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Renata and I are so pleased with the response to our first eBook: 51 Portuguese Idioms – Speak Like a Brazilian. We’d like to say a big muito obrigada to all of you who got the book! READ MORE>

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No matter what language you learned first, it's safe to say you've been linguistically lazy at some point. Sometimes we eat our words when speaking or send shorthand text messages, but the important thing is to remember that languages are living things and cutting corners comes with the territory. In Brazilian Portuguese, the case is the same. READ MORE>

We have just launched our first Android phone app! How exciting!!!

Mastering verb conjugation is often the biggest challenge for students of Portuguese. Imagine a simple-to-use app that could help you practice verb conjugation while building vocabulary and improving your command of gender, articles, and prepositions.

This flashcard set of 200 complete sentences will do just that for you! READ MORE>

Larissa and I are thrilled to announce the date of our next Aula Viva workshop: Saturday June 11, 10am to 1pm. READ MORE>

Street Smart Brazil brings you a Roda with which to learn Portuguese!

Roda is a circle. As a student of Brazilian Portuguese and someone who enjoys experiencing the Brazilian culture, you may be familiar with the concept of Roda de Samba – a group of musicians who sit in a circle to play and sing samba. Here in Brazil it is very common to see rodas de samba in bars, at a friend’s party, at the beach, or anywhere where friends can get together, share a beer or caipirinha, sing and dance together.  READ MORE>

You probably know that:

• Nunca = never

Now I am going to show you three ways to use “nunca” to express three different things. READ MORE>

Repetition and practice are crucial for learning a language. I was talking about this with my student Cathy today. She is a Pilates instructor and she was telling me that we need 1,000 repetitions to fully learn something new and have it as second nature. When we have a bad habit, it takes 10,000 repetitions to replace it with a good habit.

What is a bad habit in learning a language? READ MORE>

Say you like chocolate. How would you answer if your friend asked:

• “Você gosta de chocolate?” (Do you like chocolate?)

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