

European Portuguese Shorties (from PracticePortuguese.com)
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European Portuguese dialogues and articles to practice your listening comprehension while you’re on the run! (From Practice Portuguese)
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Oct 9, 2024 • 1min
A Vida de Olga em Almodôvar
Meet Olga, a German expat living in Portugal, embracing rural life with her wife Lucie and their two dogs.

Oct 2, 2024 • 3min
Candidatura Espontânea
António's job interview takes an unexpected turn!
Note: Candidatura espontânea is a term used if someone applies for a job when the company is not even hiring. In this Shorty, it ends up having a double meaning. 🙃

Sep 25, 2024 • 1min
Como Vós Estais Hoje?
Manuel offers to help his neighbour with some yard work.
This Shorty includes the personal pronoun vós (another pronoun for "you") and conjugation of verbs in that form. We don’t use vós in most of our content, or in the Verbs section, because it has fallen out of use nowadays, except in specific regions and contexts. The more common alternatives you’re probably familiar with are você (singular, formal) and vocês (plural).
Regardless, you could come across vós in books, theatre plays, at church, or if you spend time in the Douro and Beira Interior regions. It's an interesting pronoun because it can be used to address an individual or multiple people.

Sep 18, 2024 • 2min
Partilha de Vizinhos
Mafalda has a pleasant chat with her neighbour.

Sep 11, 2024 • 2min
O Maior Assaltante De Portugal
A talkshow host interviews Joaquim Silveira, a notorious (fictional) Portuguese thief.

Sep 4, 2024 • 2min
A Minha Cidade Favorita
Day or night, I love visiting Lisbon!

Aug 28, 2024 • 0sec
Na Mercearia
A customer asks questions about prices and quantities while shopping for fruits and vegetables.

Aug 21, 2024 • 0sec
Aprender a Cozinhar
I want to learn how to cook!

Aug 14, 2024 • 0sec
A Capela das Almas
In the heart of Porto you’ll find the Capela das Almas, a historic chapel covered in thousands of blue and white tiles.

Aug 7, 2024 • 0sec
A Festa Da Sofia
Pedro arrives early to Sofia's party and offers to help with the decorations. Throughout their dialogue, pay special attention to the plural forms of different words.