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Survival Portuguese: 30 Situations (L2)

CEFR A1–A2 · Function in a Brazilian city this month. Thirty real situations — the airport, the padaria, the landlord, the farmácia, the lost bag — each taught as hear-it, say-it, drill-it, with the replies you'll actually get back.

Professional electiveBeginnerPortugueseCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1–A2
6 modules 40 lessons 15 enrolled ~9h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Survival Portuguese: 30 Situations (L2)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Handle arrival end to end — immigration, taxi or app, hotel check-in, directions, public transport
  • Order confidently in a café, a padaria and a restaurant, and handle the service charge correctly
  • Shop, ask for quantities, handle reais and understand a price said at speed
  • Describe a symptom at a farmácia or a doctor, and report something lost or stolen
  • Understand the replies you get, not just the questions you asked
  • Know what a CPF is, why you need one, and which emergency number to call

Curriculum

What's inside

6 modules · 40 lessons

  1. 01

    Arriving (Situations 1–5)

    7 lessons
    • How Survival Portuguese Works
    • Word Power: The Arrival Kitword power
    • Situations 1–2: Immigration and the Taxilistening lab
    • Situation 3: Hotel Check-infill blank
    • Situation 4: Directions — and the Answerlistening lab
    • + 2 more lessons
  2. 02

    Eating and Drinking (Situations 6–10)

    7 lessons
    • Situation 6: The Café and the Cafezinholistening lab
    • Situation 7: The Padariaspeaking lab
    • Situation 8: Getting a Tablelistening lab
    • Situation 9: The Bill and the 10%fill blank
    • Word Power: Reading a Brazilian Menuword power
    • + 2 more lessons
  3. 03

    Shopping and Money (Situations 11–15)

    6 lessons
    • Situation 11: The Supermarket Checkoutlistening lab
    • Situation 12: The Feira — Buying by Weightfill blank
    • Situation 13: The Farmácialistening lab
    • Situation 14: Clothes and Sizesspeaking lab
    • Situation 15: The Caixa Eletrônicolistening lab
    • + 1 more lesson
  4. 04

    Living There (Situations 16–20)

    6 lessons
    • Situation 16: The Landlordlistening lab
    • Situation 17: Internet, Phone and Appointmentsfill blank
    • Situation 18: The Lavanderiaspeaking lab
    • Situation 19: The Correioslistening lab
    • Situation 20: Talking to a Neighboursentence builder
    • + 1 more lesson
  5. 05

    When Things Go Wrong (Situations 21–25)

    6 lessons
    • Situation 21: At the Doctorlistening lab
    • Situation 22: Reporting a Lost Bagspeaking lab
    • Situation 23: A Complaint That Worksfill blank
    • Situation 24: Emergencieslistening lab
    • Situation 25: Explaining What Happenedsentence builder
    • + 1 more lesson
  6. 06

    People (Situations 26–30)

    8 lessons
    • Situation 26: Small Talklistening lab
    • Situation 27: Introducing Yourselfspeaking lab
    • Situation 28: você, o senhor, and a gentefill blank
    • Situation 29: On the Phonelistening lab
    • Capstone: A Day in Portuguesespeaking lab
    • + 3 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

40 lessons across 6 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

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