Notes

Questions

Pronounce feitiço- fie-tee-soo
Learning Portuguese? That’s difficult: why is it isso instead of aquilo since the language is a concept that is neither near nor far in space nor time?
- Subject is the learning of the language. That is close to me since I’m doing it.

Como vai isso?- How’s it going? (How goes that?)
- Estou bem!- I’m good
- Vai bem!- It’s going good
ir- to go
vai → goes, is going to, will
ginásio- gym
academia- gym in Brasil
na loja- at/in shop
na praia- at/on beach
no carro- in car
soletrar- spell (a word)
- letra- word
- so- alone
- r- converting word to a verb
- putting letters alone
Estou só- I’m alone or lonely
sozinho- more about being physically alone
esperar (shpi-daad)- wait, hope, expect
essay- redação
dissertation- dissertação
teacher- professor
estudante- student or person who studies
The teacher expects his students to write a good essay.- O professor espera que os seus alunos escrevam uma boa redação.
alunos- student of someone; a pupil
chegar → to arrive/ get (place)/ to reach
Eu não gosto de esperar.
a + a = à
- a- to
- a- the
I arrive to school late every day (all of the days)- Eu chego à escola tarde todos os dias.
todas as semanas
Eu sinto medo.- I feel fear
Eu sinto medo de voar.
Eles sentem de voar.- They feel afraid to fly
sentir- feel
The bad guy loses at the end.
O mau da fita or o mau- The bad guy (fita- tape)
O mau da fita perde no fim.- The bad guy loses at the end.
bonzinho- good guy (little good guy; diminutive)
- Might be a story told to kids since diminutive
O bonzinho vence no fim.- The good guy wins at the end.
bom da fita- good guy (fita- tape)
- Used with anyone
Portuguese dictionary: Dicionário Priberam Online de Português Contemporâneo