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Learn with Dialogues: Problem at the Office Posted by Adir on Oct 15, 2014
Olá, pessoal! Dialogues are a very interesting learning tool so I chose one that takes place at an office. Three co-workers are kind of upset about something. Check the useful words and expressions below. José: E aí, pessoal. Vocês parecem meio aborrecidos. O que aconteceu? Fábio: O William acabou de ligar para cancelar a reunião…
Review: Asking Questions in Portuguese – The Answers! Posted by Adir on Oct 10, 2014
Hello there! Here are the answers to the review we posted earlier this week. Check your progress and if you didn’t get many answers right, try again! 1. Eles moram em São Paulo. — Onde eles moram? 2. Tem doze meses no ano. — Quantos meses tem no ano? 3. O avião chegou às dez…
Review: Asking Questions in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Oct 6, 2014
Salve, pessoal! Today we have a little grammar exercise: asking questions. Below you have several sentences. You have to ask a question starting with the question word I provided, ok? Post your answers in the comment are. The answers will come in a couple of days! Vamos lá! 1. Eles moram em São Paulo. —…
How To Say “I Had Done” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Sep 30, 2014
Olá, pessoal! In today’s post we are going to learn how to say “I had done”, “I had gone”, “I had worked” etc. It’s simple: use the verb “ter” in the imperfect form (tinha, tinha, tinha, tínhamos, tinham, tinham) + the past participle of the main verb. Here’s an example with regular verb trabalhar (to…
Song: Jogado Na Rua, by Guilherme e Santiago Posted by Adir on Sep 25, 2014
Salve, pessoal! In the last decade there has been a boom in the sertanejo universitário music. Sertanejo is Brazil’s country music and the universitário (university student) is a variation for more romantic and/or party kind of songs. I chose one to share with you: Jogado Na Rua. It’s one of those songs that someone’s broken-hearted…
07 Expressions With Verb “Ficar” Posted by Adir on Sep 18, 2014
Salve, pessoal! Tudo bem? Ficar is a very, very common verb in Portuguese and it has several interesting idioms. Let’s learn them! 01. Ficar com as pernas bambas – to go weak in the knees Não posso ver sangue. Fico com as pernas bambas quando vejo. – I can’t see blood. I go weak in…
How To Use “Há” or “A” Posted by Adir on Sep 15, 2014
Hello there! If you’ve been studying Portuguese for some time you may have noticed that we have a lot of homophones – those words that sound the same but are written somewhat differently (homo = same; phono = sound). As these words are confusing, many people don’t get them write when they write them. Such…