Portuguese comprehensible input, one scene at a time

Start with the right question

Do not try to catch every word at once. Choose a scene that resembles the thing you want to understand. Each worksheet gives you a note format, an original written exchange, a task and a key. You then use that format with a real video of your choice.

Four places to listen carefully

The entries focus on decisions, not broad grammar surveys. Hear the final amount, the correct entrance, the revised plan or the missing connection between events. Work through one hub in order, or enter at a scene that matters to you today.

Featured resources, by role

We make Jibber Jabber. For a suitable video in the app, use its captions to check the phrase that prevented you from completing the task. Word lookup can help with a food item, an action or a time expression. Do not assume that our invented exchanges appear in the library. We do not confirm which national variety every video uses.

Read about the Jibber Jabber video player ↗.

A public broadcaster's interview can supply natural turn-taking. A local walking tour can supply route language. A cooking video can supply quantities and corrections. Choose a short passage with audible speech and enough context. A silent montage cannot test listening. See the resource directory for roles and limits, and the selection guide before choosing a difficult scene.

Questions before your first task

Brazil or Portugal?

Start with the variety relevant to your life. Each example identifies a regional choice when it affects the task. A bus may be an ônibus in Brazil or an autocarro in Portugal. The listening goal can stay the same while the words change. Do not treat one country's wording as an error in the other.

What if I understand only the picture?

Choose a detail that the picture cannot settle. A cup shows a drink, but it does not reveal whether the customer orders one or two. Listen for that detail before checking captions. Write not stated when the recording does not give an answer.

What counts as finishing?

Give an answer and identify its evidence. A correct guess is not yet a checked listening answer. You can finish a task without copying every word. You can also finish with an uncertainty label when the speaker leaves a plan open.

Sources and editorial basis

The examples and exercise designs are original editorial work. They are not transcripts or reported study results. Product statements follow the official product facts ↗, checked 9 November 2026. Read our methodology for how to use the keys without mistaking reading for listening.