# First steps: Where I'm from

**Language:** Portuguese  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Listen in as Larissa and Thiago talk about where they come from in real, everyday Portuguese. By the end of this course their conversation will feel easy to follow, and you'll be ready to join in.

**Setting:** A bus stop on a busy avenue in Santana in São Paulo on a weekday morning. Larissa waits here every day, and today Thiago starts talking to her. They use você with each other.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying which country you're from

Larissa and Thiago get talking at the bus stop and find out they are from different countries.

### 2. Saying which city you're from

Larissa and Thiago name the cities they grew up in.

### 3. Saying where you live now

Larissa and Thiago discover they both live in the same neighbourhood.

### 4. Saying which street you live on

Thiago and Larissa work out that they live a couple of streets apart.

### 5. Saying which languages you speak

Thiago and Larissa compare the languages they each speak.

### 6. Talking about countries you know

Thiago asks Larissa whether she knows Angola, and she says she does not.

### 7. Saying where your family lives

Thiago and Larissa say where their families are.