7 Books in Portuguese to Make the Most of your Free Time
Reading is a great way to improve your Portuguese language skills. Here are 7 books in Portuguese to make the most of your free time and advance your Portuguese.
How Speaking the Language Helps Break Cultural Barriers
Going to work in a foreign country can be exciting and nerve-wracking, fun and scary. Cultural barriers are a very real thing that can make the experience that much harder. So it is important to rely on a set of strategies to break cultural barriers and make it easier to live and do business in […]
Learn Portuguese: How to use Eu after prepositions to say With me, For me, To me, and more – Video lesson
In this Portuguese lesson I will show you how to use the personal pronoun Eu after prepositions such as de, para, por, sem, em, com, and entre. In other words, I will show you how to say things such as “with me”, “without me”, “for me”, etc. You can tell this is going to be a very useful lesson. You will need it if you’d like to say something like “Is this gift for me?” or “You cannot live without me” or “Get away from me!” ;) If you are wondering if you can’t simply say “para eu” or “sem eu”, the answer is absolutely not.
I will also show you two cases that Brazilians often get wrong. As an added benefit from this lesson, I recommend that you observe what preposition I am using with each verb presented in the examples. Translate to your own language and notice what we say the same way and what we say differently. This is a good way to learn how to correctly match verbs and prepositions.
Brazilian Portuguese Phrase: Fila indiana
Have you ever found yourself in an “Indian line”? Probably not, but I am guessing you’ve been in a single-file line before. They’re actually the same thing, only I translated “Indian line” from the Portuguese expression fila indiana (which is unrelated to India).
A Comforting Thought About Learning Portuguese
The one thing the image above doesn’t say is that the second you leave your comfort zone, you’re creating a new comfort zone. It’s pretty safe to say most people are, in fact, creatures of comfort. We seek out places, people and situations that make us feel good. Even for people like me who grew up moving around, I still do it because that’s what I’m comfortable doing. Comfort can be felt in many ways, though.
