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Portuguese Grammar - Quick Guide - Verbs 1 (Udemy.com)

Learn how to use the "going" future, past and present tenses in Portuguese

Created by: Kieran Ball

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • You will learn how to form basic sentences using Portuguese infinitives and some basic modal verbs
  • You will learn about the impersonal phrase "pode-se"
  • You will learn how to form the "going" future tense
  • You will learn how to form the past tense with regular verbs
  • You will learn how to form the present tense with regular er, ir and ar verbs

How it compares

Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 41% of them
  • Reviews158#407 of 536 by number of reviews
  • Length5.2 hoursshorter than 51% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 93% of them

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Course Description

Hello and welcome to this Quick Guide course on Portuguese verbs.

This guide is perfect for students who need help learning about Portuguese verbs.

In any language, verbs are the backbone to sentences. Without verbs there would be no sentences. The good thing about verbs is that you can manipulate them and use them to express anything you like. Look at these sentences, for example:

I learn Portuguese

I’m learning Portuguese

I’m going to learn Portuguese

I have learnt Portuguese

I want to learn Portuguese

All these sentences contain pretty much the same words, “I”, “learn” and “Portuguese”, but they mean different things because we’ve manipulated the verb “learn” into different tenses.

In this course, you'll get an introduction to using and recognising Portuguese verbs in the following areas:


  • infinitives

  • the impersonal verb "pode-se"

  • the "going" future

  • the present perfect tense

  • the present tense

Both European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese are covered in this course - if there are any differences in vocabulary or pronunciation, I explain these in full.

"Portuguese Grammar - Quick Guide - Verbs 1" is particularly useful for complete beginners in Portuguese grammar as everything is explained assuming no prior knowledge. The vocabulary used is limited so as to avoid over-complication. Each tense is explained, showing how to form the tense, how to negate it, and how to translate it to and from English.

Each tense starts with a simple explanation followed by lots of practise sentences to build confidence and proficiency.

I hope you enjoy :-)

Obrigado

Kieran

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Instructor Details

Kieran Ball

Hello, bonjour, hola, hallo, ciao and olá! 

I’m Kieran and I’m a language tutor based in the UK, and I also create online courses and write books to make language learning accessible to all.

My books and online courses are based on the method I developed for teaching languages, which I've been using in all my classes for many  years. The method will get you speaking quickly, without the  struggle normally associated with language learning.

I have created three series of language courses available in French,  Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese. They're called: '3 Minute  Languages', 'Building Structures' and 'Quick Guides'.


I hope you enjoy, and "Happy Learning" :-)

Kieran

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Reviews

4.6

158 ratings on Udemy

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By David B on 8/13/2026

Excellent course. Progressive learning and testing with the clear explanations that are a hallmark of this series. A great addition to the 3 minute course.

By Emma Yates on 9/17/2025

Very good tutor; pacing was good, he knows his subject, and informtion was presented clearly so easy too understand. The only criticism i have is that, for me, a brit living in portugal trying to learn portuguese, all of the brazilian portuguese is not only redundant but potebtially confusing. I would prefer tp have a course that is focused on European Portuguese only.

By Mary Wood Power on 5/4/2024

The only teaching app that works for me and l have tried lots. Also l really like the 3 minute Portuguese Lessons Books on my Kindle. Just wish they there were more than up to Lessons 18

By Joanna Forembska on 2/28/2024

It is a perfect course for me. I lived in Brazil 10 years ago and I learnt portuguese on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. I could remember some of words but I never studied grammar. Thanks for this course!

By Ken Lubert on 1/28/2024

Again, I am going to Portugal, not Brazil so I find the constant repetition of the vocabulary in Brazilian portuguese to be a waste of time and for someone like me that struggles with new languages, it just complicates my learning.

By George Maslyar on 9/11/2023

Twenty verbs is a pretty large chunk for beginners. Too much time to recall the correct verb for the new sentence, and not enough time to repeat that new sentence in Portugues.

By Stephen S Berman on 8/26/2023

I rated the course only 4 and not 5 because on the one hand the course is excellent. The tutoring is superb. It's very clear and comprehendible to any person enculiding those who are less linguistics inclined. Nonetheless, though the course is long it's too repetitive and somewhat attritive - the more one listens the more one finds himself glancing quickly at parts of a lesson and advancing while skipping parts which were more of the same. I think the course would be more effective if it were cut by half or had twice the material it had.

By Kamran Tom Ajir on 6/1/2023

A very methodically good way to learn verb conjugation, though it was a bit repetitive with the purpose of remembering! You do have to do the work.

By Tiffiny Frederickson on 1/26/2023

I loved this; it is a perfect amount of new & review for me.

By Timofey Bugaevsky on 11/12/2022

I should have put 1 stars, because it's unfair to make an addiction with your lessons! :) Language courses that Kieran makes are awesome! For this course there's in 4n lesson not sync video and audio starting from almost the beginning and lasting till the end, it's worth fixing.

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