Welcome to Brazilian Portuguese A1: Part 1. By the end of this course, you'll be able to greet people naturally, introduce yourself, ask for help, and hold simple everyday conversations in authentic spoken Brazilian Portuguese. You'll build practical skills you can use straight away, developing an ear for how Brazilians really speak on the street. With Auracle, you build towards fluency by speaking constantly and using active recall to make your responses automatic. Spaced repetition ensures you review each word at the optimal moment, cementing it in your memory so you learn quickly and forget nothing. Let's get started!

In this deck, you'll master the essential sounds of spoken Brazilian Portuguese that differ most from British English. Getting these key sounds right from the start will make you immediately understood and give you confidence whenever you speak. Here's a tip if you want to just hear the native pronunciation audio over and over again: visit the deck's page and press the answer audio button on each card as many times as you like.

In Brazilian Portuguese, the letter D before the vowel I softens into a 'dj' sound, similar to the J in the English word 'jump'. You can hear this in 'dia', the Portuguese word for 'day'. It is spelt D I A. Listen and copy: 'dia'.

At the end of a word, an unstressed letter E is pronounced like 'ee'. When the letter T comes before this sound, it softens into a 'tch' sound, like the C H in 'cheese'. You can hear both of these features in 'noite', the Portuguese word for 'night'. It is spelt N O I T E. Listen and copy: 'noite'.