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Grammar Review: Imperfect Subjunctive Posted by Adir on Feb 20, 2015
Olá, pessoal! Let’s do a little grammar review here. We have some structural exercises in intermediate/upper-intermediate Portuguese. Don’t worry if you can’t get all the verbs right the first time. If you don’t, redo the exercise until you master them! 1. EXERCISE 01. Follow the example. Tive medo de que … (perder) a hora…
The Superlative in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Nov 19, 2014
In Portuguese we can form the superlative in several ways. 01. Superlativo de superioridade. This kind of superlative is the positive one and is expressed with “o mais / a mais / os mais / as mais” We use these forms to express “the most …” or “the … -est” in English. Some examples: o…
Review: Asking Questions in Portuguese – The Answers! Posted by Adir on Oct 10, 2014
Hello there! Here are the answers to the review we posted earlier this week. Check your progress and if you didn’t get many answers right, try again! 1. Eles moram em São Paulo. — Onde eles moram? 2. Tem doze meses no ano. — Quantos meses tem no ano? 3. O avião chegou às dez…
Review: Asking Questions in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Oct 6, 2014
Salve, pessoal! Today we have a little grammar exercise: asking questions. Below you have several sentences. You have to ask a question starting with the question word I provided, ok? Post your answers in the comment are. The answers will come in a couple of days! Vamos lá! 1. Eles moram em São Paulo. —…
How To Say “I Had Done” in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Sep 30, 2014
Olá, pessoal! In today’s post we are going to learn how to say “I had done”, “I had gone”, “I had worked” etc. It’s simple: use the verb “ter” in the imperfect form (tinha, tinha, tinha, tínhamos, tinham, tinham) + the past participle of the main verb. Here’s an example with regular verb trabalhar (to…
How To Use “Há” or “A” Posted by Adir on Sep 15, 2014
Hello there! If you’ve been studying Portuguese for some time you may have noticed that we have a lot of homophones – those words that sound the same but are written somewhat differently (homo = same; phono = sound). As these words are confusing, many people don’t get them write when they write them. Such…
Grammar: Contractions with Countries and Cities Posted by Adir on Sep 12, 2014
Olá pessoal! Portuguese has some preposition + article contractions that foreign students don’t always get right. So first let’s review the most common contractions with em (at, in, on) and de (of, from). Em em + o = no em + a = na em + os = nos em + as = nas De…