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Colloquial Portuguese – Part 05 Posted by Adir on Dec 3, 2012
Salve! Tudo bem com vocês? Today we have the last part of our colloquial Portuguese series. Check out the links to the other four parts below. Are you ready? Vamos lá? Download audio Que vergonha! – Shame on you! Resumindo… – In short… Sabe de uma coisa? – You know what? Se eu estivesse na…
How to use “a gente” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Nov 26, 2012
Olá! How was your long weekend? Did you have fun? Let’s kick our week off with a very interesting feature of spoken Portuguese: using “a gente”. “A gente” means “the people”, but it is widely used in spoken Portuguese to replace the pronoun “nós”. It is not considered substandard or impolite and it is found…
Song: “Eu Vou Estar”, by Capital Inicial Posted by Adir on Nov 20, 2012
Oi! Tudo bem com você? Brazilian band Capital Inicial has this very cool song, Eu Vou Estar (I’m going to be), which is very easy to understand so I decided to share it with you guys today. Eu Vou Estar also brings the verb ir (to go) used in several ways and it is a great…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 04 Posted by Adir on Nov 15, 2012
Salve, pessoal! Tudo bem? After some time our colloquial Portuguese series is back and today we are going to learn some more cool and interesting expressions in Portuguese, you know, those expressions you won’t find in a regular dictionary or coursebook. Estão prontos? Vamos lá! Download audio O gato comeu sua língua? – The cat…
More slang in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Nov 5, 2012
E aí, tudo bem com você? Last week I was on vacation but I’m back and today we are going to learn some very interesting slang words in Brazilian Portuguese. Are you ready? Let’s start with abacaxi (pineapple) and pepino (cucumber). I have no idea why, but these words mean a very difficult problem to…
How to shop in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Oct 26, 2012
Hey, everybody! There are some great places to shop in Brazil so here are some very useful and interesting sentences and expressions for you to use. Pois não? – How can I help you? Quanto custa? – How are does it/do they cost? Quanto custa isso? – How much does that cost? Quanto vale? –…
Idiom: cair a ficha Posted by Adir on Oct 22, 2012
E aí, pessoal? Tudo bem? Let’s learn a very cool idiom in Portuguese today: cair a ficha. Cair a ficha is used when you finally understand something that you hadn’t been aware of, it finally hits you. It can also be used when someone takes a hit. This expression in Portuguese from the time when…