Portuguese lessons, tips, exercises, culture notes and exercises for learning Portuguese as a foreign language. Intended as a guide for people traveling to Brazil, learning Portuguese on their own, those or as a complement for students having Portuguese classes with a teacher. Written by experience Brazilian Portuguese teacher and linguist.

• Talking about Travel in Portuguese 3: travelling by plane
  Wed, 1st Oct 2008 17:25 EDT
  
  Quanto tempo! (again)... Now that I have finally finished settling in in Nova Iorque, I am back from my sumiço (=disapearance). Completing our travelling series, here is a dialogue describing...
• Brazilian Writer: Machado de Assis
  Fri, 12th Sep 2008 16:32 EDT
  
  This may be especially interesting for Portuguese learners and Brazilian culture appreciators in New York City: from Sept. 15th-19th, there will a centennial celebration of Machado de Assis, a Brazilian...
• Expressions with dar: 'Dar para' em Portuguese
  Fri, 12th Sep 2008 13:13 EDT
  
  Today's tip will show you how to use the expression dar para in Portuguese. This is a very natural and common way to say that something is possible/ doable. Here...
• Famous People Trying to Speak Portuguese
  Sat, 6th Sep 2008 14:01 EDT
  
  Quick motivational post :-)... Want to boost your confidence levels? Watch these celebrities trying to speak Portuguese. (some or them are pretty good, others, not so much... (don't worry if...
• Talking about Travel in Portuguese 2
  Tue, 26th Aug 2008 11:42 EDT
  
  Celebrating a road trip to NYC, we've done a dialogue about travel (you may look there first). Now let's review some more expressions related to traveling...Modo de transporte (Means of...
• Talking About Travel in Portuguese
  Sun, 17th Aug 2008 00:25 EDT
  
  Quanto tempo! (= long time no see, lit. "how much time!"). Although I don't think I have much of a regular following (yet?), I feel I should appologize for my...
• Brazilian Film Festival in New York City
  Mon, 28th Jul 2008 13:30 EDT
  
  Atenção New York City Portuguese learners: the Reel Brazilian Film festival is going to be showing 14 Brazilian movies, this coming August 11-16th at the Tribeca Cinemas ($10 per...
• Basic Computer Terms in Portuguese
  Fri, 25th Jul 2008 14:53 EDT
  
  Are you sitting in front of the computer? Great! (sorry, iPhone users). Let's learn how to talk about it in Portuguese. Ready?Let's start, repeat after me: software, hardware, mouse... that...
• Hand gestures in Brazilian Portuguese
  Fri, 18th Jul 2008 12:42 EDT
  
  Brazilians use a lot of hand gesture when they communicate, so if you are learning Portuguese, those are a great thing to learn too. Here are just a few of...
• Watch a Movie in Portuguese
  Tue, 15th Jul 2008 09:00 EDT
  
  A great way to hear the language and experience a view of the culture!If you are either in New York City or Los Angeles, you can catch regular screenings at...