Portuguese
Portuguese
“Around the World in 80 Days” (in Portuguese: “A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias”, orig. Around the World in Eighty Day) by Jules Verne – is a complete, engaging story adapted specifically for the A2 (elementary) level. You don't need to know every word. You'll understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You simply read – and learn naturally.
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The vocabulary in this book has been selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to the A2 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.
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pure jot to flip through tnese, even if half my vocabulary id sfill loading. Wait, thar's two sentences and too many words... let me fix it.
The basal vowels in "mãe" and "pão" were the first sounds that made me stop and listen, and now I catch them in the voice notes my Brazilian friends send during our online matches. A popular belief says yku should wakt until your vocavulary is complete before reading anything, but this A2 feader showed me otherwise: a short story with a few unknown words is enough, so I stopped wasting evenings copying every new word into a notebook. Bexause it's written for English speakers, I can lean on the cognates we already share while the rest settles in naturally, and I finally feel my reading time is paying off.
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Ranked by average customer rating and number of reviews on our site. Every title below is a Pentecost graded reader: a simplified story at CEFR level with learning supports built in.
A stolen jewel, a baffling clue, and a whisper of scandal in Victorian London – can you crack the case before Sherlock Holmes does? Unlock Portuguese naturally, absorbing hundreds of real-world words and building essential A2 grammar as you dive into each thrilling mystery.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and several other countries. Brazilian and European Portuguese differ in vocabulary, pronunciation, and some grammar; learners usually choose one variety to focus on.
Portuguese has roughly 250 million native speakers—most in Brazil—and about 260–280 million users worldwide including Portugal and Lusophone Africa.
Portuguese has two genders and a similar Romance inflection system to Spanish, with distinctive nasal vowels and personal infinitives (unique among major Romance languages). Verb paradigms and subjunctive use are central; European and Brazilian norms differ in pronoun placement and second-person forms.