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Saudade, Saudade – Maro
Practice your Portuguese by listening to and translating songs from Portuguese to your native language. This song is called “Saudade, Saudade“, by Maro. She wound Portugal’s 2022 Edition of Festival da Canção and represented Portugal in the 2022 Edition of Eurovision. The song came in 9th place in Eurovision. Maro’s song is sung in both … Read more
Small talk in Portuguese
Dreaming of the day you can small talk in Portuguese and not be struck by awkward silences and pauses? But you have no clue what to say? Worse – you don’t understand what’s being answered when you do make a successful attempt. Well, this is the post for you! We use small talk to break … Read more
The Conjuntivo Mood in Portuguese
We use the Conjuntivo mood in Portuguese to refer to uncertain or doubtful facts, possibilities, hypothetical scenarios or desires. This mood comprises three main tenses having both a simple and compound form. So that’s 6 tenses in total: Presente do Conjuntivo, Pretérito Imperfeito do Conjuntivo e Futuro do Conjuntivo. And then the compound versions of … Read more
Rumo ao Sul – Ana Moura
Practice your Portuguese by listening to and translating songs from Portuguese to your native language. This song is called “Rumo ao Sul” (Southbound) interpreted by Ana Moura. The translation into English is after the lyrics below. If you’re here from the 30-day Challenge for your daily goal, the task for today is to listen to … Read more
Portuguese Pronunciation Rules
I like to say there are three main overall Portuguese Pronunciation Rules. And all words will fall into one of these rules. But before we discuss how they work, it helps to know what a syllable is and what the stress of a word is. Lesson What’s a syllable? What’s the stress of a word? … Read more
Present Tense in Portuguese – Part 2
Welcome to the Present Tense in Portuguese – Part 2! As we saw in the first lesson here, the verbs in Portuguese can be cumbersome to learn, for those who don’t have this in their native language – like in English for instance. The reason for this part 2 is that there are a few … Read more
Present Subjunctive in Portuguese
The Present Subjunctive in Portuguese (Presente do Conjuntivo) is used in complex sentences and after the linking word “que” and is dependent on the main clause. This main clause will always express a wish, doubt, emotion, uncertainty or belief. Lesson How to conjugate the present subjunctive in Portuguese When is it used? How to Conjugate … Read more
Impersonal Expressions
What are the impersonal expressions in Portuguese? If you’re learning the language and have progressed beyond the beginner stages, you’ve no doubt come across this term already. These are the expressions used with some of the subjunctive tenses and the personal infinitive tenses. They are easy to spot because they start off the sentence with … Read more
Past Participle
The past participle (particípio passado) is a form of the verb that we use in the compound and passive tenses. It’s also a descriptive word, describing the end result of the action. When on its own, it’s never attached to any temporal location or grammatical person. Lesson How is the past participle formed? When is … Read more