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[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – Ruídos Posted by carol on Jun 26, 2017
[Atividade de escuta e leitura em Português] Ei, galera! Hey guys! Today is another installment of our series Portuguese listening and reading practice, with the text “Ruídos” (Noises), again by the notorious Brazilian author Luís Fernando Veríssimo, taken from his book O mundo é bárbaro (The World is Barbaric). It is a short story about the…
[Brazilian Slang] – The “aff” in Portuguese Posted by carol on Jun 21, 2017
[Gírias brasileiras] – O “aff” em português Oi, gente! Hey, guys! Whoever wants to become fluent in a certain language should also conhecer (get to know) the gírias (slang) and informal terms that speakers have been currently using. If you interact with Brazilians online, you have probably come across the expression aff at least once…
[Brazilian Food] – Caldo de mandioca Posted by carol on Jun 14, 2017
[Comida brasileira] We’re in June! In Brazil this means temperatures are dropping and that it’s time for festas juninas, the popular festivities held esse mês (this month). To get you in the spirit, today we are going to learn a receita (recipe) for caldo de mandioca, a true Brazilian winter meal. It’s very fácil (easy)…
Valentine’s Day – Dia dos Namorados in Brazil Posted by carol on Jun 10, 2017
Feliz dia dos namorados! Happy Valentine’s Day! Now you must be wondering: isn’t Valentine’s day in February? Não no Brasil! (Not in Brazil!) Although many countries celebrate this date no dia quatorze de fevereiro (on February 14th), here romance is in the air no dia doze de junho (on June 12th), which is na próxima…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – O primeiro dia Posted by carol on May 31, 2017
[Atividade de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, galera! Hey, you guys! Today we are going to practice some listening and reading skills. We are going over the text “O Primeiro Dia” (The First Day) extracted from the short story collection Comédias Brasileiras de Verão (Brazilian Summer Comedies) by beloved Brazilian author and comedian Luís Fernando…
Word order in Portuguese Posted by carol on May 28, 2017
Ordem das palavras em Português Olá, gente! Hey, guys! Like in English, the word order in Portuguese follows the organization: Sujeito > Verbo > Objeto | Subject > Verb > Object. But, of course, there are some slight differences. Not to worry, though! Today we’ll cover how the word order works in Portuguese. That way…
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Posted by carol on May 25, 2017
Olá, galera! Hey, everyone! The dazzling cidade (city) of São Paulo is Brazil’s wealthiest, largest and most populous metropole. As such, a lot can be expected from its major museum, the São Paulo Art Museum (Museu de Arte de São Paulo), also conhecido (known) as MASP. MASP is a leading Brazilian cultural institution and an…