Soccer vocab in Portuguese Posted by carol on Jun 18, 2018
Vocabulário de futebol em português Olá, meu povo! Hello, my people! Como estão? How are you? Brazil is known by many as país do futebol (country of soccer), but since last Tuesday the whole world is now tuning in to keep up with the 2018 copa do mundo (world cup) in Russia! How about you?…
Brazilian music – Dia dos namorados Posted by carol on Jun 11, 2018
Boa noite a todos! Good evening to all! Estão prontos para o dia dos namorados amanhã? Are you guys ready for valentine’s day tomorrow? Now, wait a minute. Did you just say valentine’s day? Wasn’t that months ago, back in fevereiro (february)? Well, as some of you might know, here in Brazil things are a…
Brazilian recipes – Canjica Posted by carol on May 31, 2018
Olá a todos! Hello, everybody! Como estão hoje? How are you today? Today is the last day of maio (May), we barely made it halfway through the ano (year) and a lot has taken place, as we have discussed in our previous post about the trucker’s strike. And there is still a lot to come…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – A greve dos caminhoneiros Posted by carol on May 29, 2018
Boa noite! Good evening! I am not sure how many of you are aware, but Brazil is currently facing a nationwide greve dos caminhoneiros (truck driver’s strike) that has been deeply affecting our lives and economy for the past week. Therefore, today’s listening and reading practice presents Herança maldita, dependência da matriz rodoviária criou armadilha…
Adverbs of intensity – Part II Posted by carol on May 25, 2018
Advérbios de intensidade – Parte dois Feliz sexta-feira, gente! Happy friday, everyone! Remember that last week we started going over some adverbs of intensity? Today we are going to look into part two, shall we? Para que vocês aprendam ainda mais! So that you can learn even more! Take a look at these adverbs of…
Portuguese communication group Posted by carol on May 23, 2018
Hello, my dear leitores (readers) and Portuguese learners from all over the world! Como estão vocês? How are you doing? Today’s post is a special one. It is a call-out to all of you who are interested in finding, keeping in touch and forming a community of fellow falantes de português (Portuguese speakers), students and…
Adverbs of intensity in Portuguese Posted by carol on May 17, 2018
Boa tarde a todos! Good afternoon, everybody! Last domingo (sunday) was dia das mães (mother’s day) here in Brazil and in many other countries as well. How did you guys celebrate? Did you spend the day with your mothers and told them that you amam elas demais? (love them so much) or thar you gostam…