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Feeling sick, em português Posted by Adir on Mar 7, 2013
You finally made it to Brazil, having a grea time at the beach when suddenly you start coming down with something. In this post let’s learn very useful expressions to use when this happens. Não estou me sentindo muito bem. I’m not feeling very well. Estou me sentindo um pouco indisposto. I’m feeling a little…
Talking about work in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Mar 6, 2013
Salve! Tudo bem por aí? Today we are going to talk about work, in Portuguese! Check out this dialogue between two friends, Leandro and Renato: Leandro: O que foi? Você parece chateado. Renato: Na verdade estou mesmo. Estou cansado de fazer as mesmas coisas chatas entra dia sai dia no meu trabalho. Sabe, preencher fichas…
Collocations with verb “perder” Posted by Adir on Feb 28, 2013
Olá, tudo bem? Collocations are basically word combinations. For example, in English we say “to make a decision”, but in Portuguese people “take a decision”. Today let’s look at some very common collocations with verb “perder”! 1. Perder algo = to lose something, to misplace something Perdi minhas chaves. Não sei onde estão. [I’ve lost…
How to use the hyphen in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Feb 26, 2013
Olá! After the 2009 spelling reform, Portuguese has other (and easier) ways to use the hyphen. Let’s see how it is done now. 1. Different vowels – Don’t use the hyphen infraestrutura extraoficial autoestrada semiárido ultraelevado 2. Same vowels – Use the hyphen anti-inflamatório auto-observação micro-ondas contra-argumento 3. Same consonants – Use the hyphen sub-base…
Irregular verbs in the Present Posted by Adir on Jan 29, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Tudo bem? Today we start a new series of posts with irregular verbs in the main tenses in Portuguese. I’m pretty sure you already know all the persons in the conjugations so I am going to give only the verb forms. I used the Brazilian form pronouns eu (I), você (you), ele (he)…
Top 12 blog posts in Portuguese Posted by Adir on Jan 17, 2013
Olá, pessoal! Today I would like to invite you to check out our top 12 blog posts in the last two years. This is a recap of all the great stuff we have been writing here on the blog and also for the new readers to see what we have done too! Before giving you…
Colloquial Portuguese – Part 05 Posted by Adir on Dec 3, 2012
Salve! Tudo bem com vocês? Today we have the last part of our colloquial Portuguese series. Check out the links to the other four parts below. Are you ready? Vamos lá? Download audio Que vergonha! – Shame on you! Resumindo… – In short… Sabe de uma coisa? – You know what? Se eu estivesse na…