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How to “make time” to study languages Posted by Adir on Mar 19, 2012
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? My good friend, Brazilian EFL author Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho has so kindly allowed me to use one of the texts in his successful blog Tecla Sap. It’s about how to “make time” to study a foreign language. The text is in Portuguese so you can read good and authentic Portuguese…
Income tax time in Brazil Posted by Adir on Mar 12, 2012
Today let’s talk a bit about income taxes in Brazil. First, let me tell you that we have two official “persons” in Brazil: pessoa física and pessoa jurídica. The pessoa física is the average Joe, like myself. Each pessoa física has a CPF, cadastro de pessoa física, which is an official national number, like a…
Beth’s Tuna Patê! Posted by Adir on Mar 5, 2012
A patê is a kind of paste of puree and you can make it with virtually anything. Here in Brazil we use a solid ingredient, ranging from vegetables, cooked meat, fish, and also use mayonnaise or creme de leite (fresh milk cream) to mix it all up. Early in January I was at a friend’s…
How to describe someone physically, em português! Posted by Adir on Feb 24, 2012
Hey, there! How’ve you been? Let’s learn some very interesting sentences (frases muito interessantes) to learn how to describe someone physically in Portuguese. But before that let me give you a tip (uma dica): when you repeat these sentences try to remember someone (tente se lembrar de alguém) you know who has those characteristics, that…
At the doctor’s office, em português Posted by Adir on Feb 16, 2012
Bom, todos ficamos doentes uma vez ou outra, não é? Por isso hoje eu trago para você, meu querido leitor aqui do blog, uma lista com frases muito úteis para quando você (Deus me livre!) ficar doente. Qual é o problema? – O que está acontecendo? – What’s the matter? Há quanto tempo você está…
Idioms in Brazilian Portuguese – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Jan 20, 2012
E aí, pessoal? Tudo bem? Let’s learn today some very interesting idioms in Brazilian Portuguese. Remember that languages are full of idioms and it’s always a good idea to be able to recognize and learn them. Vamos começar? Andar na linha – literally it means to “walk on the line”. This idiom is used when…
Song: Ainda Bem, by Marisa Monte Posted by Adir on Jan 17, 2012
Marisa Montes is such a great singer. Her debut album, MM, was released in 1989 but she reached the Brazilian music highlight in 1994 with the album Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão. Marisa has a very sweet voice and her songs are very good for listening practice and why not, sing along!? Check out…