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Expressions with food in Portuguese Posted by carol on Sep 16, 2018
Ei, galera! Tudo beleza? Hey guys! Are you alright? If you are feeling hungry right now, you had better head over to the kitchen right now and have a snack before you start reading this post, because today’s post is going to go over expressions and proverbs in Portuguese connected to food. There are a…
The Museu Nacional fire Posted by carol on Sep 9, 2018
Saudações a todos. Greetings to all. Museus (museums) are said to be edifícios (buildings) designed to store works of art or objects of cultural and historical interest to the public. If that is so, Brazil started out this semana (week) culturally impoverished after the incêndio (fire) that took place in the Museu Nacional, in Rio…
Cell phone vocab in Portuguese – Part II Posted by carol on Aug 27, 2018
Alô? Quem fala? Hello? Who is this? Last week we started going over useful terms related to smartphones in English. Now let’s get to part II! notificação – notification Acabei de receber a notificação de que alguém está me seguindo no Instagram – I just got a notification that someone is following me on Instagram…
Cell phone vocab in Portuguese Posted by carol on Aug 24, 2018
Olá, caros leitores! Hello, dear readers! Question for you: are you reading this on your computer or your phone? Either way, it is undeniable that we use our phones all the time for a variety of purposes, be it for reading work-related e-mails, chatting with friends, reading the news, using social media, playing games, getting…
Nenhum x Nem um Posted by carol on Aug 10, 2018
Boa noite, leitores! Good evening, reader! How is your Portuguese learning process going? Estudando muito ou nem um pouco (studying hard or not even a little)? Bom, não tem nenhum lugar melhor do que esse blog para ajudar vocês (well, there is no place like this blog to help you)! All jokes aside, I’m sure…
Brazilian comic strips – André Dahmer Posted by carol on Aug 5, 2018
Boa tarde, leitores! Good afternoon, readers! Who remembers fighting over the comic strip section of the newspaper over breakfast? Truth is, most of us enjoy reading tirinhas (comic strips) because they are fun, humorous and short, which makes for a great, easy-to-read experience. Reading tirinhas in a foreign language can a be a very enjoyable…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – Brasileiro não é nacionalidade, é profissão Posted by carol on Jul 30, 2018
Olá, pessoal! Hey, guys! It is time for our monthly reading and listening comprehension activity. Today’s selected text is entitled Brasileiro não é nacionalidade, é profissão (Brazilian is not a nationality, it’s a profession), by writer and comedian Gregório Duvivier. It discusses an interesting peculiarity of the word Brasileiro (Brazilian) in Portuguese. Unlike most nationalities…