Estar + a + Infinitivo Workbook

The one formula every European Portuguese sentence is hiding behind.

You want to say "I'm reading." Or "she's working." Or "what are you doing right now."

In English, that's easy. In European Portuguese, it's one formula — and almost nobody teaches it properly before throwing you into a class.

This is Lesson Nº1. Literally. It's the first thing I give every new student, because nothing else clicks until this does.

If you've spent any time with an app or a textbook, you've probably learned estou a fazer exists somewhere — but not why, not how it actually works in every tense, and definitely not how locals actually say it out loud (hint: it's not what you think).

And if you've ever leaned on Brazilian Portuguese content, you've learned the wrong formula entirely. Estou trabalhando will get you understood in Lisbon. It will also get you immediately clocked as someone who learned the wrong Portuguese.

WHAT THIS WORKBOOK ACTUALLY DOES:

This isn't a grammar handout. It's the formula, broken down the way I break it down for private students — pattern first, drilling second, real sentences from page one.

Inside:

• Estar conjugated across every person — drilled until it's automatic, not memorised
• The exact structure: estar + a + infinitivo, and why it works for present, past, and future
• Real spoken examples, including the contractions you'll actually hear on the street
• Practice sets that move from recognition to production
• A full answer key, so you're never guessing if you got it right

WHO THIS IS FOR:

You're starting from zero, or close to it. You've maybe tried Duolingo, maybe a few classes, and you're tired of feeling like Portuguese is a language you'll never quite catch. This is the foundation everything else gets built on — get this right, and the rest of the language stops feeling like guesswork.

What you'll get:

• A digital 17-page PDF you can print at home or work through on screen

This is page one. Let's make it count.

Com café e caos,
Catarina

P.S. This is a digital download, so it's not eligible for refunds. Any questions contact: [email protected]