Notes
Misc
- fixe- cool
- caneta- pen
- cana → reed
- They used a cane to write. Caneta is a small cane for writing.
- pen in English comes from pena (French) for feather
- restaurante- comes from “restore”
- first restaurant with menu was chinese
- Essas t-shirts são caras.- Those t-shirts are expensive
- cara- face
- caro- expensive
- Estes carros sao verdes- These cars are green.
- Eu tenho que comer. - I have to eat.
- Ela tem que estudar mais.- She had to study more.
- jogo- game (even video game)
- video-jogo- not common in speech
- jogar- play (a game, sport)
- tocar- play (instrument; touching)
- brincar- playing (with a child or kidding)
- toque- touch
- Tocas algum instrumento?- Do you play any instrument?
- Não, não toco.- No, I don’t.
- um poco de- a bit of or a little of
Ter (to have)
- eu tenho (tine-yu)- I have
- tu tens (tine-sh)- you have
- Tu tens uma filha.- You have a daughter
- ele/ela/voce tem (tie; nalas)- he/she have
- nos temos (tey-moosh)- we have
- Vocês têm (tie-ie) - you (plural) have
- 2 nasalizations- one by the cirumflex, one by ‘m’
- eles/elas têm- they have
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