Lesson 2: grammar
indefinite pronouns: pouco muito | mais | present: ar verbs | aprender | falar
Lesson 23: grammar
common comparatives | indefinite pronoun: todo | indefinite pronouns: uns, vários, certo | adverbs | using tão
Lesson 49: grammar
diminutives and augmentatives | the imperative mood | indefinite pronouns: qualquer, bastante, tanto
Lesson 70: grammar
using indefinite pronouns tanto & tanta
Lesson 5: grammar
expressing “here & there” | contractions dele & dela | contractions naquele, naquela, naquilo | the expression: em falta | indefinite pronouns: uns, vários, certo
Lesson 15: grammar
indefinite pronouns: algo, nada, tudo, cada | the preterit tense of ar-ending verbs | reparar ➜ to notice
Recomeço ➜ dialog
When you hear new words clearly and in context – in a story, your chances of remembering them are good. This is an advanced dialog spoken at a normal pace, but even if you’re new to Portuguese you’ll quickly pick up much of this. *RECOMEÇAR = to re-start, begin again. The title translates to Our…
Somewhere, Anywhere, Nowhere in Portuguese
As a beginner you can use expressions like, não tem, and nada to express nothingness. But to say somewhere, anywhere, nowhere in Portuguese properly, it takes a little practice. These are not very obvious. How would you say for example, Let’s eat somewhere; Sit anywhere you like; or, She has nowhere to go -? Somewhere…
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Locadora ➜ dialog
CLAUDIA Aqui tem algum filme do Alfred Hitchcock? Did you hear her say algum filme? She swallowed the algum. HUGO Oi? Não. Aqui são filmes românticos. Os filmes de suspense, eu não sei onde estão. I’m so proud of this line because it contains SER and ESTAR side-by-side — in the plural (they) -! Amazing….
tanto quanto — as much as — in Portuguese
Quanto this, tanto that, tanto quanto… tanto quanto, tanto quanto… Is there anything more confusing? But damn… I am finally there. I mean, here… aqui. And let me tell you: It’s empowering to be able to say things like: I don’t like Billie Eilish as much as French Toast. My dog does not snore as…
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