Olá bom dia! Tudo bem? I was disappointed yesterday to see so few sharing what Portuguese you plan to speak: what you want to say, who you want to say it to, and where you want to say it. Let's do it again today. Please add in the comments of this thread exactly this 👆 If you don't speak Portuguese, you won't speak Portuguese. Let's see what we can do today. Reminder let's keep it simple: - What do you want to say? - Who do you want to say it to? - Where do you want to say it? Pop it in the comments here 👇 Go for it. If you need materials, resources, let me know. But PLEASE get out there and... Show up. Wing it. Adapt. And above all TALK! #SWAT Boa sorte e divertem-se! PS You joined a Speak Portuguese group. What's stopping you? Quick poll 👇

To my delight and surprise recently, my youngest son wanted to read a Portuguese book at bedtime. It was Pinocchio as it turned out (em Portugues: 'Pinóquio') and we read it together. The beautiful thing was not only the chance to sit and read with one of my children, but also how much I realised I understood and was able to explain to him. This is the 'collateral' benefit of the other work I've been doing; interesting because I don't read much Portuguese, consciously or purposefully. I tend to learn through other means, primarily through speaking and engagement, SWAT-style! This was a lovely option, or complementary activity, which I thoroughly recommend to you, and I'm interested to know what your reading matter is. What do you read, or what will you start with from our suggestions in the survey today? And please say more in the chat to inspire (and impress) others! PS Please share your personal SWAT 'mission' for TODAY in this pinned thread too (maybe a trip to the bookshop?!) PPS New 'recycling' mission here

This from the Monday morning briefing yesterday and prompted by @Brian Mathers (muito obrigado) and recognised by us all - a new FREE mission module for the "deer in the headlights moment", the 'confrontation' before the 'conversation' - introducing the ladder method... Here's the problem: almost everyone has this exact and AWKWARD gap. Not a lack of vocabulary - a genuine blank the moment "bom dia" runs out. You said it, they said it back, and then... nothing. Door knocked, nobody answered. #BeyondBomDia is built as a ladder - four small rungs past the greeting: 1. The greeting itself (where most of us stop) 2. A genuine observation ("está um lindo dia, não está?") 3. A real question ("como tem passado?") 4. A proper exchange ("e então, o que me conta?") It also borrows something we heard about from the conversation nights in Caldas - the 'copos' & conversation idea. For us, one rule: nobody's allowed to just say bom dia and walk away. Every greeting has to earn at least one real line back before the conversation's allowed to end. Worth trying with your own buddy or a small group. And when the ladder runs out again - because it will, that's fine - that's exactly where the panic phrases from Yikes! What Now?! earn their keep. Go check it out in the classroom, and tell me: where does YOUR ladder currently run(g) out? Rung 1, 2, 3? Let me know 👇 #SWAT - Show up. Wing it. Adapt. Talk. GET THE NEW MODULE HERE

[Olá bom dia! Tudo bem. A great subject for you this Summer morning. I will be passing this marvelous medieval monument later today as its splendour is visible frm the A8 motorway. How has your Portuguese-speaking week been? Please leave one Portuguese word you've used this week in the comments - just an obrigado counts!] 📍Uma vila medieval amuralhada no centro de Portugal, conhecida como a Vila das Rainhas - e pelos locais como "Ó-bitch", recebe um grande número de turistas nas suas ruas estreitas durante todo o ano. 🎂 O nome vem do latim oppidum - "cidade fortificada." Os romanos estiveram cá, os mouros também. Em 1148, o Rei Afonso Henriques reconquistou a vila para Portugal. Em 1282, o Rei D. Dinis deu a vila inteira à sua mulher, a Rainha Isabel, como presente de casamento - começando uma tradição que durou sete rainhas e mais de cinco séculos. 💡 Imaginem receber uma vila medieval como presente de casamento. Foi isso que aconteceu em 1282 - e a tradição continuou durante séculos: cada rei de Portugal dava Óbidos à sua rainha como parte do dote real. As rainhas corresponderam: construíram igrejas, trouxeram artistas e cuidaram do povo. Hoje a vila tem apenas três mil habitantes - mas parece igual há setecentos anos. As muralhas têm 1.565 metros de comprimento e podem ser percorridas a pé. Na Rua Direita, a actividade principal é escolher entre ginjinhas servidas em copos de chocolate. Os locais agradecem a visita - e pedem que saiam antes do jantar. 🍽️ Entre pela Porta da Vila e caminhe pelas muralhas ao pôr do sol - a vista para o campo é extraordinária. Beba uma ginjinha num copo de chocolate na Rua Direita. Se visitar em julho, o Mercado Medieval transforma a vila num cenário do século XIII com justas, trovadores e falcoaria. 🗣️ Vocabulário: - a muralha - the wall / rampart - o castelo - the castle - o dote - the dowry - a rainha - the queen 💬 "O Rei D. Dinis deu a vila de Óbidos à Rainha Isabel como presente de casamento." ❓ Hora do quiz: Quantas rainhas de Portugal receberam Óbidos como presente de casamento?

"Diga!" - it's what a Portuguese person says when they pick up the phone or when a shopkeeper turns to you. Literally "speak!" So please, speak... This thread is where you introduce yourself. Not in English - in Portuguese. Don't know where to start? Use the pitch builder: https://swatportuguese.com/prazer-pitch Pop in your name, age, where you live and a few things about yourself, and it'll build you a bilingual elevator pitch you can actually say out loud. (Takes about a minute) Then do three things: 1. Post it here - Portuguese first, English underneath if you like. 2. Say it out loud - to your phone, to the mirror, to the dog. Reading it isn't the same as saying it. (Bonus points: record it and post the audio. Terrifying, effective.) 3. Say it to an actual Portuguese person this week - a neighbour, a café, the person at the till. That's the real assignment. And read a few others before you go. Comment on someone else's in Portuguese, even if it's just "Muito prazer!" or "Bem-vindo!" - that's a real exchange, and it counts. (Nobody's marking this. Wrong Portuguese posted beats perfect Portuguese kept to yourself, every single time.) NB SWAT = Show up. Wing it. Adapt. Talk. Vamos lá — diga! 👇