Last updated 9/2022
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Learn about how the Portuguese language is put together by breaking it down into its different sentence structures.
What you'll learn
Learn about the first structure in the Portuguese language.
Get to grips with how easy it is to manipulate this structure and say what you want with it.
Get plenty of opportunity to practise using this structure.
Learn how to form questions and statements in structure 1.
Learn all the question words in Portuguese and some infinitives.
Complete lessons in 3 minute chunks – perfect for the busy learner.
Build your own sentences without memorisation.
Speak from the very first lesson.
Requirements
Ideally, you should be a little familiar already with the Portuguese language, but if you're not, panic not! Everything in this course is fully explained, so you won't get lost.
Description
The whole of the Portuguese language can be broken down into several different structures. If you take any sentence from any Portuguese book or any utterance, you will see that it fits into one of these structures. I remember one weekend, I was writing some lessons for the week ahead, when I suddenly realised this. I noticed that there are a certain number of structures in Portuguese, and that every sentence follows one of these structures. I spent the rest of the weekend working out all the structures, and I wrote them all down.Every structure you learn gives you the ability to say a huge amount. Some structures are used more than others, but all the structures together make up the whole Portuguese language. Once you've learnt how a structure works, all you have to do is insert different words into the slots and you have a sentence. This course introduces you to structure 1. I've limited each course to one structure so as not to overburden you. By looking at just one structure at a time, you can really get to grips with it and understand its usage. It will help to clarify the Portuguese language and make it more like a reflex rather than something you have to think about as is it were a maths equation.Each structure can also help to propel you to fluency; if you can manipulate the structures at high speed, you can start to say anything you want without having to thing about how to say it.This course contains plenty of practice opportunities for you to revise what you've learnt and it also contains some hints and tips on how best to learn and memorise the structures and the vocabulary that goes with them. You'll learn how to make questions out of structure 1, how to make statements and how to turn positive statements negative.The Building Structures in Portuguese series is set out using the same learning techniques as the 3 Minute Portuguese courses. You can work through the course in three minute chunks, enabling anybody to learn Portuguese, no matter how little time you have.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Section 2: Lesson 1
Lecture 2 Lesson 1
Section 3: Lesson 2
Lecture 3 Lesson 2a
Lecture 4 Lesson 2b
Section 4: Lesson 3
Lecture 5 Lesson 3
Section 5: Lesson 4
Lecture 6 Lesson 4a
Lecture 7 Lesson 4b
Lecture 8 Lesson 4c
Section 6: Lesson 5
Lecture 9 Lesson 5a
Lecture 10 Lesson 5b
Lecture 11 Lesson 5c
Lecture 12 Lesson 5d
Lecture 13 Lesson 5e
Lecture 14 Lesson 5f
Lecture 15 Lesson 5g
Lecture 16 Lesson 5h
Lecture 17 Lesson 5i
Section 7: Lesson 6
Lecture 18 Lesson 6a
Lecture 19 Lesson 6b
Section 8: Lesson 7
Lecture 20 Lesson 7a
Lecture 21 Lesson 7b
Lecture 22 Lesson 7c
Lecture 23 Lesson 7d
Lecture 24 Lesson 7e
Lecture 25 Lesson 7f
Lecture 26 Lesson 7g
Lecture 27 Lesson 7h
Lecture 28 Lesson 7i
Section 9: Lesson 8
Lecture 29 Lesson 8a
Lecture 30 Lesson 8b
Lecture 31 Lesson 8c
Lecture 32 Lesson 8d
Section 10: Lesson 9
Lecture 33 Lesson 9a
Lecture 34 Lesson 9b
Section 11: Lesson 10
Lecture 35 Lesson 10
Section 12: Bonus lecture
Lecture 36 The Happy Linguist - Hints and tips for learning Portuguese
Lecture 37 Thank you e obrigado :-)
Lecture 38 Bonus lecture
You want to explore the Portuguese language a little more deeply.,You are interested in starting to learn about the structure of the Portuguese language and how to manipulate it.,You enjoy the 3 minute methodology used in other 3 Minute Portuguese courses.
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