Directions

Inês gets lost looking for a café and a kind woman helps her with directions.

Follow Manuel Joaquim’s comical struggle to activate roadside assistance in the Portuguese countryside.

Rival neighbours Marina and José attend a yoga class. For more context, we suggest you first listen to the 3-minute Shorty – À Procura da Gata Perdida. Thanks to one of our members, Sarah, for writing this episode! ❤️

Miguel has a short conversation with Bruna before heading to the grocery store. Notice how the preposition “por” is used in a variety of different contexts throughout their dialogue.

Anabela and Eusébio get lost on their way to a dinner reservation. Luckily, they meet someone who helps them find their way!

Marco is lost! In more ways than one…

Luís is visiting Lisbon for the first time and plans to travel by metro. As he’s not familiar with this form of transportation, he decides to ask for some help!

Maria has a train to catch, but first she has to stop at the post office. Will the taxi driver get her to the train station on time?

Mr Mário just arrived in Lisbon for the first time. As he searches for his hotel, Mr António kindly provides some information and tips to help him find his way around the city.

Portuguese has several to indicate the relative position of a person or object. These adverbs are particularly useful to learn:  . In short, cá and aqui both mean here. Aí, lá, ali, and acolá mean there. Below we’ll explore the finer differences between each of these words. Here and There In Portuguese, here and there are a […]

In this lesson, we’ll be looking at some more adverbs of place. Remember: Unlike other adverbs, adverbs of place only modify verbs. Dentro Fora

In this lesson, we’ll be looking at . These adverbs tell us where something happens or where something is, so they’re pretty essential for building up your Portuguese sentences. Placing Adverbs of Place Portuguese adverbs of place are quite versatile as they can be placed before or after the verb they’re modifying. Unlike other adverbs, […]

Previously audio-only, this episode has been turned into a fully-animated cartoon. With this newly-animated version of one of our early podcast episodes, we flash back to a time when Joel’s Portuguese skills were in their infancy! (Can you hear a difference?) In this episode, Joel arrives to Lisbon and is faced with a challenging (and […]

Onde The adverb  indicates a location. Examples: Onde can be used to replace expressions such as: Aonde is a contraction between the adverb and the preposition  . It’s most commonly used with

A tourist struggles to find his way to his hotel… but not as much as he struggles with understanding Portuguese expressions.

A taxi driver tries to help a very confused passenger.

A fun night out almost ends before it even begins, when Marco and Diogo have a hard time finding their way to the club.

Updated February 11, 2019: Previously audio-only, this episode has been turned into a fully-animated cartoon.  In this episode, Joel arrives to Lisbon and is faced with a challenging (and frustrating) taxi ride.