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Notes

  • mundolingua- language museum in Paris
  • gostar (de)- like (requires “de” preposition)
  • correio eletrónico- email
    • Not commonly used
  • programa- program (noun)
  • programar- program (verb)
  • ultimamente (ul-tee-muh-ment)- lately
    • por último- lastly or in conclusion
  • problemas- problems
  • old (for concrete things like people, although it might be thought rude)- velho
  • antigo- old (for abstract things like problem)
  • antiguidade- antiquity
  • past participles
    • auxiliary verb: ter- have
    • Eu tenho começado vários projetos (proo-JHEH-tosh).
    • “O que (tu) tens feito?”- What have you been doing? (past participles answer this question)
    • Eu tenho jogado vídeojogos ()
    • escrito- past participle of escrever
      • escrevido would be the natural word, but it is no longer used
    • ouvido- past participle of ouvir
      • Nos temos ouvido musica- We have been listening to music
    • resolver (guttural ‘r’- huh-solve-air)- solve/resolve
      • resolvido- long past participle of resolver
    • long vs. short past participle
      • With ter, use long
      • with ser or estar, use short
        • Most common form of ser is foi in past participle
      • Eu tenho salvado os meus jogos na nuvem.- I have been saving my game in the cloud.
      • O jogo foi salvo automaticamente.- The game was saved automatically
        • This is how to form the passive voice in Portuguese

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