If you already know how to use SER & ESTAR correctly, you’re ready this: our ultimate reference for ESTAR. All of the tenses and moods (with examples) ESTAR can be used for in Portuguese. BEHOLD the glory of ESTAR 🇧🇷.
Read more...the present subjunctive tense | haver ➜ to have, be, have been | mudar ➜ to move, change | procurar ➜ to procure, look for
the verb DAR with para | using ESTAR with com
conversational forms of ESTAR | esquecer ➜ to forget
Use estar to talk about temporary, passing things. present indicativeestar to beeuestouvocê, ele, elaestánósestamosvocês, eles, elasestão Complete conjugation.
To be jealous.
In casual conversation, estar is abbreviated like this:
Use estar de to say things like:
Use estar com to say things like,
I am with luck. That is literally how you would say “I’m lucky” in Brazilian Portuguese: eu estou com sorte. estar com (beginner) In Brazilian Portuguese it’s important to remember that this special combination of ESTAR + COM is used to say things like: I’m hungry. > Eu estou com fome. I’m thirsty. > Eu…
Read more...marcar & remarcar Use these to schedule dates and appointments. marcar = to set a date remarcar = to reset a date. Scheduling: Vamos marcar um dia para ir ao centro. Rescheduling: Vamos remarcar. Hoje está complicado! using ESTAR with de | abrir âžœ to open | marcar âžœ to schedule | remarcar âžœ to…
using ESTAR with com | PRECISAR + de | using PRECISAR with verbs | ligar ➜ to call, connect
contractions no & na | estar ➜ to be (temporary) | morrer ➜ to die | viver ➜ to live
conversational forms of ESTAR | acordar ➜ to wake up | acreditar ➜ to believe, trust | levar ➜ to carry, take | significar ➜ to signify, mean
contractions no & na | using primeiro(a) | SER and ESTAR | estar ➜ to be (temporary)
We all have a specific vocabulary stack for setting up and managing our time. Scheduling our lives is a top priority, right? In Portuguese, it’s no different. They have a core of really common verbs & vocab that they use again and again. But there are a few tricks to staying within the standards. Encontros…
Read more...possessive pronouns | ser & estar | estar
estar + de | encontrar
Thanks to Josh Plotkin and Beatriz Winicki for these great breakdowns. *Note: this first unit (chapters 1-14) presents ALL of the grammar that you saw already in Level 1 novelas. To some of you, it’s just a review, but most people are just getting used to these grammar rules. Either way, you should take this…
adverbs of intensity | using ESTAR with de | the preterit tense of ir-ending verbs
* New 3rd part will begin right after a replay the first two segments 🤞 This really is how this would play out in Brazil. Not that the maids here cover up the inevitable accidents, but just that things do_break. All 3 of these chapters happened to me, personally. Having a housekeeper is a real…
The Present Progressive is one of the easiest conjugations to do. And, seriously useful. This dialog is packed with examples BUT, there are some hard to understand sentences here. That’s because several are spoken really fast, the way Brazilians do. Don’t give up! I will walk you through all of them. CARA Você está vendo…
GAROTA 1 Tá maluca! Tá = Está. This is the way Brazilians usually say está. Uma MALUCA is a crazy person. You can say LOUCO/LOUCA, or MALUCO/MALUCA which is basically bad + crazy. GAROTA 2 Nossa senhora! Ele passou muito perto. GAROTA 1 Muito perto. Muito perto mesmo! A good review of how to use…
GAROTA Ai, droga! Perdi meu tenîs. “Ai, droga” is like saying “oh, hell”. Droga literally means drug. But I doubt anyone says, “oh, drug!”. I’d guess that the word drug used to mean anything bad. GAROTA Dá licença. “Dá” is the verb dar. This is how Brazilians say, excuse me. They literally say, “give license”….
ATUALIZAR is a really great verb that you can use to say things like, Eu preciso atualizar omeusoftware. âžœ I need to update my software. and the past participle, atualizado (a): O seu currÃculo está atualizado? âžœ Is your CV (resumé) up-to-date? and in the form of an adjective, atual: Ele comprou o sistema mais…
Read more...TATIANA Te achei! “Te achei” is the short way of saying “Eu te achei.”, which is the short way of saying “Eu achei você.” WILLIAM Oi amor! É. Você me achou, sim. That “é” is just William saying, “it is (me)”. Note the word order here. We wouldn’t say, “you me found”. In Portuguese you…
