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Welcome to Brazilian Portuguese Classes heart heart heart

My name is Cynthia and I'm gonna be your teacher smile
You may be wondering few things, so i'll reply them already:

Q. The user Backto Business Is already teaching portuguese. Why are you teaching too?

A. Because Brazilian portuguese is different from Portugal one smile

Q. Can I ask you for random sentences?

A. Of course! PM me with your sentence and I'll post them here, translating from english to portuguese smile But no badwords, please.

Q. Are you pretty? Do you have boyfriend? xp

A. No. Yes. lol
Let's start the lessions already? Ok, GO!

okay smile

First lession - Pronouns

*First of all I think you should learn the pronouns, right? So here we go:

-Pronomes pessoais retos
1.Eu = I
2.Tu = You
3.Ele/ela = He/she
1.Nós = We
2.Vós = You (plural)
3.Eles/elas = They


*"It" in portuguese means "isso" and is not considered a straight pronoun.

-Pronomes pessoais oblíquos (pretty hard)
"Lhe" got three meanings, that are in bold
1.Eu - me, mim, comigo = me, me, with me
2.Tu- te, ti, contigo = you, you, with you
3.Ele/ela - o, a, lhe, se, si, consigo = him, her, you/her/him, her/himself, her/himself, with her/himself
1.Nós - nos, conosco = us, with us
2.Vós - vos, convosco = you, with you
3.Eles/elas = os, as, lhes, se, si, consigo = them, them, them, you, them, them, with them

*Well, it may be a little confusing right now, isn't? blaugh Okay, so let's learn few sentences. The pronouns are in bold. smile

~ Eu te amo = I love you
~ Eu a amo/ Eu o amo = I love her/ I love him
~ Eu os amo/ Eu as amo = I love them (male/ female)
~ Eu vos amo = I love you (plural)

~ Tu estás comigo = You are with me
~ Venha conosco! = Come with us!
~ Eu os ajudei = I helped them


Bonus¹: Você or Tu? stressed
Você is not a straight pronoun or a oblique pronoun; It's something we'll study later biggrin
Q: But why am I telling this now?
A: Because in Brazil we don't use "tu" usually; it's considered a formal pronoun, so we Usually Use "você" instead "tu"

Examples:

~Você está linda hoje = You are beautiful today
Formal Form: Tu estás linda hoje
~ Você gosta de torta de maçã? = Do you like apple pie?
F.F: Tu gostas de torta de maçã?


Bonus²: Warning about the verb to be!!
The verb to be, in portuguese, got two meanings: "ser" and "estar"
We use to "ser" when we are talking about a permanent situation and "estar" in a temporary situation. We'll learn more about verb to be in next lecture =D



In Portugal portuguese, we call "girl" by the name "rapariga" and male form is "rapaz". But if you call a Brazilian girl "rapariga", she will not like it that much! xd
Why?
Because in Brazil, "rapariga" means b**ch. If you're going to call a girl, you should use "menina" or "garota". Yeah, you can call a boy "rapaz" or "menino", it's not an insult xd

Portuguese FTW xD

*Well, it's time to run away from boring grammar blaugh
You know the basic pronouns, so now you can start talking to everyone!! eek

Ready? Ok, GO!


Olá! = Hello!
Oi! = Hi!
Bom dia! = Good morning!
* "dia" in portuguese means "day", but "bom dia" is used only for morning. Morning in portuguese means "manhã"
Boa tarde! = Good afternoon!
Boa noite! = Good evening / Good night!
Como vai você? = How are you?
* In Brazil you can use simply "tudo bem?" ; "tudo bem?" means "everything fine?". The reply can be "tudo!" or "tudo, e com você?" (everything (fine), and with you?)
Estou bem, obrigada / obrigado! = I'm fine, thanks!
E você? = What about you?
Estou bem também! = I'm fine too!
Tchau! / Tchau tchau! = Bye! / Bye bye!
Adeus! = Goodbye!


De onde você é? = Where are you from?
-Eu sou dos Estados Unidos = I am from the United States
-Eu sou do Canadá = I am from Canada
-Eu sou da Espanha = I am from Spain
-Eu sou da Inglaterra = I am from England
-Eu sou do Brasil = I am from Brazil
etc. xd


- Numbers
1- um
2- dois
3- três
4- quatro
5- cinco
6- seis
7- sete
8- oito
9- nove
10- dez
11- onze
12- doze
13- treze
14- catorze/quatorze
15- quinze
16- dezesseis
17- dezessete
18- dezoito
19- dezenove
20- vinte
21- vinte e um
30- trinta
40- quarenta
50- cinquenta
60- sessenta
70- setenta
80- oitenta
90- noventa
100- cem
101- cento e um
110- cento e dez
200- duzentos
300- trezentos
400- quatrocentos
500- quinhentos
600- seiscentos
700- setecentos
800- oitocentos
900- novecentos
1000- mil
2009- dois mil e nove
2010- dois mil e dez
2012- dois mil e doze xd
2564- dois mil duzentos e sessenta e quatro ("e" is only used for ten and unit)


Quantos anos você tem? = How old are you?
Eu tenho ... anos = I am ... years old
* You can also use "Qual a sua idade?"
* You can reply your age only by the number (18 ,19, 250.. xd )

Pronunciation

- Alphabet
- Words

* Well, I'll just make a comparation with the alphabet pronunciation and words or onomatopeia or... idk, but you'll know how to pronunce, just trust me and read it in your accent ;D

A = Lisa
B = Bay
C = Say
D = Day
E = Left
F = Left
G = Jay
H = (Lady) Gaga
I = Equals
J = Jock + Tall
K = Kaa
L = Ellee
M = Emee
N = Enee
O = Block
P = Pay
Q = Kay
R = Aihe
S = Jesse
T = Taste
U = Equals
V = Vein
W = Same as english
X = Cheese
Y = Eepslon
Z = Zay

This is the alphabet. But tere are some letters you should know.

Ç = cedilha

In portuguese, it got the same sound as "s", but you should never start a word with "ç". You can't use this before E and I, too
- Examples:
Força (forsa) = Strength
Poço (poso)= Well (noun)
Açude (Asuge or Asude) = Dam




The pronunciation are:
ã / â = cousin
á = bat

More soon....

"de"
if you mean something like "sorvete de morango" (strawberry ice cream), the "de" sound is similar to "g" (in english accent)
it's something like....'djee' XD
"te"
in "eu te amo", you can ay "te" as "tee", "tchee" or "tay"
it's pretty democratic XD
portuguese accent in Brazil is different in different places
in my state we would say "te" as "tchee"
in others you would use like "tee" or "tay"
xd