The best way to learn Portuguese speaking

1. 1

   You say sentences out loud

   Speaking is a skill you only build by speaking. An app that only taps and swipes trains recognition.

2. 2

   It uses whole sentences

   Sentences teach word order, endings and rhythm that single words cannot.

3. 3

   You hear native-style audio

   Listening and speaking feed each other. You need to hear how it should sound.

4. 4

   Feedback is specific

   Knowing which word you missed is more useful than a red cross on the whole sentence.

5. 5

   It is short and daily

   A ten-minute habit you keep beats a long course you drop.

Every sentence goes through the same four steps, and the last one is the point.

• Order

  Rebuild the Portuguese sentence in English from a bank of words.

• Translate

  See the English and build the Portuguese sentence word by word.

• Listen

  Hear the sentence in Portuguese and type what you understood.

• Speak

  Say it out loud and see which words landed.

Nasal vowels, as in ão and ões, are the sounds that most often catch English speakers out. Hear them, then say them aloud and check how close you were.

• Hello

  Olá

  Hello

• Thank you

  Obrigado

  Thank you

• A first sentence

  Onde fica o hotel?

  Where is the hotel?

Play buttons use your device’s own voice and appear only when it has one for Portuguese.

An app builds habit, vocabulary and the muscle memory of speaking. It does not replace talking with people. Once you can say a handful of sentences, find a conversation partner or tutor and use what you practised. See how long Portuguese takes to plan your time.