Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Today, you’re going to learn how to use your knowledge of English to learn Brazilian Portuguese.
Even though English isn’t a Romance language, it was also heavily influenced by Latin and other Latin-based languages. For this reason, hundreds of English words are identical or very similar to Portuguese.
In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to recognize certain patterns that will help you identify the meaning of words and also easily translate terms from English to Portuguese, and vice versa.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro – You already know hundreds of Portuguese words
00:14 How English helps you learn Portuguese
01:06 Free PDF! 100 words with example sentences: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/100-words
01:51 Word Group 1: Words ending in -AL
03:16 Word Group 2: Words ending in -TION → -ÇÃO
04:29 Word Group 3: Words ending in -SION → -SÃO
05:37 Word Group 4: Words ending in -ARY → -ÁRIO
06:50 Word Group 5: Words ending in -IC → -ICO
08:10 Word Group 6: Words ending in -OUS → -OSO
09:27 Word Group 7: Words ending in -CT → -TO or -ITO
10:30 Word Group 8: Words ending in -ABLE → -ÁVEL
11:39 Word Group 9: Words ending in -TY → -DADE
12:50 Word Group 10: Words ending in -LY → -MENTE
14:12 Exceptions and false friends
14:48 Free PDF! 100 words with example sentences: speakingbrazilian.kit.com/100-words
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15:40 See you next time! Tchau tchau!

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