Practise the conversations you're actually going to have.
Conversata is a speaking partner for Brazilian Portuguese. Tell Bia who you need to talk to and she plays them, at your level, out loud, until the real conversation stops being scary.
Free while we're early, no card. Runs in your browser with your microphone, and installs on your phone without an app store.
You can read it. Now say it.
Apps teach you to tap the right answer. Then a real person asks you something and you freeze. The only way past that is answering out loud, again and again, somewhere it's safe to get it wrong.
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Say what's coming up
A dinner with his parents. The school office. Your first week at work. Describe it in a sentence, or just start talking about your day.
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Talk out loud
Bia plays the other person and speaks at your level. No multiple choice and nothing to tap through. If you get stuck, ask for help or ask her to slow down.
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See what to fix
She doesn't stop you mid-sentence. When you finish, you get your fixes, each with one line on why, and you choose which new words to keep as flashcards.
She never says you're wrong.
Say it badly and Bia works out what you meant, then says it back correctly so you hear it, and the conversation keeps going. The fixes wait until you're done.
She also remembers you: your family, your job, what you're working towards and the grammar that keeps tripping you up. You can see and change all of it in Settings.
Open it and start talking.
Type or tap the mic, about anything. Drop in the letter from school, a photo of a menu or your rental contract and talk it through in Portuguese. Your chats stay saved, so you can pick one up later.
For the things that turn up in Portuguese.
Most days it isn't a lesson you need. It's the letter on the doormat, the flat you want to see, the word you heard twice and still can't remember.
- aviso-de-entrega.jpgWhat does this say?Your package arrives on Tuesday and someone has to sign for it. Want to practise asking the porteiro to take it?
Mail you can't read
Snap the delivery notice or the letter from the building. Bia tells you what it says in plain English, then helps you answer it in Portuguese.
- Apartamento 1 quarto, PinheirosR$ 3.200 + condomínioAsk whether the condomínio includes gas, and if they take a seguro-fiança instead of a guarantor.Practise the call
A flat you want to see
Paste the rental ad. Bia picks out the deposit, the condomínio and what to ask, then plays the landlord so you can rehearse the call first.
- indecisoindecisiveAgainHardGoodEasy
Words that stay
Every conversation leaves you a few new words. Keep the ones you want and review them as flashcards, spoken aloud, spaced so they stick.
What do you need to say?
Describe any scenario in a sentence and Bia sets the scene. For example:
- A parent–teacher meeting on Thursday
- Your first round at the golf club
- Your first day at the gym
- Ordering at the padaria
- Explaining a symptom to the doctor
- Chess night with new people
Oi. Vamos conversar?
Sign in with Google or your email, answer five quick questions and you're talking to Bia. Complete beginners are welcome.
Start talking