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Olá! I'm Rafa and I will guide you to learn Portuguese quickly!
You may have come to this site because you want to learn Portuguese. You may be searching for a specific topic about Portuguese culture or perhaps a useful Portuguese phrase. Maybe you are looking for a Portuguese Teacher, or for advice about how to do, set up and expand your business in Brazil, Portugal, Angola or any other Portuguese speaking country. You may also have come to this site because you realize that when you arrive in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, A Guiné, S. Tomé, Cape Verde, East Timor, Madeira or Azores, you will need to speak the local language. You may also need to know about the people and their culture. This site will teach you how to learn Portuguese, what to listen for and say in Portuguese speaking countries and what Portuguese native speakers are saying to you. All this combined with useful tips in order for you to understand the locals' culture too. By using these ideas and by being aware of what to remember when you want to speak Portuguese you will learn to control and manage everyday situations with such ease that the locals will be impressed with how well you’ll communicate with them being a foreigner! With just a few words of Portuguese you will open the doors of communication and establish rapport. In this site, your opinion is important. So you can vote and/or suggest a topic that you'd like to learn by clicking here. Now and then, I'll suggest 4 topics and the one that wins is one to be added next to this site. Did you know that you will only need to learn about 300 words to sustain a conversation? Obviously combined with a good method? Those Portuguese words and that method are here for you. If you follow my recommendations you'll be learning each item in a way that you'll hardly forget again. You have chosen the right way to make your visit go smoothly. Every technique, word or expression you learn relates to real situations in Portuguese speaking countries. I know this site will change your mind about learning how to speak Portuguese and, armed with the confidence you will gain, you might choose to learn more and more. And, I'll be here looking forward to that day. I will be here to help you too! By the way, if you sign up for my newsletter in the box on the top right hand column, I will be in touch with you with the hottest explanations about Portuguese. Also, I have already launched a revolutionary way for you to learn Portuguese quickly and effortless. Please check out Rafa's Vocabulary Ticker now. And it's always good to hear from you as well. Your messages are my fuel... Your opinion and ideas about how you learn Portuguese are really important. So, please do not hesitate to contact me. I would love to know what you have to say. Please click on the Navigation Bar buttons to become familiar with what you need to know, to learn Portuguese - the 3rd European language most spoken in the world. Check out the dots in the map to visualize where in the world you can speak Portuguese.  Also, if you would like to help me keep this site running and spend more time building it, and helping other people learn Portuguese at the same time, you can donate by clicking the button below. Your help will be much appreciated. :-) Muito obrigado! [Thank you very much!] Rafa. x 
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"Hi Rafa
This site is just amazing - I really enjoy having the resource available to learn Portuguese - and have learnt so much from it already.Please keep adding more!
Nina." - South Africa
| "A great Portuguese teacher! Rafa speaks excellent English, and as a result is able to explain subtleties that other teachers can't. He can speak Portuguese clearly for the beginner or with the slang and difficult pronunciation that everyday Portuguese so often use. This is a great help. The use of Skype to conduct a lesson at a distance is great. It works absolutely fine. His site has lots of goodies and is very useful. That, combined with Rafa himself as a teacher over Skype is an excellent way to learn the language." Dale - Netherlands. |
"Dear Rafa,
Just wanted to thank you that you took your time and build this page. In my opinion is the best page for learning Portuguese, I just love your way of teaching! I've already taken lessons in my country but now everything seems much, much easier!
Muito obrigada :)
Ana." - Slovenia
| "I contracted the services of Mr Rafael Tavares this summer to help me in the preparation of a series of lectures I will be giving in Mozambique. Mr Tavares managed to impart to me an incredibly clear insight to the fundamentals of Portuguese grammar and construction, which has boosted my ability and confidence enormously." Dr. Boomer - London, England |
Just want to say that I have found your site on learning Portuguese absolutely great! I am planning to come over to Portugal early next year to live and try to find work. Like you say it takes time to learn a language and that is true, but I do feel much more confident learning Portuguese from your site than any book, class or tapes etc... Thanks for the great site!
Cheers from Melbourne Australia.
Richard" - Australia
| "It's just great to learn with Rafa. His enthusiasm, dedication and humour are really inspiring and encouraging. A student could not ask for a better Portuguese teacher." Jessica - Canada |
"Hi Rafa
Congratulations on your site, which I have just found. I began Portuguese just a few weeks ago at weekly evening class and, despite being a pretty good Spanish speaker, am finding Portuguese pronunciation hard going. Your section on this topic, plus the free lesson at front of site, are a definite help to learn Portuguese.Muito obrigado!"
Harry" - UK
| "I would have absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in recommending in the highest possible terms Mr Tavares to anyone wishing to learn or improve their Portuguese." John - L.A., USA |
"Olá! Eu queria escrever só porque gosto muito do seu site! Eu amo o português!! Eu gosto do que você escreve sobre o medo e a mente quando aprendemos línguas.
Eu gosto de ler coisas sobre como aprender Português na internet. Eu aprendi Português enquanto morei no Rio de Janeiro por 6 meses e falando só com os Brasileiros. Ajudou também ter um namorado brasileiro. Estou aprendendo ainda, todo dia, mas tenho confiança em enfrentar qualquer Brasileiro para dar uma idéa! Hoje em dia tem tantos métodos de estudar. Eu vejo vídeos no youtube - entrevistas, programas de televisão, músicas - e ler os commentarios - isso é muito bom para aprender as gírias! É bom também memorizar as letras das musicas....
Boa sorte! Gostei do seu site!
Stephanie" - USA
| "I have been deeply impressed by Rafa's structured way of teaching and his ability to identify the really key aspects for his students, thus enabling me to advance very rapidly without spending time on less important or extraneous topics." Diane - NY, USA |
"Bom dia, Rafa :)
I like your page and it is very useful for me when I learn Portuguese since I get a lot of information which is easy to understand. Thank you so much for your effort.
Donata" - Lithuania
"Olá Rafa!
O meu nome é Jakub. Eu só queria dizer que eu estou feliz de encontrar o seu site. Acho que ele é muito bom e útil! Eu tento aprender a língua Portuguesa porque tenho muitos amigos Angolanos na minha cidade - Cracovia.
And something I'm not yet able to express in Portuguese... I very much like your way of sharing knowledge and your sense of humour. Muito obrigado!
Jakub" - Poland
"Hi Rafa,
Your site is a really useful resource, and I found your comparison of the personal infinitive/future subjunctive very interesting – I happened upon it precisely when I was struggling to grasp the concept, thinking I may be the only one with this problem!
Alex" - UK
"Hi Rafa
This is a great site! I'm a British ex-pat and I have been living in Portugal for 15 months now, but I am still struggling with the language. I've spent a lot of money on books, CDs and language lessons.
I like the idea of practising my pronunciation by reading out the text but I think the text you have chosen is far too difficult. In my opinion, an easier text with more commonly used words would be more useful and make beginners feel less overwhelmed!
Many thanks again, it's a great site!
Jennifer" - Portugal
"Olá Rafa
I love the website!!! I can see that a lot of long nights and a lot of thinking went into this site.
Cenk." - England