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DQPM Universe

Stories created by a writer, powered by AI

Five series, one world. People from the quebrada heading to Berlin, London, Hamburg and Toronto, and a foreigner moving onto a São Paulo rooftop. You learn the language by living the story with them.

Pick my seriesHow the stories are made
series
5
episodes
120
languages
3
study rhythms
3

Five routes

Pick the series that fits your life, not your level.

Every lead character leaves one place and needs a language to reach another. Find the question that is yours.

  • Moving to Germany to study or live?

    Juliana's Journey

    Jardim Aurora, Diadema → Berlin

    A graffiti artist from Diadema, a scholarship and a whole Berlin to figure out.

    German · A1 → A2 · 24 episodes

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  • Making music and dreaming of stages abroad?

    Dudu's Hustle

    Vila Esperança → London

    A verse goes viral, London calls, and the MC has to make it in English, from the airport to a stage in Berlin.

    English · A1 → A2 · 24 episodes

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  • A foreigner who wants real Brazilian Portuguese?

    The Gringo on the Rooftop

    Berlin → A rooftop in São Paulo

    A Berlin producer lands in São Paulo with textbook Portuguese. The quebrada teaches him the rest.

    Portuguese · A1 → A2 · 24 episodes

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  • Working in healthcare and thinking of Germany?

    Night Shift in Hamburg

    Diadema → Hamburg

    A nursing technician from Diadema, a German hospital and the road to diploma recognition.

    German for healthcare · A1 → A2 · 24 episodes

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  • Want a remote tech job for a company abroad?

    From Deliveries to Code

    Parque das Flores, São Paulo → Toronto, from home

    A motorbike courier, a second-hand laptop and a dream: working in tech for the world without leaving the neighbourhood.

    English for tech · A1 → A2 · 24 episodes

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Where the stories cross

The characters know each other. And they meet.

  • In Berlin, Juliana lives in Lukas's old room, at his mother Sabine's place. He is across the ocean, living on Dona Rose's rooftop.

  • Dudu's song goes into Lukas's film. First, Dudu has to convince the label, politely and in English.

  • Caíque, grandson of Dona Silvia (Juliana's grandmother), becomes the editor of Lukas's film.

  • Two grandmothers from the quebrada on their first international flight: Dona Silvia to see her granddaughter, Dona Rose with the money from the rooftop raffle.

The big meet-up

Berlin, March: three series, one weekend.

In season A2, Juliana, Dudu and Lukas end up in the same place, each by their own road. Follow one series and you will run into the others.

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  1. Tuesday

    Dona Silvia and Davi land in Berlin.

  2. Wednesday

    Dona Rose arrives. The whole rooftop's raffle paid for her ticket.

  3. Thursday

    A goodbye on the platform: Tarek leaves.

  4. Saturday

    Juliana's exhibition opens, with Dudu and Lukas in the crowd.

  5. Sunday, 6 pm

    Premiere of “A Laje”, Lukas's film.

  6. Sunday, 9 pm

    Dudu's festival show. If the night-before mishap gets sorted out in time.

At your pace

Every series in three rhythms. Same destination.

You choose how much to practise in each episode and switch whenever you like. What you can do by the end of the season is the same in all three.

  • Easy

    Short episode, with translation and more support

  • Steady

    The full episode

  • Nerdrake mode

    More steps, grammar deep dives and challenges

How it's made

The writer creates. AI amplifies.

Behind every character there is an author: Alexandre Ribeiro, writer, founder of DQPM and author of Querido Heinz, who went from Favela da Torre to Berlin. AI comes in as a tool, so a universe this size fits your routine and your level.

From the writer

  • The universe, the neighbourhoods and every character, with a name, a family and a story.
  • The arcs, the cliffhangers and the humour of each season.
  • What goes in and what stays out. A character whose name doesn't ring true gets a new one.

From AI

  • Helps write each episode in three rhythms, from light to intense.
  • Gives the lines a neural voice, so you can hear every scene.
  • In pronunciation practice, it listens to you and shows what to adjust.

From review

  • Every episode follows the De Quebra cycle: See, Unpack, Practice, Create and Take it to the world.
  • Automated tests check every episode, in every rhythm, before it goes live.
  • The author reads and sends things back. When he found the first season too shallow, all 48 episodes were deepened.

Why do we say we use AI?

Because there is nothing to hide. AI doesn't know the quebrada: the writer does. AI helps these stories go further and faster, with a rhythm for every learner.

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