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The Italian is right, unfortunately there are far fewer resources than there are for PT-BR but and at the beginner level IMO mixing the two is not ideal.
Here is what I did, and what I would do again if I could do it over again:
>been learning on and off for 3 years
>do Pimsleur 1 and most of Pimsleur 2 for PT-PT
>start using Practice Portuguese
>make first trip to PT
>Keep doing Practice Portuguese
>make second trip to PT
>take a break for 2-4 months
>start again, doing penpals, and meet brazilian friends online
>talk for some months while I also listen to news in PT-BR
>take a break for like 6 months
>Finally start again, using Practice Portuguese
>Buy these books from Susana Morais that have Portuguese called StoryGlot; they are awesome.
>For 4-5 months take private lessons on ITalki
>Next trip to Portugal this September
>Read several Harry Potter books
>continue with private lessons
>The following trip to Portugal was back in December
>finally can read a classic portuguese book
>continue with private lessons
Now if I did it all over again, I would probably start with:
- Subscribe to (and read) the short stories of StoryGlot. Buying the books and doing exercises:
https://storyglot.com/books/
- Also listen to the Portuguese with Leo Beginner Podcast and Intermediate Podcast, to practice comprehensible input. He also has a Youtube channel.
- If you have the money for it, use PRactice Portuguese. It has a (shitty) SRS system built-in but really good dialogues for following along. If I did it all over again, I would use them just for the dialogues and copy all their cards into Anki for myself.
- At this point you can probably evaluate a bit if you like the language and want to invest more in it.
Practice Portuguese is a great resource. Not all of it is pay-walled thankfully. But they explain Grammar well and have lots of free stuff.
