Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Rachel in Online Learning
Learning a language doesn’t have to be boring. Check out some of these fun games to help you learn Portuguese!
Excellent vocabulary games
Also, you can check out these games intended for Portuguese-speaking children that can actually be quite useful for adult Portuguese students:
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Rachel in Learning, Technology
For today’s reading comprehension, we’re going to read a BBC Brasil article about an indigenous couple who met on the Internet.
Casal indígena se conhece na internet
Excerpt: “O casal Gasodá Suruí e Maria Leonice, ou Tori Tupari, seu nome indígena, se conheceu pela Internet e até casou pela rede. Eles são um exemplo de como as novas tecnologias estão permeando a vida dos povos indígenas no Brasil. “Muita gente não acredita em internet, eles acham que é uma ilusão”, diz Tori.”
There’s also a neat little video with parts of the interview from the article, so you can watch that, too:
Questions
1. What site did the couple meet on? What program did they use to chat?
2. How far away from each other did the couple live?
3. When did the couple first meet in person? When did they get married?
Answers after the jump.
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by Rachel in Learning, Music
One of the most internationally famous bossa nova songs of all time, The Girl from Ipanema is a classic with easy to follow lyrics. It’s useful to see a side by side translation, especially since the song is also sung in English (the most famous recording by Frank Sinatra), but with slightly different lyrics. Here, we have the literal translation of the original Portuguese lyrics sung by Tom Jobim, along with a video with subtitles.
A Garota de Ipanema / The Girl from Ipanema
| Olha, que coisa mais linda, Mais cheia de graça, É ela, menina, que vem e que passa, Num doce balanço, a caminho do mar. Moça do corpo dourado, Ah, por que estou tão sozinho? Ah, se ela soubesse |
Look, such a sight, so beautiful, So filled with grace, It;s her, this girl who comes and who passes, With a sweet swing, on her way to the sea. Girl with body of gold Ah, why am I so alone? Ah, if she but knew, |
