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Happy Holidays! Posted by Adir on Dec 23, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Fiz um vídeo para desejar Boas Festas para vocês! Feliz Natal e um Próspero Ano Novo!
Talking about the weather in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 17, 2013
Olá, pessoal! As you may already know, I’m from the southeast of Brazil – typically a very hot region. Come November it starts to get very hot, rain a lot and this happens until late March. So today I’m going to teach you some expressions to talk about the weather in Portuguese. Estão prontos? Está…
Talking about driving in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 12, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Something you are not likely to find in coursebooks is real life words and expressions related to driving. So here are some very, but very useful expressions about driving that you won’t find in textbooks! Manobras – Maneuvers Encostar / parar – to pull over Vou encostar aqui. – I’m going to pull…
Collocations with verb “passar” Posted by Adir on Dec 4, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Collocations are word combinations. For example, we say “do business” and not “make business”, right? We say “take a shower” and not “do a shower”. The verb passar has several very useful and interesting collocations and today I’m going to share some of them with you. Remember: the best way to remember words…
05 Very Common Brazilian Idioms Posted by Adir on Dec 2, 2013
Hello, there! Tudo bem com você? We are going to kick this week off with five very interesting and common Brazilian idioms. Remember: whenever you come across this kind of idioms, write them down and review them regularly! Let’s do this! 01. Bater perna – to stroll around; to walk around Passe a manhã inteira…
Do You Get Anxious When You Speak a Foreign Language? Posted by Adir on Nov 27, 2013
Hello, there! I made a little video for my personal blog readers a couple of weeks ago. In this video I give three major tips to become more fluent in Portuguese or any other language you are learning. The video is in Portuguese and below is a rough draft I wrote before recording it –…
95 Countries and Nationalities in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Nov 21, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Hoje vamos aprender e revisar alguns países e continentes e suas nacionalidades em português. a África – africano/a a África do Sul – sul-africano/a o Alasca – alasquense a Albânia – albanês/albanesa a Alemanha – alemão/alemã a América – americano/a a Angola – angolano/a a Arábia Saudita – árabe a Argentina –…