Questions

  • des- & in-
    • same thing?

Notes

  • qualificado
    • desqualificado- disqualified or unqualified
  • parcial
    • imparcial
  • Rádio e Televisão de Portugal- RTP (Portuguese BBC)
  • calar- shut one’s mouth
    • past participle of calar- calado
  • Ele é calado.- He is a quiet person
  • assar- roast
  • frango assado- roasted chicken
  • -ar verbs form past participle by ending with -ado
  • -ir or -er verbs form past participle by ending with -ido
  • divertir- entertain or amuse
    • past participle of divertir- divertido
      • also works as an adjust
  • O jogo do Spider-Man e divertido
    • O jogo do Spider-Man (Homem-Aranha) é divertido.
  • Vingadores- Avengers
  • I have been having fun with my pets.- Eu tenho-me divertido com os meus animais de estimação.
  • estimar – to cherish
  • animal - animais
    • Word ends in ‘l’: change to i and add ‘s’
  • aborrecer ()- to bore or annoy
    • ‘rr’ between vowels is guttural ‘r’
    • aborrecido- past participle of aborrecer
      • can work as adjective
  • cara- face
  • assim- thus
  • social- antissocial (ahn-tee-soo-see-al)
  • trabalho- work, job
  • O trabalho/ trabalhar é aborrecido, mas temos que fazê-lo.
    • This “fazê” is “fazer”
  • o seu or o patrão dele
  • Ele tem-se aborrecido com o seu patrão.- He has been upset with his boss.
  • subj. + to have + p. p. from ‘andar’ + a + main verb (inf.)
  • Ele tem estado a aborrecer-se com o seu patrão.- He has been getting upset with his boss.
    • Changes the meaning a bit. “Estado” implies there is a repetition. Means it has been starting over and over again.
  • fazer exercício – to workout
  • Nós temos estado a fazer exercício.- We have been working out (repeatedly)
  • fazer- feito
  • Nós temos feito exercício.- We have been working out (a bit)
  • Form sentences using the concepts instead of trying to use flashcards for these
    • Bruno will send exercises if he can find any

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