# First steps: Where I'm from

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

> Listen in as Inês and Tomás 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 street in Alvalade in Lisbon on a weekday morning. Inês, who is from Seville, waits here every day, and today Tomás starts talking to her. They use tu with each other.

## Lessons

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

Inês and Tomás get talking at the bus stop and find out they are from different countries.

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

Inês and Tomás name the cities they grew up in.

### 3. Saying where you live now

Inês and Tomás discover they both live in Lisbon.

### 4. Saying which street you live on

Inês and Tomás work out that they live a couple of streets apart.

### 5. Saying which languages you speak

Inês and Tomás compare the languages they each speak.

### 6. Talking about countries you know

Tomás and Inês find out which of each other's countries they know.

### 7. Saying where your family lives

Tomás and Inês say where their families are.