Archive for 'Vocabulary'
[Most common mistakes in Portuguese] – Part 1 Posted by carol on Jun 28, 2017
[Os erros mais comuns em Português] Olá a todos! Hey, all! If you’re studying Portuguese for a while, you know the language has a lot of rules that can be tricky sometimes. And don’t feel frustrated, even native speakers find it confusing every now and then and it is normal to make mistakes in some…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – Ruídos Posted by carol on Jun 26, 2017
[Atividade de escuta e leitura em Português] Ei, galera! Hey guys! Today is another installment of our series Portuguese listening and reading practice, with the text “Ruídos” (Noises), again by the notorious Brazilian author Luís Fernando Veríssimo, taken from his book O mundo é bárbaro (The World is Barbaric). It is a short story about the…
[Brazilian Food] – Caldo de mandioca Posted by carol on Jun 14, 2017
[Comida brasileira] We’re in June! In Brazil this means temperatures are dropping and that it’s time for festas juninas, the popular festivities held esse mês (this month). To get you in the spirit, today we are going to learn a receita (recipe) for caldo de mandioca, a true Brazilian winter meal. It’s very fácil (easy)…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – O primeiro dia Posted by carol on May 31, 2017
[Atividade de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, galera! Hey, you guys! Today we are going to practice some listening and reading skills. We are going over the text “O Primeiro Dia” (The First Day) extracted from the short story collection Comédias Brasileiras de Verão (Brazilian Summer Comedies) by beloved Brazilian author and comedian Luís Fernando…
Word order in Portuguese Posted by carol on May 28, 2017
Ordem das palavras em Português Olá, gente! Hey, guys! Like in English, the word order in Portuguese follows the organization: Sujeito > Verbo > Objeto | Subject > Verb > Object. But, of course, there are some slight differences. Not to worry, though! Today we’ll cover how the word order works in Portuguese. That way…
Bilingual books Posted by carol on May 19, 2017
[Livros Bilíngues] Ei pessoal! Hey, guys! Reading texts in a língua estrangeira (foreign language) is a great exercise to reach fluency. Therefore, literature has a significant role in this sense, because it ajuda (helps) in the process of acquiring vocabulary and it develops habilidades de leitura (reading skills). For some, reading livros (books) in a…
[Work-related words] – Part II Posted by carol on May 7, 2017
[Palavras relacionadas a trabalho] – Parte II Oi, gente! Hey guys! Today we resume our previous labor-day post and learn some more words related to work: negócios – business Às vezes é preciso se arriscar no mundo dos negócios (Sometimes it is necessary to take risks in the business world) férias – vacation Onde você…