Lesson 7 - Text

Olá, leitores! Hello, readers!
Como vocês têm estado ultimamente? How have you been recently?


Let's start a new portuguese lesson! As we have already learned the verbs and their conjugation, let's try a simple text today! Don't worry, it'll be very easy to read. So, let's start it!

Texto - Minha família

Minha família tem cinco pessoas: eu, meus dois irmãos mais novos e meus pais. Temos também um cachorro preto. Seu nome é Trovão! Nós moramos no interior do estado de São Paulo. Aqui, temos uma paisagem cheia de natureza e as ruas são seguras. 

Eu estudo em Campinas, uma grande cidade vizinha. Meu irmão Henrique gosta de gançar e meu irmão Marcelo toca bateria e contra-baixo. Meus pais são professores de português, inglês e alemão. 

Meu cachorro é barulhento e preguiçoso, mas é muito lindinho! Gosto muito de morar aqui!

Text - My family

My family is formed by five people: me, my two youger brothers and my parents. We also have a black dog. His name is "Trovão" (Thunder)! We live in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. Here, we have a landscape full of nature and the streets ar safe.

I study in Campinas, a big neighbour city. My brother Henrique likes to dance and my brother Marcelo plays the drums and the bass.My parents are portuguese, english and german teachers.

My dog is very noisy and lazy, but he is very cute! I love to live here!

Vocabulary

Texto－Text

Família－Family

Pessoa－Person

Irmão mais novo－Youger brother

Irmão mais velho－Elder brother

Pais－Parents

Cachorro－Dog

Preto－Black

Azul－Blue

Amarelo－Yellow

Vermelho－Red

Verde－Green

Branco－White

Nome－Name

Morar－To live, to inhabit

Interior－Countryside

Estado－State

Aqui－Here

Aí－There (near the listener)

Ali－There (far from both the speaker and the listener)

Lá－There (farther than "Ali")

Paisagem－Landscape

Cheio de...－Full of...

Natureza－Nature

Rua－Street

Seguro－Safe

Estudar－To study

Cidade－City

Vizinho－Neighbor

Gostar de...－To like to...

Dançar－To dance

Tocar－To play, to touch (in other context)

Bateria－Drums

Contra-baixo－Bass

Violão－Guitar

Guitarra－Eletric guitar

Piano－Piano

Teclado－Keyboard

Barulhento－Noisy

Preguiçoso－Lazy

Mas －But

Lindinho－Cute

Muito－So much, very

Gramática

Grammar

Preposições ‐ Prepositions

There are some prepositions that appeared in the text, which we're going to learn today.

Em In

De Of

Para For, to 

These are their neuter forms. These forms can vary deppending on the gender and the article of the succeeding noun.See examples below:

Em in

No in the (masculine) ex: No carro in the car

Na in the (femenine) ex: Na escola in the school

De

Do of the (masculine) ex: Do menino of the boy

Da of the (femenine) ex: Da menina of the girl

Para

Pro to/for the (masculine) ex: Pro seu irmão for your brother

Pra to/for the (femenine) ex: Pra sua mãe for your mother

Uso do verbo "gostar" Usage of the verb "gostar" (to like)

The verb "gostar" always needs the preposition "de" to be connected with an object, even if it's a verb. Ex:

Eu gosto de flores. I like flowers.

Meu irmão gosta de casas grandes. My brother likes big houses.

Eu gosto de correr. I like to run.

Meu pai gosta de ouvir música. My father likes to listen to music.

See you next time! Até mais, leitores!

Lesson 5 - Estar (to be)

Hello, my readers. Today, we're going to learn the portuguese verb "Estar".

"Estar" indicates a temporary state or condition. For example, when one says "Estou feliz I'm happy", he's talking about his present condition, which could change anytime.
But when one says "Eu sou feliz I'm happy", it sounds like he's telling somebody he's always unconditionally happy.
"Estar" could also indicate one's localization, as in "Eu estou na igreja I'm at the church", or could form the portuguese present continuous tense, like "Eu estou comendo bolo I'm eating cake".

Below, the inflection of the verb "Estar" in the present:

Eu estou
Você está (Tu estás)
Ele está
Nós estamos
Vocês estão (Vós estais)
Eles estão

I included "Tu" and "Vós" because they could be useful in certain circunstances, like reading some portuguese books or talking to portuguese people.

Below, some examples of the usage of "estar":

1- Eu estou nervoso por causa da prova de matemática.
I'm nervous because of the math exam.
2- Meu irmão está cantando uma música folclórica.
My brother is singing a folk song.
3- O livro está em cima da minha cama.
The book is on my bed.

Vocabulary - 1

Em cima On
Em baixo Under
Ao lado de Beside
No meio Between
Dentro In, inside
Fora Out, outside
À esquerda To the left
À direita To the right
Atrás Behind
Na frente de In front of

Examples:

A criança está em cima da mesa. The child is on the table.
O menino está dentro da caixa. The boy is inside the box.
O carro está na frente da escola. The car is in front of the school.
Eu estou ao lado de minha mãe. I'm beside my mother.
A caixa de cartas está à direita de minha casa. The mailbox is at the right side of my house.
Minha sala está à esquerda de meu quarto. My living room is to the left side of my room.
Eu estou fora de casa. I'm out my house.
Meu irmão está embaixo da cama. My brother is under the bed.

Vocabulary - 2

Sala Living room
Sofá Sofa
Televisão Television
Tapete Carpet
Mesa Table
Cadeira Chair
Janela Window
Porta Door
Almofada Cushion
Estante de livros Bookshelf
Aparelho de DVD DVD player
Rádio Radio
Banheiro Bathroom, WC
Vaso sanitário Toilet
Pia Lavatory basin
Box Shower-box
Toalha Towel
Sabonete Soap
Xampú Shampoo
Armário Wall Cabinet
Chuveiro Shower
Esponja Sponge
Quarto Sleeping room
Cama Bed
Travesseiro Pillow
Cobertor Blanket
Lençol Sheet
Pantufa Slipper
Chinelo Sandal
Sapato Shoe
Tênis Tennis Shoes
Roupas Clothes
Calça Pants
Saia Skirt
Camisa Shirt
Vestido Dress
Blusa Blouse
Jaqueta Jacket
Cozinha Kitchen
Garfo Fork
Faca Knife
Prato Dish
Colher Spoon
Geladeira Freezer
Fogão Stove
Lavanderia Laundry
Cesto de roupas It's a kind of basket to put the dirty clothes before washing them.
Lavadeira Washing machine
Quintal Yard
Grama Grass
Piscina Swimming-pool
Rede Hammock
Churrasqueira Barbecue (fireplace)

Let's try to make some simple sentences with the vocabulary I taught you today! You can send them to my e-mail, if you want. I've already posted my e-mail address to this blog in the Lesson 4.

See you next time!
Até a próxima!!

Grande abraço a todos os leitores!

Lesson 3 - Vocabulary and adjectives

Hello, readers! Firstly, I have to apologize for my faults in writing english. Sometimes I get confused about when using "above" and "below". I corrected my earlier posts, because there were a lot of wrongly used "above"s. (lol)
I was planning to post here only in the weekends, but as today I am absent to school and have some free time, I decided to write one more post for you. So, let's start it!

Today, as I told you before, I'm posting a list of portuguese basic vocabulary, because we'll need it to study and form sentences later. The list is below:

Adulto adult
Agasalho coat
Água water
Alto tall, high
Arroz rice
Avô grandpa
Avó grandma
Baixo low
Barato cheap
Bonito beautiful
Cadeira chair, seat
Caderno note
Calça pants
Camiseta t-shirt
Carne meat
Caro expensive
Casa house
Céu sky
Chato boring
Cidade city
Comida food
Computador computer
Cozinha kitchen
Criança child
Curto short, brief
Desenho drawing, draft
Dia day
Escola school
Estrela star
Feijão beans
Feio ugly
Feliz happy
Fino thin
Garagem garage
Gordo fat
Gostoso delicious, tasty
Grande big
Grosso thick
Irmã sister
Irmão brother
Largo large, wide
Legal cool, fun
Livro livro
Longo long, lenghty
Mãe mother
Magro thin, skinny
Menina girl
Menino boy
Mesa table
Noite night
Olho eye
Pai father
Pequeno small
Quarto room
Rádio radio
Revista magazine, periodical
Roupa clothes
Rua street
Saia skirt
Sala living room
Sofá sofa
Tia aunt
Tio uncle
Triste sad

Now, we know some basic portuguese vocabulary, so we can continue studying and start making simple sentences using them. Did you note I put some adjectives in the list? Let's learn how to use them today!
In portuguese, unlike in english, the adjectives always come after the nouns. Ex.:

1 - carro grande → big car
2 - casa pequena → small house
3 - sofá largo → large sofa
4 - menino bonito → beautiful kid

The adjectives are always equal in gender and number to the nouns. Ex.:

1 - casa bonita
2 - olho bonito
1 - casas bonitas
2 - olhos bonitos

The plural of nouns and adjectives

One adds "s" to the nouns and adjectives whose ending is a vowel. Ex.:

Carro grande → carros grandes
Olho grande → olhos grandes

One adds "es" to nouns and adjectives whose ending is "r" or "z". Ex.:

Cartaz → cartazes placards
Par → pares pairs

One takes off the "l" ending of a word and replaces it with "is" to form the plural. Ex.:

Coral → corais corals
Animal → animais animals
Anel → anéis rings
Azul → azuis blue

One replaces "il" and "el" for "eis" in words that have the acute accent on the penultimate syllable. Ex.:

Amável → amáveis kind, lovable, affable
Hábil → hábeis skilful, able, capable

One replaces "m" for "ns", because in portuguese, we only use the letter "m" before "p" and "b", so we have to change it to "n" before adding a "s". Ex.:

Tom → tons tones
Bom → bons good
Ruim → ruins bad

One adds "es" to words ended by "s" which have the acute accent on the last syllable. Ex.:

Gás → gases gases
Japonês → japoneses japanese people
Inglês → ingleses englishmen

Words which have the ending "x" don't change. Ex.:

Ônix → ônix
Tórax → tórax

One replaces "ão" by "ães", "ões" or "ãos". Ex.:

Mão → mãos hands
Pão → pães breads
Balão → balões balloons

And this is it. Grammar is a bit boring for most people, but it's very important, so pay attention to what I wrote above. I'm going to write now some simple sentences using the vocabulary I taught you today! See how the adjectives follow the nouns in gender and number.

1 - O livro é grosso.
2 - A carne é gostosa.
3 - As crianças são pequenas.
4 - A menina e o menino são gordos.
5 - Os olhos são bonitos.
6 - A cidade é grande.
7 - Os quartos são pequenos.

I want you guys to try to write some sentences, too! I would be very glad if you sent me them by coments or e-mails.
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