Increase your Portuguese vocabulary while keeping up with current events in Brazil We have taken a break from speaking Portuguese over the past year. A lot of reasons brought us to that decision but we are back! My son has recently started kindergarten and, while he is still adjusting to Read more…
Easy Chapter Books in Brazilian Portuguese for Language Learning Reading is a great way to improve your Portuguese vocabulary. I’m a visual learner so, for me, this is the best way to expand my vocabulary beyond the vocabulary I use in my daily life which, for the greater part, is Read more…
Our Bilingual schedule for Kindergarten We have taken a break from speaking Portuguese over the past year. A lot of reasons brought us to that decision but we are back! My son has recently started kindergarten and, while he is still adjusting to the change that public school brings, we Read more…
Gostar + de Today we are going to learn about how to use Gostar. The regular verb, gostar, has a special rule attached to it. It is always followed by the proposition, de. Always. What is de? De = of, by, and from. One of the differences between English and Portuguese is that, Read more…
Level 1 unit 1 is all about learning how to start using basic sentences in Portuguese! In this unit we will learn the vocabulary words for fruit (42) and colors. We will learn how to describe fruit using color and how to use new verbs in present tense. Grammar Lessons Read more…
Regular and Irregular Verbs in Present Tense Today we are going to learn about how to use regular and irregular Brazilian Portuguese verbs in Present tense. Base form First let’s talk about the base form of verbs in English. Some examples are: to eat to like to want In English Read more…
Gendered Nouns Introduction Masculine Words Portuguese, like many romance languages, has masculine and feminine nouns. When studying vocabulary it is important to know if the word is masculine or feminine which is why it is included with each 3-part card. Words that end in –o are usually masculine words. They take Read more…
Adjectives In today’s Brazilian Portuguese grammar lesson we are going to learn about adjectives and how they are modified. Order Unlike in English, adjectives in Portuguese go after the noun. For example: maçã vermelha cachorro grande prato pequeno red apple big dog small plate Sometimes you might see an adjective Read more…