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How To Use The Verb “Raise” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Mar 12, 2014
Salve! Tudo bem? The verb “raise” has several collocations (word combinations) in English so I gathered some of them to help you them correctly in Portuguese. Check this out! 1. raise your hand – levantar a mão. Se você precisar ir ao banheiro, levante sua mão. [If you need to use the bathroom, raise…
Portuguese in Dialogues: Do Quê Você Gosta? Posted by Adir on Feb 16, 2014
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? Let’s kick off this week with a sample dialogue between Leandro and Rodrigo. Leandro: O que você gostaria de ser se você não fosse um webdesigner? [What would you like to be if you weren’t a webdesigner?] Rodrigo: Não sei. Não me vejo fazendo outra coisa. Embora eu pudesse ter sido…
Valentine’s Day Vocabulary in Portuguese… Quanto Amor! Posted by Adir on Feb 11, 2014
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? Valentine Day’s coming up so today I’m going to present some really cool and useful vocabulary if you have a Portuguese-sepaking Valentine! By the way, in Brazil we celebrate “Dia dos Namorados” on June 12th! Valentine’s Day Vocabulary in Portuguese Chocolate – chocolate Lingerie – lingerie Um buquê de rosas…
How To Say “Eventual” and “Eventually” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Feb 6, 2014
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem por aí? In today’s post I’m going to show you how to translate the words eventual and eventually. But why these words? Well, they are false cognates – they may look like one thing, but they mean something different. Let’s start with the word eventual. Eventual Eventual, in Portuguese, means…
Breaking Up is Hard to Do… Even in Portuguese! Posted by Adir on Jan 30, 2014
Hello, there! Breaking up is hard to do… or so they say! Check out this dialogue between two friends: Rafael and Jéssica. Practice your pronunciation and improve your vocabulary with the notes below. Rafael: E aí, Jéssica! Quanto tempo! Jéssica: Oi, Rafa! É mesmo! Tudo bem com você? Rafael: Opa, tudo certo. Ainda tô trabalhando…
Using Vague Language in Portuguese (with audio!) Posted by Adir on Jan 23, 2014
E aí, pessoal? Tudo em ordem? In spoken Portuguese, it’s very common to use vague language. In this post I’m going to show you some examples. Let’s start with quantities and qualities. Instead of boring you with rules, let me give you some real-life examples. Isso custa uns mil reais. [around] Isso custa aproximadamente mil…
Talking about the weather in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 17, 2013
Olá, pessoal! As you may already know, I’m from the southeast of Brazil – typically a very hot region. Come November it starts to get very hot, rain a lot and this happens until late March. So today I’m going to teach you some expressions to talk about the weather in Portuguese. Estão prontos? Está…