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Portuguese is the 5th mos...

Portuguese is the 5th most used language on the Web

One more reason to learn Portuguese. After the Brazilian invasion on facebook, I was quite sure that we would...

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Basic Portuguese 1-Conjug...

Basic Portuguese 1-Conjugation of Regular Verbs in the Present Indicative

If you’re  learning Portuguese and know some Spanish, chances are that the conjugation for the...

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Tongue Twister: Umbu

Tongue Twister: Umbu

This tongue twister was taken from the acclaimed Brazilian movie : Central do Brasil. The sacred tree of...

Brazilian Christmas

This article is about Christmas in Brazil, it teaches few expressions indicated for all levels of...

Brazilian Christmas
posted on: Dec 10, 2012 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

7 Books and Courses that I Recommend ...

Over the past 3 years  I’ve been teaching Portuguese as a second language. Here you’ll find a summarized...

7 Books and Courses that I Recommend to Learn Portuguese
posted on: May 7, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Dia do Trabalhador

We all know that the Labor Day ( Dia do Trabalhador or Dia do Trabalho) celebrates the achievement of workers and the...

Dia do Trabalhador
posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

4 Reasons to Learn Portuguese

4 reasons to learn Brazilian Portuguese.

4 Reasons to Learn Portuguese
posted on: Apr 29, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti
1000 most used words in Portuguese

1000 most used words in Portuguese

posted on: Apr 23, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Opensubtitles,this site is a well known free service of subtitles for foreigners movies, and this is a word list of 1000 most words used  in...

Movie of the Week: Estômago

Movie of the Week: Estômago

posted on: Mar 22, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Gender: Drama Release date (Brazil / Itály): 2007 Director: Marcos Jorge I heard about this movie over a year ago and then I decided to give it a...

Learn European Portuguese for free.

Learn European Portuguese for free.

posted on: Mar 21, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Ciberescola  offers European Portuguese classes free of charge, you can read more about it here.   Portuguese as Second Language: online...

Tongue Twister: Umbu

Tongue Twister: Umbu

posted on: Mar 13, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

This tongue twister was taken from the acclaimed Brazilian movie : Central do Brasil. The sacred tree of Sertão, umbu  also known as Imbú...

Singer of the week : Chorão and Slang of the week : Tá ligado?

Singer of the week : Chorão and Slang of the ...

posted on: Mar 6, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Today it’s a sad day for a whole generation that grew up listening Charlie Brown Jr., a rock band from Santos. Chorão its lead singer died...

Word of the day : Saudações (Greetings)

Word of the day : Saudações (Greetings)

posted on: Mar 6, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

This post is about greetings used in colloquial Portuguese. This is a short list, that might be helpful.You will notice that many greetings in...

Life of Pi is a plagiarism

Life of Pi is a plagiarism

posted on: Feb 23, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

I know this post title sounds polemic, but I just finished reading Max and the Cats, the book was written in 1981 by Moacyr Scliar, a Brazilian...

Learning Portuguese Video of the Week

Learning Portuguese Video of the Week

posted on: Feb 22, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

This is the number one video of a Colombian TV Show about Brazilian culture and language, it’s in Portuguese and it comes subtitles.In my...

Tongue Twister : Maria Mole

Tongue Twister : Maria Mole

posted on: Feb 21, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

Tongue twisters are called trava línguas in Portuguese.Every week we’ll be featuring one , today’s tongue twister is called Maria...

How to improve your Portuguese?

How to improve your Portuguese?

posted on: Feb 18, 2013 | author: Luana Cavalcanti

I have been asked many times, “How can I improve my Portuguese?” The answer is : practice. It takes commitment and effort. Here are some...

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