Hobbies

Laura introduces herself, sharing details about her family, work, and hobbies. Then you’ll hear the same introduction from a 3rd-person perspective.

Joel interviews people about their hidden talents.

In today’s Shorty, we’ll answer the simple question, “What did you do yesterday?”, using the Portuguese simple past tense (pretérito perfeito), as well as the past continuous tense (pretérito imperfeito).

Meet Olga, a German expat living in Portugal, embracing rural life with her wife Lucie and their two dogs.

Find out how Joana likes to spend her free time.

I want to learn how to cook!

A blogger narrates a new entry about her favourite activity: watching television shows. Notice how she uses the verbs vir (to come) and ver (to watch) throughout the post. The conjugations of these verbs are similar, so they are easy to mix up. 🙂 Conjugation of vir Conjugation of ver

Sílvia picks up her bicycle from the repair shop.

These brothers take game night very seriously… While they play, you can practice differentiating the verbs saber vs. conhecer.

In today’s European Portuguese Listening Practice episode, Pedro teaches Joana how to meditate! Listen to this short dialogue and let us know what you’d like us to cover next on our channel!

Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetables? You can even plant a little garden indoors!

A photographer struggles to take the perfect photo. See how many minimal pairs you can find throughout the narrative.

Raul tells Soraia about his love of football (i.e. soccer for you Americans)! Use the dialogue to help familiarize yourself with a variety of conjunctions.

Beatriz writes in her diary about her family, pets, and favourite things to do.

Rita realizes that she has quite a bit in common with Marcelo’s siblings! Listen for lots of possessive pronouns and possessive determiners throughout their conversation.

A teacher explains the basics of image editing to her class. While the students practice with tools and techniques, you can practice nasal vowels with all the words that end in -em, -am, -um, -im, and -om!

Liliana decides to use her free time to take an online photography course.

Follow along as Inês and Ricardo search for something fun to pass the time at home. (Previously launched as audio-only, now fully-animated by our talented friend Wayne!)

Rosa has always liked plants, but only in the last few months has she decided to invest her time and money in her passion.

A woman in quarantine continues to stay positive by focusing on her mind and body.

Follow along as Inês and Ricardo search for something fun to pass the time at home. Please excuse the (not very) “punny” wordplay…

Discover the art of fighting off boredom during a pandemic. Do you have any other tips to share?

Raquel talks to Francisco about her goals to stay productive during the quarantine.

Nuno and his cousin have the same favourite hobby. Find out what it is and how it is inspiring Nuno’s goals for the future.