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If you are looking for a free (or cheap) and easy way to learn Portuguese I highly recommend Portuguese Duolingo. You can download this app for free onto your smartphone. The basic plan is free to use, but you can upgrade to PLUS if you would like certain benefits such as more lives and less ads.
Portuguese Duolingo lessons
Duolingo teaches you languages in a series of mini lessons on each topic such as food, animals and numbers. You work your way through the Duolingo Tree (series of lessons) until you reach the end of the tree. There are 11 ‘castles’ or sections in the Portuguese Duolingo and the further you get the more challenging the topics become such as spirituality and politics.
Bonus Lessons and Stories
As well as the main lessons, there are also bonus sections such as Idioms and Flirting. There is also a section with Portuguese Duolingo ‘stories’ where you can read short stories on different situations and learn new vocabulary. Examples of Duolingo stories include ‘a date’, ‘at the museum’ and ‘the honeymoon’.
