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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