Tap any word for its translation. Listen to native audio with word-by-word highlighting. Your brain picks up the language naturally, just by reading.
This is a real page from the app. Tap any word. Press play. It's exactly like reading in the app.
Not textbook dialogues. Real stories about travel, culture, love, and daily life. Written to be interesting first, educational second.
Read engaging stories with the translation right there. No dictionary lookups, no breaking your flow.
Don't know a word? Tap it. Tap a sentence for the full meaning. Zero friction.
Listen while you read. Words highlight as they're spoken so your ears and eyes learn together.
A man gets lost in Lisbon. A woman starts over in Barcelona. No "the cat is on the table." Stories with real plots that make you want to keep reading.
Start with simple stories and short sentences. As you improve, the stories get richer and more complex. Naturally.
Browse the full library and read 3 pages a day. Any story, any level. No trial, no credit card, no ads. Just stories.
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Tap any word for instant translation
You did the streaks, collected the gems, but still can't read a menu. Stories teach you real language, not trivia.
You're moving to a new country and need to actually understand what people say. Not just textbook phrases.
You don't have time for classes. But you can read a page on your commute, before bed, or waiting for coffee.
Learnables is built on comprehensible input, the idea that you acquire language by understanding messages, not by memorizing rules. It's backed by over 40 years of research and it's how every polyglot you admire actually learned.
"We acquire language in one way, and only one way: when we understand messages."
- Stephen Krashen, linguist & researcher, University of Southern California
When you read a story with translation support, your brain does the work of connecting meaning to words. Naturally, without drilling. That's why words stick when you learn them in stories.
 Learnables |
 Duolingo |
Textbooks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Method | Stories + context | Gamified drills | Grammar rules |
| Real content | ✓ Yes | Isolated sentences | Textbook dialogues |
| Audio narration | ✓ Full story narration | Short sentences only | Sometimes |
| Time needed | 5 min/day | 15-20 min/day | 30+ min/day |
| Free tier | ✓ All stories, no ads | Ad-supported | ✗ No |
| European Portuguese | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Varies |
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Tap any word to translate it. Press play for native audio.
No flashcards. You learn from stories, the way your brain was built to.
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