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Vocabulary: In the car Posted by Adir on Dec 7, 2012
Bom dia, minha gente! Tudo bem por aí? A reader suggested writing something about parts of the car, so here it goes! Can you remember any more? Vamos lá? acelerador – gas pedal airbag – airbag bagageiro – luggage rack banco do motorista – driver’s seat banco do passageiro – passenger seat buzina – horn calota…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 05 Posted by Adir on Dec 3, 2012
Salve! Tudo bem com vocês? Today we have the last part of our colloquial Portuguese series. Check out the links to the other four parts below. Are you ready? Vamos lá? Download audio Que vergonha! – Shame on you! Resumindo… – In short… Sabe de uma coisa? – You know what? Se eu estivesse na…
Portuguese Numbers 1 – 20 Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 27, 2012
If you’re new to Portuguese, we’ve created this simple table of Portuguese numbers from 1 to 20 just for you. We’ve also included a video with voice pronunciation. Listen to it a few times, and make sure to practice saying the words out loud too; this will really help you retain the information. When you’re ready…
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…
Any problems in your apartment? (Portuguese version) Posted by Adir on Sep 28, 2012
Hi! Are you excited for the weekend? Let’s finish our September posts with something that happens to all us: problems at home! I’m talking about things like a toilet getting clogged up or your radiator is not working well. Let’s learn how to talk about this in Portuguese! Here are some useful sentences: A pia…
Prepositions after verbs – Part 01 Posted by Adir on Sep 10, 2012
Yes, prepositions are hard to use so the best thing to do is to memorize which preposition goes with each verb. We know that “about” can be translated as “sobre” or “a respeito de”, but when you complain about something, you reclama de something! Below there’s a list of common English verb + preposition combinations…
Sick, but in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Aug 17, 2012
Hey, everybody! Today is Friday and not a good day to be sick, right? It hasn’t rained in my region for months and my allergy is starting to act up so I’ve decided to share some sentences to talk about the before, the during and the after being sick. Ah, have a great weekend! Antes…