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Email – cover letter for jobs em Portugês Posted by Ester on Dec 14, 2015
Writing any type of text in another language is hard enough, but sometimes you can get away with a few mistakes when it is not a formal situation. However, when it comes to writing a cover letter or an email for a vaga de emprego (job opening), it is essential that you know how and…
No aeroporto – at the airport in Brasil Posted by Ester on Dec 7, 2015
Being in an aeroporto (airport) is never the best experience in the world. The long hours waiting around, the getting in filas (lines), the security check, the gate changes, the delays, and not to mention, the incredibly overpriced comida (food) and produtos (goods). There are ways to making the experience slightly more bearable: try to…
9 gírias (slangs) from different regions in Brasil. Posted by Ester on Nov 30, 2015
Brasil is so big and diverse that there are a good few words and expressions that are used in some places in the country, but people from a different region wouldn’t even know what they mean. Last week we learned a little bit more about some words and their correspondent in another part of Brasil…
Different words – same meaning Posted by Ester on Nov 23, 2015
Hi everyone. Did you know that sometimes Brazilians from different parts of the country don’t understand each other even though we speak the same language? That is not only due to the accent, it is also because some of the words people use are regional. We have different names for objects and sometimes even different…
The latest tragedy in Brazil Posted by Ester on Nov 17, 2015
On 6th November 2015 11 people lost their lives, 12 are desaparecidos (missing) and another 600 were left sem casa (homeless) after a barragem (dam) holding waste from an iron ore mine rompeu (collapsed) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. At 60km/h, rivers of thick mud are flowing down valleys, and have already completely…
Acentuação gráfica – accents em Português Posted by Ester on Nov 10, 2015
Acento agudo (acute accent): It is always used above any vowel to indicate this vowel is part of the stressed syllable. It also indicates that the vowel sound is an open sound. Exemplos: Ela é uma menina amável. (She is a lovely girl) Esse não é um assunto típico da aula de física. (This…
8 expressions that use parts of the body in Portuguese Posted by Ester on Nov 3, 2015
Olá amigos! When you are practicing Portuguese, are you one of those people who speak through their elbows? If you do not know what that means, check out these expressions that use parts of the body. Now, I’m giving you the heads up, in the beginning it could be hard to remember all the expressions…