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[Portuguese verb tenses] – The future with the verb ‘ir’ Posted by carol on Jan 15, 2018
Boa tarde, leitores! Good afternood, readers! Como estão? How are you? It is janeiro (january), which means most of us are still hopeful and excited about our resoluções de ano novo (New Year’s resolution). Whether you plan it is to lose weight, work less, travel more or study more Portuguese, all of these decisions involve…
End of the year vocab Posted by carol on Dec 26, 2017
[Vocabulário de fim de ano] Feliz natal a todos! Merry Christmas, everyone! How was your natal (christmas)? Did you party a lot? Réveillon (New Year’s Eve) is drawing to a close, did you make a lot of planos (plans)? Today we are going to go over some words related to the end of the year…
Brazilian Christmas recipes – Farofa Posted by carol on Dec 23, 2017
[Receitas natalinas brasileiras] O natal está chegando, estão animados? Christmas is coming up, are you excited? As a family holiday, gathering as a group to share a delicious meal is a major part of celebrating Christmas. Each country has its own typical dishes for the date. Today, we are going to present you with a…
[Brazilian cinema] – Ilha das Flores Posted by carol on Dec 12, 2017
Olá a todos! Hello everyone! Como vai o dezembro de vocês? How is your december going? Today’s post will take no more than dez (10) minutes of your time: our topic is the short-movie Ilha das Flores (Island of Flowers), written and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Jorge Furtado. As an award-winning, highly-acclaimed work, it is…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – O ano e o ano que vem Posted by carol on Nov 30, 2017
[Prática de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, povo! Hello, people! The month is drawing to an end, so this means it is time for our usual listening and reading practice. Our text today is Gregório Duvivier’s “O ano e o ano que vem” (The year and next year). The author discusses the year of…
The word “papo” in Portuguese Posted by carol on Nov 27, 2017
A palavra “papo” em português Olá pra todos! Hi to all! Our previous post focused on vocabulary in Portuguese connected to talking and communicating. Today’s topic will expand a little bit on that and explain the term papo – a word that is also related to speaking – and show a number of expressions and…
[Time tenses in Portuguese] – O futuro do pretérito Posted by carol on Nov 19, 2017
[Tempos verbais em Português] Oi, pessoal! Hi guys! Some posts ago, we started running our time tense series on the blog with the aim of getting our readers familiarized with our sometimes tricky grammar and teach you how to conjugate verbs correctly in Portuguese. Today’s topic will be the futuro do pretérito, which can be…