Life is full of unexpected challenges.
A canceled flight can derail your vacation.
A huge pothole can make your drive a nightmare (and ruin your suspension).
A broken bone can destroy your budding professional Quidditch career, in a way …
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! 10 Portuguese Listening Practice Recommendations
Living in Brazil taught me one very important language lesson: Portuguese listening practice is as important as any grammar book.
I remember thumbing through the Portuguese dictionary and not always being able to find the word I’d just heard.
That’s …
Don’t Give Up Now! 9 Portuguese Intermediate Courses to Push You Onward
You’ve gotten the ball rolling on learning Portuguese.
But without a little extra nudge, the notorious intermediate-learner hump could make your learning come to a grinding halt.
When you decided you wanted to learn Portuguese, nobody told you that …
How to Properly Use Portuguese Personal Pronouns
“Moça, você pode me ajudar?” (Young woman, can you help me?)
I turned to my friend in disbelief.
Did she just address an elderly woman as “girl”?
More alarmingly, did she just use the informal form of the pronoun for …
Stop Avoiding the Portuguese Subjunctive and Learn to Love It with This Guide
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
There’s a Portuguese grammar aspect that learners dread studying.
They avoid it whenever they can, either constructing sentences that circumvent its use or just ignoring it altogether.
It’s the subjunctive mood, and …
Portuguese Adjectives: The Beginner’s Guide to Amazing Adjective Usage
I’ve done it and so will you.
In fact, nearly every Portuguese learner will do this at some point in their learning journey: You’re going to get your Portuguese adjectives wrong.
You might stick an adjective in the wrong spot …
Essential Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: 8 Rules to Remember
Fluency and grammar go hand-in-hand.
There really is no way around it: To speak correctly, you have to know the rules of the language.
If you’ve chosen to study Brazilian Portuguese, specifically, the list of rules you’ll need to learn …
