460]

Obrigado! Increvel!

[@lucyoliveira4943]

Hello guys! I really enjoy your videos! Any advice on how I can learn medical/nursing terminology in Portuguese?

[@launcher5434]

LOL y'all are so funny, y'all crack me up.

[@nadyad3450]

Thanks

[@Seuhues]

You both are so cute haha. That ending 😂.

[@borboletalibelulavaga-lume5592]

good video good info

[@ElisDiaz]

Good idea, I am going to change my iPad to Portuguese.

[@joaofaria3966]

European Portuguese is used in African lusofone countries and all my family lives in Africa and I want to speak with them without having to hope they can speak English

[@morningstarcb]

seria legal se vocês fizessem um vídeo sobre como juntar as palavras numa frase. Por exemplo: Leões amarelos. O "s" de leões fica com som de /z/ ou /sh/ quando junta com o "a" em amarelo?

[@mauroldanr]

Ola, disfruto mucho de sus videos y son realmente de gran ayuda! en un mes me mudo a lisboa, Muito Obrigado :)

[@ilovedeath]

Muito obrigada for the app guys! Can we the Portuguese Dictionary app link you suggested? I've downloaded 3 Portuguese /English dictionaries and I don't see "pronunciation" in any of their menus. Please and thank you for doing these videos! I'm moving to Portugal and these are very helpful! Muito obrigada! 💋

[@ThePassingVoid]

13:38 I use easy pronunciation since it translates the text into IPA so I don't have to worry about mishearing the word

[@joanabras1848]

Portuguese TV channels online: www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1 and tviplayer.iol.pt/. You can hear different accents, normally TV news anchors have good pronunciation and diction and also cartoons dubbed for the kids. RTP2 is particularly useful for that.

[@karenlowe5176]

Music translated to EU Port or any language is available by Disney productions on KZbin. Pocahontas, for example, is my favorite.

[@karenneal8327]

Thank you for the great videos! Question.. wondering how you got the Portugal flag next to your language on Linguee. It only shows the Brazil flag option for me..

[@katewaters5092]

Hello guys, I have a question. I want to learn Portuguese and I want the European version because I'm thinking of going to Portugal for a time eventually. However I really like to read a lot and some of the Brazilian authors such as Paulo Coelho, Jorge Amanda etc. and I was wondering if I were to learn European Portuguese would I still be able to understand books written by Brazilian authors. This is what has made me really undecided on which to focus on. Anxiously awaiting your reply Kate

[@MelanieCC05]

Hey guys, this excactly what I am looking for, Muito obrigado! I have one question can I also listen to the podcast on Podcast Iphone?

[@PracticePortuguese]

Absolutely! You should find us in all major podcast directories, including Apple Podcasts. You will also find our “Shorties” feed for several 1-2m long episodes per week! Thanks for your interest

[@TrilweB]

More tips for European Portuguese music, anyone? Here I have some more: Madredeus, B Fachada, A Naifa, Clã, Diabo Na Cruz ;-)

[@PortugalForYou]

Rita Guerra, Beto, Miguel Gameiro, Rui Veloso, Miguel Araújo, Pedro Abrunhosa, António Zambujo, Delfins, Paulo Gonzo, Luísa Sobral, Ricardo Soler, etc.

[@dolphinboy20]

PortugalForYou Não esqueçam da Marisa, também é boa.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Ótimas sugestões!

[@tinaanjalid.2935]

Once I found myself in the "Fonoteca Municipal de Lisboa", a music library... fantastic experience, and there I came across the music of Um Zero Amarelo, a rock band who also have songs on youtube. And thanks for your tips :-)

[@carmelfarrington1213]

Hi. I think you guys are super. Thank you for making this video. My partner is Portuguese and I would love to be able to talk to his family and friends and as you say not feel like a tourist. Could I ask you to let me know which App you use for the dictionary please? I've been looking up Portuguese Dictionary but there is so many and one look like your screen shot. Could you send me a little picture of the app please? Muito obrigada.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks for your kind words, great to have you with us :) apps.apple.com/pt/app/portuguese-dictionary-elite/id403245342?l=en and to investigate whether a word is more likely to be EU PT instead of Brazilian, don’t forget to use Linguee.com :)

[@carmelfarrington1213]

@@PracticePortuguese Hi, That app is iPhone only. Can you recommend a good one for a smartphone? I've already downloaded Linguee. Thanks very much.

[@miriami7]

Joel, why did you move to Portugal? Did all your family move there?

[@suneelshukla6288]

Olá! .. sou o suneel eu sou da Índia realidade Linguee dicionário aap é não disponível na Índia . por favor preferir-me outro melhor dicionário português aap .

[@versain676]

Hey, guys do you have the paypal option? The reason is I do not have a credit card only a debit card.

[@PracticePortuguese]

The Learning Studio (which our email list will receive an invite to very soon) DOES accept PayPal as a sign-up option. However, our other product which is our podcast's Premium features currently doesn;t have PayPal listed as one of the options on the site. We can set you up manually if you send us a message through the site. Thanks for your interest! :)

[@bombero24ws]

Hey guys, how do I get on your e-mail list? I would really love to check out the learning studio you've been working on. Thanks

[@PracticePortuguese]

Thanks for your interest! It looks like you're already on our list, so you'll hear from us from time to time whenever we have updates. More info about the Learning Studio here: www.practiceportuguese.com/learning-studio

[@mohamednasr7912]

podia escrever o link de portugese dictionary ?

[@juliakitaszewska3797]

Okey, I have to have clarity are u guys together ? Couse the Portuguese man is out off this earth with this look, so idk should I packed and go or just lost hope...😂

[@nelsondesousa9304]

They are sooooo together. Handsome couple! And they both speak Portuguese 🇵🇹❤️ Heaven!!

[@nothingyet120]

Is he a Canadian ? Good video guys ;)

[@PracticePortuguese]

He sure is 😇🇨🇦

[@edmey]

You can tell he's Canadian by his pronunciation of the letter "o".

[@PracticePortuguese]

No idea what you’re talking aboot 🙃 🇨🇦

[@laudemara.b.1736]

@@PracticePortuguese Eu não sabia que no Canadá as pessoas se interessam pela lusofonia eu sei que o Canadá é um país bilíngue (anglofono & francófona).😏

[@nacht98]

European portuguese is so much beautiful than Br -Portuguese.

[@moyarishka]

I love memrise app

[@paradiseorphicherz7439]

I was excited to learn the language till my professora told me I am not good at all to learn the language, then suddenly I lost my motivation even to attend the classes and I am just concentrating on the German language.

[@PracticePortuguese]

It sounds like you definitely had the wrong teacher, since their job is to help motivate you, not discourage you like that! If you decide to get the language another chance, we will be happy to help :-) No one should think they are bad at languages. You just need to have the right determination, stay focussed on why you want to learn, and a method that fits your unique learning style!

[@Jroni16]

Do you have a link to the portuguese dictionary?? The one o found doesn't look like yours and isn't that good so I have to have the wrong one 😂

[@cristinas4060]

Os vídeos são também muito engraçados 😅

[@ruwansanjeewa7122]

Do they speak in english in porthugal

[@deinmartincoonmunicashions5356]

ESTAS BEM ; MODO de fala ;ESTAISH BEEN EEN PORTUGAL// ESTAIS BEIN EIN BRAZIL// a uma diferença na pronunciação

[@deinmartincoonmunicashions5356]

São diferença Sanl ein BRAZIL // Sanhon em PORTUGAL

[@JDFromAnotherPlanet]

Can you give me more content?

[@PracticePortuguese]

Sure! practiceportuguese.com ;)

[@effeo9962]

I was wondering why Joel sounds so normal: he's from Ontario!

[@PracticePortuguese]

Normal? Let’s not push it 😂😝🇨🇦

[@effeo9962]

Por o seu inglês, sim! ;-)

[@bonclaudy6682]

C'est un peu dommage de choisir l'anglais pour enseigner une autre langue, avec le traducteur il n'y a plus besoin, 100 % Portuguese is the best ;)

[@juanfelixrodriguezvillarre3974]

É inglês ou português? Eu quero aprender português não inglês!!!!

[@PracticePortuguese]

🤭

[@laudemara.b.1736]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dantealighieri8232]

Where are you from? None of you sound native English speakers. :/ It was a bit confusing to me.

[@PracticePortuguese]

Rui is Portuguese and I (Joel) am Canadian, originally from Toronto - About as native English as you get! :) Thanks for checking us out.

[@dantealighieri8232]

Practice Portuguese I like your videos, but you really sound strange to me. "Portuglish!" I'm almost speaking it! So proud of myself!

[@donkaputjaza]

Jesus.... o gay??? Hai bo baba! 😤