For learning the pronunciation and grammar of European Portuguese, please see the free course available on this site.  For other free online courses in Portuguese, please refer to the following links (all external links open in a new window).  If you come across a genuinely free Portuguese language course with no strings attached, please let me know so I can add a link to it from here.

• Idiot's Guide to Learning Portuguese - the free pronunciation and grammar course on this site.
• Learn Portuguese with Rafa - whilst there is some commercial content, Rafa does nevertheless give away a lot of very useful information for free, and this site is well worth a look. The tone is conversational and easy to follow, and unusually, both European and Brazilian Portuguese is taught.
• Basic Portuguese Language Tutorial - mostly vocabulary lists, but also some short grammar lessons. Brazilian and European alternatives are given, but it is not always made clear which is which.
  
• Facebook Daily Portuguese Tips - Bite-size lessons delivered at frequent intervals straight to your Facebook newsfeed. Emphasis on European Portuguese (yay!)
• Portuguese Langauge Guide - Tips and tools for learning Portuguese, with a verb conjugator and language tests to check your progress.
• Online Courses - This site links through to various openware courses from different universities - at the time of writing there is one course listed for Portuguese from MIT, which is mainly Brazilian. Check out the other subjects on onlinecourses.com too - lots of good stuff!
• De Tudo um Pouco - a gaudy site which uses frames, but the content is excellent and quite comprehensive. Lots of very useful audio (clearly spoken, but in a European Portuguese accent - almost a contradiction!), and no adverts.  Unfortunately, this site seems to have disappeared off the face of the internet. :o(
• BBC Talk Portuguese - an introduction to basic vocabulary for tourists, covering a mixture of Brazilian and European usage.
• Foreign Services Institute - a US-government language course (now in the public domain, and published by Glen D Fellows) for Brazilian Portuguese, including notes about European differences.  Consists of a total of 48 units in 2 volumes - typewritten and available as PDF downloads.  Accompanying audio files (mp3) are also available for download.
• Easy Portuguese - a collection of lessons in Brazilian Portuguese. Audio files available. Lots of adverts though!
• Tá Falado - also Brazilian I'm afraid, but with the specific slant of teaching English-speakers who are already familiar with Spanish. Lessons are delivered as podcasts, with PDF transcripts.

For more courses that are not entirely free (but might contain a free trial), see this page: http://www.learningportuguese.co.uk/home-page/other-portuguese-courses.html

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Written by mhyk on 2007-04-03 13:33:07 IP: 202.73.178.203 Thanks!!!! I hope I will absorb all this.

Thank you, this really helps Written by Savannah on 2007-05-08 15:44:48 IP: 87.38.49.6 Hello, just want to say thanks - this website has been really helpful

Thank you for all your work! Written by Mike on 2007-07-16 16:34:25 IP: 217.155.36.50 A most excellent site for Idiots like me. The concept, structure and execution of these lessons seems highly effective. A tremendous amount of work has obviously gone in to this, especial to say that it has all been done without financial reward. I would like to thank you for what you have done and the pleasure you have given me in my first attempts at Portuguese. I would regard this website as a primary resource for anyone interested in the Portuguese language.  Mike

portoguse Written by Behshid on 2008-04-25 12:54:31 IP: 217.219.161.131 I really enjoyed learing via your site, easy way  Thank You so much

Free lessons Written by Erin on 2008-07-09 19:05:29 IP: 76.95.237.236 Thanks for the resources you're offering on European Portuguese. I have roots there so I'd love to learn the language, but everywhere I go I come up with Brazilian Portuguese. It's nice to see that it still exists! Thanks again.

Another Thank you Written by Imelda on 2008-07-26 17:06:59 IP: 208.120.206.230 I have relatives that live in Galicia. They told me that it is easier for them to understand people who speak Portuguese then Castilian. I am really looking for to (VERY) slowly working my way thru your site.   So, this is another thank you for your site.

Thank God, this is really helpful Written by Quishor on 2008-11-04 10:47:36 IP: 202.175.120.27 A most excellent site. I have roots there so I'd love to learn the language, but everywhere I go I come up with Goan Portuguese. I would like to thank you for what you have done. just want to say thanks - this website has been really helpful. So, really this is another world.

Thanks for this info! Written by George on 2008-10-11 20:54:33 IP: 189.216.117.216 Hey man!! thanks for share this information with the rest of the people like me, this is exactly what i need to learn this language!

Written by Jeff on 2008-10-31 09:08:14 IP: 193.220.24.15 I bumped into your site, and now have spent nearly 2 hours and enjoying the useful approach (to me). It is very effective, and I realize there is much more content for me to browse.  Was wondering if you have a downloadable version of all the pages with the inter-links, in html or even pdf format, to download once and be able to read at more leisure.  Believe me, it has helped me more; with many lessons behind me, a lot lot of 'mysteries' have been unravelled, mainly beacuse of the simple approach and especially the use of english to clarify and draw comparisons, which I was lacking.  Thanks.

Written by Angele on 2008-11-21 18:05:21 IP: 72.46.173.170 My native portuguese friend and I were quite impressed with this website! Very helpful! My only suggestion would be more audio!

I knew nothing before this. Written by Debi Prasad on 2008-12-30 10:56:09 IP: 117.200.226.213 I found your site then thought of learnng Portugese and came in and found it all done for me. The courses offered shown are the best I have seen since the begining. Thanks guys for your help in my life.

Help Written by KellyAnne on 2009-03-10 10:28:59 IP: 69.114.224.69 Ive had quite a bit of trouble finding a program that will teach me traditional portuguese. I am going to portugal this coming winter to meet my grandparents. I was told that if i spoke brazillian portuguese they might not understand me and or it might insult them can you recommend a product if there is one?

Brazilian Written by Administrator on 2009-03-10 10:31:16 IP: 81.103.153.54 Portuguese people in Portugal understand Brazilian Portuguese perfectly well, and will not be offended if you use it - they will just be happy you have bothered to learn the language at all. There are some differences in etiquette, but unless you have a strong European Portuguese accent, nobody will take offense if you use a Brazilian expression.

Dr. Written by Tony de Freitas on 2009-08-10 17:48:45 IP: 198.54.202.195 Although I am Portuguese and fluent in it, my grand-daughter knows no Portuguese. She has now shown great interest. I can teach her and give her speaking lessons but I looked through the internet for some assistance in structuring a lesson. I found yours absolutely great. Well, well done.

Obrigada! Written by Lana on 2009-11-24 22:05:54 IP: 189.63.249.150 Eu sou brasileira de verdade, moro em São Paulo no Brasil, e eu acho muito fofo pessoas de outros indiomas quererem aprender português de verdade eu fico muito feliz com isso. : Grin `  O site é muito bom, mas eu não preciso, afinal eu já falo português desde que falar apredi! Espero que pelo menos alguns de vocês entendam minha mensagem!  Obrigada por querer aprender português!

Thank you!! Written by Billy Silva on 2010-01-03 21:03:46 IP: 173.67.227.84 I am married to a man that was born in Algarve, Portugal and we have 3 kids. I have been wanting to learn for a while now and I would like my kids to know it but I ALWAYS had a hard time finding a resource to Learn Portuguese from Portugal. I want to thank you because you have made it easy for someone like me to pick it up. I have a goal that by this time next year I will speak it fluently, do you have any tips or advice?? Thank you so much again    Billy Silva

Thank you Written by Mary on 2010-07-06 11:32:30 IP: 114.177.132.97 I would like to thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and resources. I have recently started learning Portuguese (as in just now) and your site is like a treasure trove of learning materials. I am embarrassed to admit but the main reason why I became so interested in learning Portuguese was in order to understand the lyrics as well as the interviews and shows of Ana Carolina. Thank you once more for your generosity!

Great Site; De Tudo um Pouco Link Not Wo Written by Robert on 2010-07-28 12:08:55 IP: 92.7.68.239 Refreshing to see something on European Portuguese as it is definitely the poor relation where access to teaching materials and native speakers is concerned!    Can anyone else get the "De Tudo um Pouco" link to work, by the way?

De Tudo um Pouco Written by Administrator on 2010-07-28 12:10:55 IP: 81.103.153.54 That site changed addresses a few times, but now seems to have disappeared completely. I will keep my eye out for it in case it comes back somewhere. It's a shame, as it was the only free online course I could find in European Portuguese (apart from this site, which is not quite the same).

European Portuguese Resources Written by David on 2010-08-05 00:07:12 IP: 92.10.169.2 I was interested to hear that Robert (a couple of posts above) thinks that European Portuguese is the poor relation when it comes to the availability of teaching materials. Perhaps this is true, but if you look around lots of useful resources at various levels can be found. Here are just a few.    1. At about the same level as BBC Talk Portuguese is the EC funded EUROMOBIL course:    http://www.solki.jyu.fi/english/publications/Euromobil/PT.htm    Although it is free you need to request a password before you can download the material to your PC. The content is based on short videos and Flash animations.    2. Another EC funded project is called "Oneness City" and the Portuguese element is here:    http://www.oneness.vu.lt/pt/    There is nothing to download, but the mixture of Flash, Shockwave and JavaScript might give your browser a headache (I found Internet Explorer worked rather better than Firefox).    3. If you have a basic grasp of Portuguese you can sample the teaching material made available by the Instituto Camões:    http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/aprender-portugues.html    4. With an intermediate knowledge of Portuguese then RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal) has lots of interesting programmes including some concerned with the Portuguese language itself, including:    Bom Português (1 minute language quizes):  http://ww1.rtp.pt/multimedia/progVideo.php?tvprog=22815    Cuidado Com a Língua! ajuda a descobrir um mundo de palavras e expressões e a apaixonar-se pela língua portuguesa:  http://ww1.rtp.pt/blogs/programas/cuidado-com-a-lingua/    Falamos Português (part travelogue, part soap, part grammar lesson):  http://tv.rtp.pt/multimedia/progVideo.php?tvprog=21516    Unfortunately that page only gives access to the last few programmes in the "Falamos Português" series. Broadcast in 2006/7, a total of 25 programmes were made in a cooperative effort between RTP Internacional and the Universidade Aberta. The original portal to the series is here:    http://www.univ-ab.pt/falamos/index.html    However, if you click on the "Programas" link you'll find a list of links to the videos which are all broken as far as I can tell (although I suspect they are still archived somewhere on the RTP site). All is not lost though; the same page has links to the entire set of 25 programme transcripts in PDF.    I think I've broken the "keep your comment SHORT rule" but I hope this list is useful.

CHEF DE PARTIE Written by Vicente Reis Rodrigues on 2011-06-21 17:13:28 IP: 90.222.45.98 Its funny being Portuguese citizen i cannot speak portuguese.so with the help of this website i will be able to speak portuguese thanks

Great Site! Written by Pam Cabell-Whiting on 2012-02-20 09:26:09 IP: 85.245.5.68 I live in the Algarve and sometime feels as if I am surrounded by English and German speakers. I speak both, but that's net really the point. I need to spend some time in other than the present, past and future tense. Your site is super!

Portuguese learning for kids Written by Daniel on 2012-03-06 00:11:42 IP: 98.238.38.86 Great site, its very informative, thank you. We are from Portugal and we live in the USA, we are teaching our 3 year old son Portuguese and so far he's doing OK. We try to speak to him Portuguese but since we live in the States he chooses to answer in English. We realized he loves watching TV, so we found kids Portuguese teaching DVDs and seems like he likes them, the thing is the whole DVD set is in Brazilian Portuguese, I asked the company if they have the mainland Portuguese, they said they are coming up with the European Portuguese for kids in a few months, so I would suggest parents to check it out if you're looking for, the company is called Dino Lingo. its dinolingo.com, you can find their videos on youtube too.

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