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Lyrics Practice: Carlinhos Brown Posted by Rachel on Jan 18, 2010
With a song that is sure to brighten your Monday, to practice for Carnival which is rapidly approaching, and in honor of one of our Transparent colleagues currently in Bahia, here is Carlinhos Brown’s song “Maria Caipirinha.” Follow along with the lyrics, which are fairly straightforward. Lyrics Tê tê tê Tetetê tetê Tê tê tê…
Reading Comprehension: Endangered Species Posted by Rachel on Jan 14, 2010
Today we’re going to work on a reading comprehension exercise about an endangered species in the Amazon. The article is entitled, “Pesca excessiva ameaça maior peixe da Amazônia, diz pesquisa,” on Globo’s Amazon section. Here’s the first part: “A captura descontrolada pode fazer com que o maior peixe da Amazônia – e um dos maiores…
Já já Posted by Rachel on Jan 13, 2010
In keeping up with our New Year review of some basic phrases, I’d like to reiterate a nice little expression: já já. Já means already or soon. When you use it twice, it emphasizes the speed of the action your referring to. It is mostly used as a spoken term. Examples: Estou chegando já já…
Lyrics Practice: Mangueira Posted by Rachel on Jan 11, 2010
O Carnaval está chegando, so today we’re going to do a lyrics practice with samba school Mangueira‘s song for Rio’s 2010 Carnival. This song is called their samba-enredo. Listen and follow along with the words! Lyrics Vai passar Nessa avenida mais um samba popular Mangueira até parece um céu no chão É música vestida de…
The Magic Word Posted by Rachel on Jan 8, 2010
We’ve discussed this word before, but I wanted to devote aother post to it to emphasize its importance. One of the most useful words to know in Portuguese is cadê, which means where is/are. Cadê meus óculos? Where are my glasses? Juro que vi um fantasma. I swear I saw a ghost. Cadê? Where? Quero…
Lyrics Practice: Maria Bethânia Posted by Rachel on Dec 28, 2009
As the holidays come to a close, let’s take an opportunity to listen to a holiday song in Portuguese and follow along with the music. This song is called “Boas Festas,” which as you remember from Friday, means Happy Holidays. Listen to the song and follow along with the words, and then see if you…
Using “ao” Posted by Rachel on Dec 24, 2009
Today, we’re going to examine how to use “ao” as a preposition. Here, it is used as “upon” or “when.” Ao descobrir o rato no quarto, ela deu um grito. When she discovered the mouse in her room, she screamed. Ao encontrar o garoto perdido, ficamos aliviados. Upon finding the lost boy, we felt relieved…