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Proverbs in Portuguese – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Jun 25, 2012
Olá! Como foi seu fim de semana? Espero que tenha sido muito bom. Bom, hoje continuamos com a segunda parte sobre os provérbios em português. Os provérbios são uma parte muito importante da cultura e da língua de um país então é muito importante conhecê-los. Preparado? Em boca fechada não entra mosquito. A closed mouth…
Proverbs in Portuguese – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Jun 18, 2012
Olá! Antes de mais nada desejo a você, meu querido leitor aqui do blog de português da Transparent Language, uma ótima e produtiva semana. Nosso assunto hoje são os provérbios! Sim, todos conhecemos provérbios e hoje vamos ver como são alguns deles em português, ok? Vamos lá! A cavalo dado não se olham os dentes…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Jun 15, 2012
Oi, tudo bem com você? Today is Friday and let’s wrap up our week with some very cool and interesting colloquial expressions in Portuguese. You can check out the first part of these expressions by clicking here! Download audio Desembucha! – Shoot! Spit it out! Deu pau (no computador)! – It crashed! (the computer) Deu…
How to say “it’s not my thing” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2012
Olá! Tudo bem? I rarely watch soap operas and one of these I was waiting for a friend to pick me up so we could go grab a beer and I turned on the TV. There was this comedic soap opera on and I ended up watching half hour of it. Halfway through the first…
How to pronounce the ending “-em” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Jun 1, 2012
Olá! Tudo bem? Here’s a short video I made to teach you (if you don’t know already!) how to pronounce the ending -em in Portuguese! The words I use in the video are: alguém – someone ninguém – no one também – too, also amém – amen nem – either, not either ele vem –…
Expressions with the verb “estar” Posted by Adir on May 28, 2012
Olá! Tudo bem com você? There are several (and very useful) expressions with the verb estar (to be) in Portuguese. Let’s learn some of them, shall we? Estar a fim de fazer alguma coisa – to feel like doing something Estou afim de fazer uma caminhada hoje. Topa? [I feel like taking a walk today…
You already know Portuguese! Posted by Adir on May 23, 2012
Oftentimes my English-speaking students tell me, “Adir, Portuguese and English are so different. How can I learn more easily?”. Well, first of all, you need to pay attention. Around 30% of words in Portuguese are cognates (cog = with, nate = born), they look like words in Portuguese and some of them are even written…