Lesson 7 of Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese 2

Lição 37/90

eu estou com fome - I am hungry
alguem vem de visita- Someone's coming on a visit
uma colega - a colleague (female)
um colega - a colleague (male)
da amanha - AM
da noite - PM
você pode conhece-los na nossa casa - You can meet them at our house


Lesson 8 of Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese 2

Lição 38/90

a propósito - by the way
todos - everyone
tudo está pronto - everything is ready
eu ainda não comi - I didn't eat yet
você comeu- you ate
antes de comer- before eating
você poderia me ajudar? - could you help me?
uns presentes - some gifts
as crianças - the children
eles gostariam de uns presentes- they would like some gifts
umas camisetas- some t-shirts
você poderia me levar.... - could you take me...
nós podemos ir de metro- we can go by subway
venha comigo depresa- come with me quickly
um escritório - an office
uma carta- a letter
Eu não posso esperar até depois- I can't wait until later
Já são duas e meia - it's already 2:30

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

Chapter 20
Focuses on what you'll need and what is good to know if you plan on traveling to Brazil.
-currency
-what is needed to visit Brazil like passport, visa, proof of accomodations, etc
-vocabulary needed to make hotel reservations...
-Some information about some of the major or most popular cities and things to do


And I'm done the book. It was useful... I am glad information about culture and everything was included... the book is indeed still mostly about learning the language which is what I wanted but it's nice to learn a bit about Brazil as a country too.

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book CHAPTERS 11-19

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book
I have basically almost finished this and it's all I have been using in the past while to learn Portuguese...

Chapter 11
-Introducing the verbs haver (to exist/have), fazer (to do/make), acabar (to finish( and saber and conhecer (to know)
-Expressions using these common verbs
-conjugation, a clear explanation of the difference between saver and conhecer...
-"Special" verbs are introduced which need modification in the first person singular.

Chapter 12
This is the "verb reference" chapter...
-Present tense
-Preterit and imperfect past tenses
-Future and conditional tenses
There are good explanations and examples as well as exercises

Chapter 13
-Past participles
-Passive voice
-Using 2 verbs together
-Reflexive verbs
There are good explanations and examples as well as exercises

Chapter 14
-Negative words and constructions
-positive vs. negative
-double negative constructions

Chapter 15
-questions and exclamations
-exercises

Chapter 16
-Future tense
-Personal Infinitive (rare tense gramatically... but explained well)
-Impersonal assertations
-weather and clothing

Chapter 17
-Imperative and subjunctive constructions (basic)

Chapter 18
-Chapter about culture (I liked this one!) about Carnaval, food, music, soccer...

Chapter 19
-More about conversation... conversation starters, farewells, communication by mail, writing a letter, making phone calls
-expressions with "estar com" and "ter" that many people use...
-difference between using "ficar", "tornar-se" and "fazer-se" for "to become"
-formal vs. informal phrases, questions, etc...

So, I only have Chapter 20 to read for tomorrow. After I'll probably do more Pimsleur lessons.

Practice Makes Perfect: The Spanish Subjunctive Up Close

Practice Makes Perfect: The Spanish Subjunctive Up Close

Chapter 1: When to use the subjunctive and how to form its four tenses

-Present subjunctive (ex. tu/poder ...puedas)

-Imperfect Subjunctive (ex. tu/poder... pudieras)

-Present Perfect Subjunctive (ex. tu/poder... hayas podido)

-Pluperfect Subjunctive (ex. tu/poder... hubieras podido)

I will probably need to do another couple chapters before I start really understanding when to use each!

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book
Chapter 10:

• Conjugating -er and -it verbs (present tense)
• Family relations vocabulary
• Using "ter"
  

Lesson 6 of Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese 2

Lesson 36

• hoje de noite - this evening
• eu gostaría de pedir - I'd like to order
• para a minha amiga - for my friend
• a amiga dele - his friend
• desde quando - since when... (desjee)
• ficar - to stay (in a place)
• não faz moito tempo - it hasn't been a long time
• faz uma semana que nos estamos aqui - we've been here for a week
• vocês gostariam - would you (pl.) like...
• vocês gostariam de vir amanha? - would you (pl) like to come tomorrow?
• amanha da tarde - tomorrow afternoon
• Nós gostariamos - we would like to
• depois do trabalho - after work
• quanto tempo faz que o senhor está aquí? - how long have you been here?
• faz um dia- it's been a day
• a semana que vem - next week
• moito poco tempo- very little time
• eu gostaría de ficar ... - I would like to stay...
• o senhor viaja moito? - do you travel a lot?
• as vezes- sometimes
• que bom - how good, nice

The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book

Chapter 9:

Starting to conjugate -ar verbs in the present form... vocabulary for places, some foods, basic stuff.