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In Portuguese, there are several rules to form the plural of the words. It all depends on the word ending or the stressed syllable of each word. We will show you the main rules in a series of posts about this topic. READ MORE>

How would you say the following sentence in Portuguese?

Speaking Portuguese is fun.

You were right if you said:

Falar português é divertido. READ MORE>

 
Spring is up and the warm weather makes me crave some cajá juice.

Now, you might be asking yourself what cajá is. I will tell you, it’s a delicious, small, oval-shaped, yellow fruit that makes refreshing juice and ice cream. I made some research and found out that in English cajá is called hog-plum. READ MORE>

I have great news: Our team of expert Portuguese teachers is growing. I am thrilled to share with you that we have four new teachers in our team. READ MORE>

Any student can get a dictionary and look up the meaning of these verbs, right?

• To bring = trazer
• To take = levar

However what you do not find in dictionaries or in any traditional Portuguese language blog is the key difference in the use of these verbs in Portuguese and in English. These verbs are tricky for both students of Portuguese and for Brazilian students of English. 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>

New Group Class Starts October 19!

Street Smart Brazil is launching a new group class for you. We carefully crafted a program that will be both fun and challenging. You will learn and enjoy speaking practice in a safe, expert environment with Street Smart Brazil instructor Renata Barboza-Murray.

To ensure that you get the best out of the class, our group will have a maximum of six students.

This is a beginners program designed to also add value to those who have recently started their language journey. In seven weekly meetings you will learn to: READ MORE>

I love celebrating birthdays! I think of a birthday as that very special day that brought us to this world and put the people we love in our lives.

Now you will be able to chat about birthdays and to send and receive wishes of happy birthday in Portuguese!

Birthday vocabulary

The first thing that gets students confused is the word for birthday in Portuguese: READ MORE>

I found a very good article on learning a language on Lexiophiles.com: www.lexiophiles.com: an interview with Spanish translator and TV show presenter Xosé Castro.

In my opinion, Xosé's three special tips for learners are really at the heart of learning a foreign language and having fun along the way. I am sure that my students will recognize this advice :) READ MORE>