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Non-Verbal Communication: Part II Posted by Rachel on May 17, 2011
Continuing with our non-verbal communication series, we’re going to learn another hand gesture common in Brazil. The two hand slap This gesture is used to express the idea that you don’t care, or that something doesn’t matter to you. Let’s say you’re talking with your friend about how your friends got tickets to a show…
Non-Verbal Communication: Part I Posted by Rachel on May 13, 2011
We’ve talked a bit about non-verbal communication in the past, namely about hand gestures used in conjunction with certain themes in Brazilian Portuguese. We learned that when using depois, you can use a hand gesture to signal “maybe later” or “come back later.” In a new series, we’re going to learn about hand gestures you…