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Brazilian Time Posted by Rachel on Sep 18, 2011
I came across a really interesting TED video on Update or Die that I thought would interest all of you here on Portuguese Blog. There are two reasons: one, it’s a gringo speaking Portuguese very well (he’s Danish) and two, it’s a very valuable lesson about Brazilian culture and how foreigners interact with it. In…
Days & Time of the Day in Portuguese Posted by polyana on Jun 28, 2010
In Portuguese, we tend to use days and times of the day in different orders and such than in English. For example, in English you would say, “I had lunch late in the afternoon on Wednesday, at 3 o’clock.” In Portuguese, the same sentence would be, “Eu almocei tarde na quarta-feira, às 3 horas da…