As your Portuguese improves and you speak with more Brazilians, you’ll hear plenty of sounds and grammar features that are essential to communication—but don’t generally appear in books.
Portuguese as it’s spoken in Brazil and the official, written variety are …
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When you are starting out with Brazilian Portuguese, it is satisfying enough to be able to make a simple, complete sentence in which someone (noun) does something (verb).
A Bruna acendeu a caixa de som. — Bruna turned …
Portuguese learn you do to want?
Sorry, I mean: Do you want to learn Portuguese?
Wow! Placing words into their correct spots in a sentence makes a world of a difference, doesn’t it?
If you were studying, say, Japanese, …
“Please don’t be alarmed. This is only a test.”
From that phrase, it almost seems like tests and quizzes don’t do all that much.
But is anything ever “only” a test?
When you’re learning Portuguese, the answer is “no.”…
From Brazil to East Timor…
From Cape Verde to China…
From Angola to Equatorial Guinea… and back!
No, we are not talking about the thrilling but erratic travels of the famed Carmen Sandiego (but seriously, can you imagine her frequent-flier …
Greeting people in Brazil with an insecure handshake and a nervous smile?
Saying hi to your friends from Portugal… in Spanish?
Never again!
While it is true that Portuguese-speaking countries will generally accept a firm handshake, a kiss on …
