He is Dead, lend me some Money? Posted by leandro on Dec 13, 2013
E aí galera? What’s up, guys? In today’s lesson, you guys will learn four ways to say: “He is dead”, and three ways to say: “Money”. So let’s start with “He is dead”. The first slang to say that it is: Ele bateu as botas. This is one of the most common to say in here…
Talking about driving in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Dec 12, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Something you are not likely to find in coursebooks is real life words and expressions related to driving. So here are some very, but very useful expressions about driving that you won’t find in textbooks! Manobras – Maneuvers Encostar / parar – to pull over Vou encostar aqui. – I’m going to pull…
Collocations with verb “passar” Posted by Adir on Dec 4, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Collocations are word combinations. For example, we say “do business” and not “make business”, right? We say “take a shower” and not “do a shower”. The verb passar has several very useful and interesting collocations and today I’m going to share some of them with you. Remember: the best way to remember words…
05 Very Common Brazilian Idioms Posted by Adir on Dec 2, 2013
Hello, there! Tudo bem com você? We are going to kick this week off with five very interesting and common Brazilian idioms. Remember: whenever you come across this kind of idioms, write them down and review them regularly! Let’s do this! 01. Bater perna – to stroll around; to walk around Passe a manhã inteira…
Do You Get Anxious When You Speak a Foreign Language? Posted by Adir on Nov 27, 2013
Hello, there! I made a little video for my personal blog readers a couple of weeks ago. In this video I give three major tips to become more fluent in Portuguese or any other language you are learning. The video is in Portuguese and below is a rough draft I wrote before recording it –…
95 Countries and Nationalities in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Nov 21, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Hoje vamos aprender e revisar alguns países e continentes e suas nacionalidades em português. a África – africano/a a África do Sul – sul-africano/a o Alasca – alasquense a Albânia – albanês/albanesa a Alemanha – alemão/alemã a América – americano/a a Angola – angolano/a a Arábia Saudita – árabe a Argentina –…
Relationship Problems Posted by leandro on Nov 15, 2013
E aí galera? What’s up, guys? This month, I’m traveling a lot, and I am late with my lessons, I’m sorry for that. But today I am back, and I have 3 new slang for you guys. So let’s start: The first slang today is: Bolado. This slang means that you are Sad or Upset…