Thursday, August 7, 2014

Chapter One - Workbook Assignment


The first column below holds the Portuguese vocabulary words you should have memorized in this lesson. The column on the right has their translations into English. Type the number next to the vocabulary word into the text box next to the corresponding English translation. The first one has been done for you.

1. a cabeça15. o dedo one eight  
2. o pescoço16. o dedo do pé the arm  the shin
3. o peito17. a junta the joint  the elbow
4. o braço18. um (uma) three  the waist
5. a mão19. dois (duas) the neck  five
6. o cotovelo20. três seven  the foot
7. a cintura21. quatro two  the leg
8. a perna22. cinco the toe  ten
9. o joelho23. seis the head  the knee
10. o pé24. sete four  the wrist
11. a canela25. oito the finger  six
12. o pulso26. nove the thigh  the ankle
13. a coxa27. dez the hand nine
14. o tornozelo the chest

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Basic Capoeira Vocabulary

Body Parts
mao: hand
braco: arm
cabeca: head
cotovelo: elbow
perna: leg
pe: foot
joelho: knee

Pronouns
eu: I
voce: you
ele/ela: he/she
nos: we

Questions
quando: when
onde: where
o que: what
por que: why
quem: who
como: how

Miscellaneous
de novo: again
mais uma vez: one more time
assim: like this
pior: worse
melhor: better
pouco: few/little
muito: many/very
esquerda: left
direita: right
para tras: backwards
para frente: forward
mais: more
menos: less
rapido: fast
devegar: slow

Friday, March 21, 2014

Using Portuguese Exclamations Just Like a Native Speaker

  • Legal! (lay-gow!) (Cool!)
  • Ótimo! (oh-chee-moh!) (Great!)
  • Que bonito! (kee boo-nee-too!) (How beautiful!)
  • Adoro! (ah-doh-roo!) (I love it!)
  • Que gostoso! (kee goh-stoh-zoo!) (How delicious!)