Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese - Lesson 28

Day 23 (Lesson 28) of Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese 1

Lição 28


me-disseram- They told me
Eu conheço um bom professor- I know a good teacher
Ele te-disse- He told you (Ele "chee jeesee")
Os filmes são excelentes para aprender inglês- The films are excellent for learning English.
Os filmes no são bons- The movies aren't good. (bom...bons)
ainda- still/yet (not yet = ainda não)
O que voces comem?- what do you (you plural) eat?
Eu tenho que ir - I have to go.
É muito interessante- It's very interesting
espere- wait
Eu tenho que fazer alguma coisa - I have to do something (Eu tenho "Kee" not keh)

Extra reading

1)O meu pai é professor - My dad is a professor.
2)ele mora em Salvador- He lives in Salvador.
3)A cidade de Salvador fica no Brasil. - The city of Salvador is in Brazil.
4)Perto do Oceano Atlántico- Close to the Atlantic Ocean
5)Nós não pudemos falar com eles- We could not speak with them.
6)Você sabe o endereço dela?- Do you know her address?
7)Eu vou tomar o avião - I'm going to take the plane.
8)Para ir ao Rio de Janeiro- To go to Rio de Janeiro
9)O meu amigo me disse- My friend told me
10)que o Rio de Janeiro é moito bonito- That Rio de Janeiro is very pretty


The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

Chapter 7

Deals with describing people and things.
-There are exercises for "transforming adjectives" from masculine to feminine, a section on modifiers and how you would use them (todos, ambos, o, um, este/esse, aquele, algum, dois/tres/quatro, poucos, muitos, varios, tantos, qualquer, tal, meus, seus, etc)
-Making comparisons (unequal and equal) such as: Brad Pitt é mais bonito que Will Ferrell.(Brad Pitt is more handsome than Will Ferrell) and Martha é tão famosa quanto Donald (Martha is as famous as Donald).
-Possessives in Portuguese (meu, seu, minha, tua, tuas, suas, etc)
*Many exercises in this chapter, which I like.




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