Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Poetry in Portuguese | “Círculo Vicioso” by Machado de Assis Posted by polyana on Jun 9, 2010
I’m reading a book called, “Como Transformar Defeitos em Virtudes,” and it claims to be a good humored view on the seven deadly sins… which so far it is! And each chapter for each sin starts off with a poem. The first chapter starts off with a poem by Machado de Assis, one of Brazil’s…
Basic soccer/football vocabulary Posted by André on May 20, 2010
As the World Cup is about to kick off it’s time to learn or look over some basic soccer vocabulary. I hope the list below can get you warmed up and ready to play the game. Vocabulary: Futebol – Soccer/football Time – Team Seleção (brasileira) – (Brazil’s) National team Jogador – Player Juiz/árbitro –…
Pernambuquês – Preparing to Visit Pernambuco Posted by polyana on May 10, 2010
After getting pretty good feedback on my How to Speak Baianês post, and seeing we also have a Mineirês post, I thought I’d write slang/dialect posts here and there so we can all learn to be ready no matter what region we visit! This week I started at a new job and two of my…
Portuguese Ordinal Numbers and Pronunciation – 1-101 Posted by polyana on Apr 7, 2010
After the Portuguese Numbers from 1-100 post, one person commented and asked about ordinals and larger numbers. So today we’re going to work on ordinals, and I’ll do larger numbers next because personally, I find ordinals in Portuguese, especially past 20, to be quite difficult to memorize (even as a Brazilian)! Ordinals in Portuguese 1-100…
Portuguese Numbers 1-100 Posted by polyana on Mar 29, 2010
Today we’re going to learn numbers in Portuguese from 1-100. I’ve also added the transliteration, or how they’re pronounced, in Brazilian portuguese. 1 um oohm 2 dois doy-z 3 três treh-z 4 quatro kwah-troh 5 cinco seen-coh 6 seis say-z 7 sete seh-chee 8 oito oy-too 9 nove noh-vee 10 dez deh-z 11 onze ohn-zee 12…
Soccer Vocabulary in Portuguese Posted by polyana on Mar 15, 2010
With about 3 months (ahem, 87 days to be precise) till the 2010 World Cup games, and with soccer/football tournaments going on such as the Copa Libertadores, the UEFA Champions League, and the CAF Women’s Championship all taking place and all with Portuguese speaking teams, it wouldn’t hurt to learn some soccer vocabulary, would it?…
Brazilian Recipes – Baking Pão de Queijo Posted by polyana on Mar 11, 2010
Today we’re going to learn to make pão de queijo, probably one of the most famous snacks to come from Minas Gerais, in the Southeast of Brazil. In Minas Gerais and most other parts of the country, the crispy on the outside chewy on the inside “cheese bread,” is served fresh from the oven at…