http://brazilianportuguesepod.com Effective Portuguese Learning! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:19:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/grammar/lesson-332-past-tense http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/grammar/lesson-332-past-tense#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:34:13 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/?p=1594
In this lesson you will learn how to express past events, and the similarities and differences between them in Portuguese and English. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/grammar/lesson-332-past-tense/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/licao-322-formacao-de-palavras-%e2%80%93-abreviacao http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/licao-322-formacao-de-palavras-%e2%80%93-abreviacao#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:31:22 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/?p=1514
Conhecer abreviações e saber como fazê-las é importante em um idioma, uma vez que abreviações são muito usadas na linguagem do dia a dia. Nessa lição você vai aprender como abreviar palavras em português com vários exemplos, além de aprender a diferença entre abreviação e abreviatura. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/licao-322-formacao-de-palavras-%e2%80%93-abreviacao/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-315-linguas-do-brasil-%e2%80%93-voce-fala-o-portugues-correto-ou-errado http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-315-linguas-do-brasil-%e2%80%93-voce-fala-o-portugues-correto-ou-errado#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:39 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-315-linguas-do-brasil-%e2%80%93-voce-fala-o-portugues-correto-ou-errado
In this lesson you will see that Portuguese has a huge variety of dialects, as well as different ways of expressing oneself, and that in Brazil there are hundreds of other languages besides Portuguese ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-315-linguas-do-brasil-%e2%80%93-voce-fala-o-portugues-correto-ou-errado/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-297-prepositions http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-297-prepositions#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:37:52 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-297-pronouns
In this lesson you’ll learn about prepositions and we will bring them into context. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-297-prepositions/feed 1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-289-formacao-dos-substantivos http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-289-formacao-dos-substantivos#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:54:52 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-289-formacao-dos-substantivos
Nesta lição irei falar sobre a formação dos substantivos. Voce irá aprender a definir se os substantivos são masculino ou feminino. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-289-formacao-dos-substantivos/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-288-os-substantivos http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-288-os-substantivos#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:30:21 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-287-os-substantivos
Nesta lição irei falar sobre os substantivos: gêneros, flexões, etc. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-288-os-substantivos/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-285-indefinite-article http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-285-indefinite-article#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:43:10 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-285-indefinite-article
In this lesson you are going to learn about indefinite articles: what are they and how to use them ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-285-indefinite-article/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-281-expressing-pain http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-281-expressing-pain#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:09:43 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-281-expressing-pain
In this lesson you will learn how to use the definite article properly in Portuguese, since in English the definite article is only one and in Portuguese it is four. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-281-expressing-pain/feed 2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-279-similarities-in-vocabulary-between-portuguese-and-english http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-279-similarities-in-vocabulary-between-portuguese-and-english#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:31:20 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-279-similarities-in-vocabulary-between-portuguese-and-english
In this lesson you are going to see that there are much similarity between Portuguese and English. So this lesson will help you to learn a long list of new words. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-279-similarities-in-vocabulary-between-portuguese-and-english/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-277-simple-adjectives-and-giving-opinions http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-277-simple-adjectives-and-giving-opinions#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:10:55 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-277-simple-adjectives-and-giving-opinions
In this lesson you’ll learn many kinds of adjectives and when use them in phrases giving opinions. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-277-simple-adjectives-and-giving-opinions/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-276-cognates-and-false-cognates http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-276-cognates-and-false-cognates#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:01:12 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-276-cognates-and-false-cognates
In this lesson you are going to learn what cognates are and how they will help you to add up words to your vocabulary in a quicker way ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-276-cognates-and-false-cognates/feed 1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-247-hybrid-cars-%e2%80%94-carros-hibridos http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-247-hybrid-cars-%e2%80%94-carros-hibridos#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:58 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-245-prefixos-gregos-e-latinos
Nesta lição você irá aprender o que são prefixos, qual a importância deles, e verá exemplos de alguns prefixos mais comuns da Língua Portuguesa. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-247-hybrid-cars-%e2%80%94-carros-hibridos/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-241-second-conjugation-verbs http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-241-second-conjugation-verbs#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:45:55 +0000 marcosmaleval http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-241-second-conjugation-verbs
In this lesson you will learn how to conjugate verbs ending ir ER. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-d93d837db55d6e9c4d9924899d4d28aa} ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-241-second-conjugation-verbs/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-224-question-tags http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-224-question-tags#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:24:40 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-224-question-tags
In this lesson you will learn what question tags are and how they work in Brazilian Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-224-question-tags/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-221-practicing-articles http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-221-practicing-articles#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:12 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-221-practicing-articles
One of the most noticeable aspects of foreigners’s accents is that they usually make mistakes regarding the articles usage. In this lesson you’ll get to practice those articles in order to brush your Portuguese up. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-221-practicing-articles/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-213-paronymns-and-spelling http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-213-paronymns-and-spelling#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:09:06 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-213-paronymns-and-spelling
In this lesson you will learn that it is very important to pronounce words and write correctly so there is no mistake. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-213-paronymns-and-spelling/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:02 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t
In this lesson you will learn idioms with the letter T. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-210-idioms-with-the-letter-t/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:07 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s
In this lesson I’ll teach you some expressions with the letters R and S. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-209-expressions-with-the-letters-r-and-s/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-202-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-q http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-202-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-q#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:05 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-202-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-q
In this lesson you are going to learn expression that begin with the letter Q and phrases that are in this context. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-202-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-q/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-197-describing-two-situations-happening-simultaneously http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-197-describing-two-situations-happening-simultaneously#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:25:18 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-197-describing-two-situations-happening-simultaneously
In this lesson I’m going to explain this very common situation which is when you have to describe situations that are happening simultaneously. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-197-describing-two-situations-happening-simultaneously/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-195-colocacao-pronominal http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-195-colocacao-pronominal#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:40 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-195-colocacao-pronominal
This is and advanced lesson. Nesta lição você vai aprender o que é colocação pronominal e como utilizá-la corretamente. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-195-colocacao-pronominal/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-190-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-p http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-190-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-p#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:41:50 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-190-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-p
In this lesson you will learn idioms that begin with the letter P. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-190-idioms-that-begin-with-the-letter-p/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:04 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o
In this lesson you will learn idioms that begin with the letter “O”. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-178-idioms-beginning-with-the-letter-o/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-176-the-past-tense http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-176-the-past-tense#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:41:06 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-176-the-past-tense
In this lesson you are going to conjugate verbs in the past through practical senteces. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-176-the-past-tense/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-169-first-conjugation-verbs http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-169-first-conjugation-verbs#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:20:13 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-169-first-conjugation-verbs
In this lesson you are going to learn how to conjugate verbs properly according to the usage of the language. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-169-first-conjugation-verbs/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:58 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n
In this lesson we will talk about idioms that begin with the letter N. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-165-idioms-with-the-letter-n/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:53:34 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m
In this lesson we will cover idioms that begin with the letter M. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-164-idioms-with-the-letter-m/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-163-the-diminutive http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-163-the-diminutive#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:51:14 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-163-the-diminutive
In this lesson you will learn how the diminutive form works in Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-163-the-diminutive/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-158-numeral http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-158-numeral#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:14:53 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-158-numeral
In this lesson you will learn about numbers in an advanced way! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-158-numeral/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:10:30 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l
In this lesson you will learn idioms that begin with the letter L. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-157-idioms-with-the-letter-l/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-146-expressions-with-the-letters-h-and-i http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-146-expressions-with-the-letters-h-and-i#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:19:14 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-146-expressions-with-the-letters-h-and-i
In this lesson you are going to learn expression that begin with the letters H and I. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-146-expressions-with-the-letters-h-and-i/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:47:22 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f
In this lesson you are going to learn expression that begin with the letter F. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-140-expressions-with-the-letter-f/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:44:57 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg
In this lesson we will continue learning idioms with letter E and G. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-139-idiomatic-expressions-eg/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-138-verb-estar-idioms http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-138-verb-estar-idioms#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:42:05 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-138-verb-estar-idioms
In this lesson you’ll learn idioms about the verb “estar”. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-138-verb-estar-idioms/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-137-gender-of-nouns http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-137-gender-of-nouns#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:39:49 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-137-gender-of-nouns
In this lesson you are going to learn how to differentiate gender of nouns in Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-137-gender-of-nouns/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:37:30 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter D. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-136-idiomatic-expressions-d/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:27:45 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter C. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-133-idiomatic-expressions-c/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:22:11 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter B. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-131-idiomatic-expressions-b/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-130-the-new-orthographic-agreement http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-130-the-new-orthographic-agreement#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:14:24 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-130-the-new-orthographic-agreement
In this lesson you are going to learn what are the changes at the new orthographic agreement. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-130-the-new-orthographic-agreement/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-119-deletion-of-words http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-119-deletion-of-words#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:17:51 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-119-deletion-of-words
In this lesson you are going to learn how and when to delete words to sound like a native speaker! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-119-deletion-of-words/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-107-etymology-of-brazilian-portuguese http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-107-etymology-of-brazilian-portuguese#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:23:46 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-107-etymology-of-brazilian-portuguese
In this lesson you’ll learn about etymology of Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-107-etymology-of-brazilian-portuguese/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-105-idiomatic-expressions http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-105-idiomatic-expressions#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:11:31 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-105-idiomatic-expressions
In this lesson you’ll learn expressions that begin with letter A. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-105-idiomatic-expressions/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-84-slangs http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-84-slangs#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:33:18 +0000 vixtor http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/292
In this lesson you are going to learn slangs to use in informal conversations! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-84-slangs/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-79-prepositions http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-79-prepositions#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:52:47 +0000 vixtor http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/268
In this lesson we are going to learn how to use prepositions in Portuguese and how to distinguish them from English. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-79-prepositions/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-73-paronymous-words http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-73-paronymous-words#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:53:16 +0000 vixtor http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/242
In this lesson you’ll learn how to differentiate meanings of words that sound almost the same!! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-73-paronymous-words/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-72-different-acceptations-of-the-verb-ficar http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-72-different-acceptations-of-the-verb-ficar#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:43:43 +0000 vixtor http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/238
In this lesson we’ll talk about various acceptations of the verb ficar. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-72-different-acceptations-of-the-verb-ficar/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-63-the-verb-dar-2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-63-the-verb-dar-2#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:53 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/213
In this lesson we are going to learn how to use the verb dar(to give) in different contexts of the verb to give in English, so we will realize what is an idiomatic expression and how and when to use the correct expressions in Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-63-the-verb-dar-2/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-62-verb-to-be-translated-as-to-have http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-62-verb-to-be-translated-as-to-have#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:57:40 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/204
In this lesson we will learn about idiomatic expressions in Portuguese, and we will see that the verb to be is translated as “ter”,to have, when used in a idiomatic expression. So it is important to notice that every language has a structure and a logic, and if you try to use your English mindset [...]]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-62-verb-to-be-translated-as-to-have/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-59-the-feminine-words http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-59-the-feminine-words#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:46:30 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/197
In this lesson we will go over the words that belong to the female gender making the differentiation between masculine and feminine. You will be able to sound as a native speaker and you’ll never again trip up on these tricky words! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-59-the-feminine-words/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-57-the-masculine-words http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-57-the-masculine-words#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:13:27 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/192
In this lesson we are going to learn that in Portuguese nouns can be either masculine or feminine, so you need to understand the Portuguese structure for you do not mix things up and speak wrongly!! For now we will get to know what are the rules for masculine and what category of words are [...]]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-57-the-masculine-words/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-56-plural-of-nouns-continued http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-56-plural-of-nouns-continued#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:04:58 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/189
In this lesson we will analyze a speech given by the president of Brazil and the way people use and even misuse the plural form, but still they are very common ways in certain situations! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-56-plural-of-nouns-continued/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-55-plural-of-nouns http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-55-plural-of-nouns#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:39:39 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/186
In this lesson we are going to learn how to make plural of things. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-55-plural-of-nouns/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-52-verb-conjugation http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-52-verb-conjugation#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:19:21 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/179
In this series of lessons we will go over the grammar aspects of Portuguese so you can understand our language structure and adjust your mindset so you can speak fluently! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-52-verb-conjugation/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-47-verbs-ser-and-estar-continued http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-47-verbs-ser-and-estar-continued#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:12:50 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/166
This lesson explains the usage of verbs “ser” and “estar” in a more contextualized way! ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-47-verbs-ser-and-estar-continued/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-45-verb-%e2%80%9cser%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cestar%e2%80%9d http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-45-verb-%e2%80%9cser%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cestar%e2%80%9d#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:05:34 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/162
On this set of lessons you will learn the most important verbs of our language. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-45-verb-%e2%80%9cser%e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9cestar%e2%80%9d/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-44-adverbs-of-time-part-3 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-44-adverbs-of-time-part-3#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:02:35 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/160
On this set of lessons you will learn the most used adverbs of time. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-44-adverbs-of-time-part-3/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-43-adverbs-of-time-part-2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-43-adverbs-of-time-part-2#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:00:11 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/158
On this set of lessons you will learn the most used adverbs of time. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-43-adverbs-of-time-part-2/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-42-adverbs-of-time-part-1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-42-adverbs-of-time-part-1#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:55:41 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/156
On this set of lessons you will learn the most used adverbs of time. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-42-adverbs-of-time-part-1/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-41-person-inflections http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-41-person-inflections#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:48:35 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/153
In Portuguese when you say a verb you have to inflect it according to time and person. On the verbal tenses lesson it was explained about inflections of time. In this lesson you will learn about the inflections of person. We will use two very important irregular verbs in Portuguese, the verbs “ser” and “estar”; [...]]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-41-person-inflections/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-35-adverbs-of-place-part-3 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-35-adverbs-of-place-part-3#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:37:01 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/140
When you’re talking about places it’s extremely necessary to know how to use the adverbs of place. In this set of lessons I’ll present to you the most used adverbs of place. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-35-adverbs-of-place-part-3/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-34-adverbs-of-place-part-2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-34-adverbs-of-place-part-2#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:33:19 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/138
When you’re talking about places it’s extremely necessary to know how to use the adverbs of place. In this set of lessons I’ll present to you the most used adverbs of place. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-34-adverbs-of-place-part-2/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-33-adverbs-of-place-part http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-33-adverbs-of-place-part#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:08:10 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/128
When you’re talking about places, it’s extremely necessary to know how to use the adverbs of place. In this set of lessons I’ll present to you the most used adverbs of place. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-33-adverbs-of-place-part/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-32-permanent-or-circumstantial-states http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-32-permanent-or-circumstantial-states#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:04:14 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/126
Today you’re going to learn how to differ permanent and circumstantial states, using the verbs “ser” and “estar”. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-32-permanent-or-circumstantial-states/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-27-the-verb http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-27-the-verb#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:07:03 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/114
Today I’m going to talk about a basic, yet important, verb in Portuguese. The verb “ser”. You must handle this verb very well because it’s one of the bases for everyday simple conversations. In this lesson you will learn how to use it, what does it mean and some simple but useful phrases with it. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-27-the-verb/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-26-articles http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-26-articles#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:01:39 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/112
In Portuguese an article is a word which defines the noun precisely or uncertainly, indicating its gender and number. The article always comes before a noun. In this lesson we will give you important information about articles, as well as examples on how to use them. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-26-articles/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-25-future-tense http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-25-future-tense#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:58:17 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/109
In Portuguese there are two ways for you to say things in the future. Maybe you will find one of them easier, anyways; in this lesson we hope you can understand both of ‘em. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-25-future-tense/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-21-grammar-spot-about-the-subject http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-21-grammar-spot-about-the-subject#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:41:23 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/99
This lesson is about subject–verb agreement and inflections in Brazilian Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-21-grammar-spot-about-the-subject/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-18-verb-tenses http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-18-verb-tenses#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:18:28 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/92
In this lesson you will learn how to understand Portuguese verb tenses. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-18-verb-tenses/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-16-the-sentence-structure http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-16-the-sentence-structure#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:11:28 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/88
In this lesson you will learn basic elements of a sentence in portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-16-the-sentence-structure/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-14-the-portuguese-alphabet http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-14-the-portuguese-alphabet#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:13:34 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/83
In this lesson you will learn how to say the alphabet in Portuguese. We will not cover special signs or punctuations on this lesson, but in the future we will dedicate a lesson for that. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-14-the-portuguese-alphabet/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-13-explanation-about-the-word-voce http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-13-explanation-about-the-word-voce#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:05:20 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/78
In this lesson you will learn an important historic fact about Portuguese language. It’s about the origin of the personal pronoun “você”. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-13-explanation-about-the-word-voce/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-10-numbers-part-4 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-10-numbers-part-4#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:04:36 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/59
In this lesson you’ll learn how to count with thousands. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-10-numbers-part-4/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-9-numbers-part-3 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-9-numbers-part-3#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:57:22 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/57
In this lesson you will learn how to count with hundreds, and finally on lesson 10 you’ll learn how to count with thousands. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-9-numbers-part-3/feed 1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-8-numbers-part-2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-8-numbers-part-2#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:46:33 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/54
In this lesson you are going to learn to count things in Portuguese from 20 to 100, on lesson 9 you will learn how to count with hundreds, and finally on lesson 10 you’ll learn how to count with thousands. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-8-numbers-part-2/feed 2 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-7-numbers-part-1 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-7-numbers-part-1#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:39:53 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/51
In this lesson you are going to learn to count things in Portuguese from 0 to 20, on lesson 8 you’ll learn how to count with tens, on lesson 9 you will learn how to count with hundreds, and finally on lesson 10 you’ll learn how to count with thousands. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-7-numbers-part-1/feed 0 http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-6-personal-pronouns http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-6-personal-pronouns#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:52 +0000 andre http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/archives/48
In this lesson you will learn personal pronouns in Portuguese. ]]> http://brazilianportuguesepod.com/lessons/lesson-6-personal-pronouns/feed 0