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How to say “I was going to do it” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on May 14, 2013
There are some verb tenses and forms that you will rarely find in books, and the form “I was going to do something” is one of them. It is SO easy to say this in Portuguese and I’m pretty sure you’re going to love it! We use the Imperfect form of verb ir + the…
How to Make Nouns Plural in Portuguese Posted by Adir on May 7, 2013
In today’s post I’m going to show you how to make nouns plural in Portuguese. It’s not difficult, but you need to follow some rules. Are you ready to start? 01. Words ending in vowels, just add an -s. cama [bed] – camas [beds] tia [aunt] – tias [aunts] caderno [notebook] – cadernos [notebooks] pé…
How to say “coulda, woulda, shoulda” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Apr 15, 2013
Hello, there! Some people think Portuguese is a very hard language because of its several verb conjugations. This may be true in some cases but there are some verb phrases that are pretty easy to use, like shoulda (should have), coulda (could have), woulda (would have) and as a bonus, musta (must have)! Shoulda! Let’s…
Irregular verbs in the Past Posted by Adir on Feb 21, 2013
Hello, there! Last month we had the first post of the irregular verbs series and today I will be covering the simple past tense (I had, I did, I worked etc) of the main irregular verbs in Portuguese. Make sure you know these conjugations inside and out because they are very important for your fluency…
Irregular verbs in the Present Posted by Adir on Jan 29, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? Today we start a new series of posts with irregular verbs in the main tenses in Portuguese. I’m pretty sure you already know all the persons in the conjugations so I am going to give only the verb forms. I used the Brazilian form pronouns eu (I), você (you), ele (he)…
Time adverbs in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 14, 2012
Oi! Tudo bem? E hoje é sexta-feira! Coisa boa, né? Today we are going to take a look at time adverbs in Portuguese. Don’t worry, I didn’t include those rare ones, only the most common in everyday conversation, ok? Estão prontos? Vamos lá! hoje – today ontem – yesterday amanhã – tomorrow de manhã –…
How to use “a gente” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Nov 26, 2012
Olá! How was your long weekend? Did you have fun? Let’s kick our week off with a very interesting feature of spoken Portuguese: using “a gente”. “A gente” means “the people”, but it is widely used in spoken Portuguese to replace the pronoun “nós”. It is not considered substandard or impolite and it is found…