Nasal vowels, swallowed endings
pão, mãe, and many unstressed vowels almost disappear in European Portuguese. Lina helps your ear catch them.
Learn Portuguese · 2Lingua
Learn Portuguese by speaking it. 🇵🇹
Don't just memorize words. Have real conversations with Lina — order a galão and pastel de nata in Lisbon, ride the tram, chat with your avó at lunch. Like a tutor, but for $7 a month.
30 min/day voice • Report card after every chat • No download
See Lina in action
Lina plays the owner of a pastelaria in Lisbon
Lina
Bom dia! O que deseja?
EN: Good morning! What would you like?
You
Um galão e um pastel de nata, por favor.
EN: A milky coffee and a custard tart, please.
Lina
Com certeza! É para comer aqui?
EN: Certainly! Is it to eat here?
✅ “Um galão… por favor” = perfect - you ordered like a local
💡 Tip: In Portugal a galão is coffee with lots of milk in a glass, and in Lisbon an espresso is “uma bica”.
Why Portuguese is different
Polite address
In Portugal, “você” can sound distant; people often use the person's name or “o senhor / a senhora”. Lina shows you how.
Real life, not textbook
Pastelarias, trams, markets, Sunday lunch — not just "the cat is on the table."
What you'll learn
- Week 1Greetings + introductions - olá, como está?, chamo-me
- Week 2Café + market - ordering, prices, the pastelaria
- Week 3Family + respect - o senhor, a senhora, family words
- Week 4Daily life - trams, directions, phone calls, small talk
5 phrases you'll speak today
A free preview. Press ▶ to hear each one, then say it out loud.
- 1Olá!Hello!
- 2Como está?How are you? (polite)
- 3Obrigado / ObrigadaThank you (man / woman)
- 4Chamo-me...My name is...
- 5Quanto custa?How much is it?
Conversations with Lina work in Portuguese today. The phrasebook, stories and podcasts are in Spanish and German so far; more languages are coming.
Free vs paid for Portuguese
FREE
- Read this page
- The 5 preview phrases above
- 1 free text demo with Lina (3 min)
PAID · $7/mo
- 30 min/day voice with Lina in Portuguese
- Unlimited text chat
- Full report cards
- Full phrasebook
- Unlimited vocabulary garden
Portuguese questions
Is Portuguese hard?
The grammar is close to Spanish; pronunciation is the tricky part, so speaking practice matters most.
Portugal or Brazil?
This page uses European Portuguese; Lina can switch to Brazilian Portuguese when you ask.
Obrigado or obrigada?
Men say obrigado, women obrigada — Lina will remind you.
Can I use it in Angola or Mozambique?
Yes — standard Portuguese is understood there, and Lina can set scenes in Luanda or Maputo.