Notes

Questions

contigo vs. consigo
- consigo- formal
- contigo- informal
pronounce “andar”
- “an” is nasalated
600- siesh-sentoosh or sie-shentoosh?
- First one is technically more correct but in practice the second one is more common

Ele anda na praia- He walks at the beach
- em - in, on, at
- a - the
- em + a = na
Eu estou a falar- I am talking
- Eu- I
- estou- am
- falar- to talk/speak
- a falar- talking/speaking
Formula- estar (conj.) + a + main verb (inf. tense)
futebol- football (soccer)
play - jogar [sports, game]
play - tocar [instrument]
play, joke around - brincar [general]
Estou só a brincar. (I’m just kidding)
- só- just
Estou só.
- só- alone, lonely
  - implies the emotion of loneliness along with alone
sozinho (alone)
Sozinho em casa
Home Alone
item → itens
- m doesn’t like to have other letters
- for plural of word that ends in ‘m’, swap to ‘n’ and add s
s changes pronunciation depending on what follows it
- quantos- quan-toosh
- quantos anos- quna-tooz an-oosh
Luís Vaz de Camões- Portuguese Shakespeare
Fernando Pessoa- Portuguese poet
feitiço- spell
- went to French as fetish and became sexual
- went from French to English
- came back to Portuguese and they now have both words
Isto é óptimo!- This is great!
- Isto- another form of “this”
- óptimo- old autographic agreement
- ótimo- old autographic agreement

Eu estou em Londres- I am in London
Eu estou ocupado- I am busy
Eu sou uma pessoa ocupada.- I am a busy person.
- pessoa- person (always feminine)