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O Verbo Precisar - with Video

I am preparing for my upcoming trip to Brazil (yay) and thought that my to-do list would provide good examples of how we use the verb Precisar.

Precisar = To need

The verb PRECISAR does not require preposition when it is followed by a verb in the infinitive.

Examples:
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Using 'A Gente' - Make Your Portuguese Even Smarter - WITH VIDEO

To speak truly Street Smart Portuguese, you need to learn how to use ‘a gente’.

A gente = Nós = We, but you conjugate the verb in the singular, as you do for você, ele, and ela. 

In spoken Portuguese, we frequently use ‘a gente’.

Check out the examples below:
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Your Weekly Word # 6: Verbo Pegar and Street Smart Expressions (with VIDEO)

Your word this week is the verb Pegar.

Pegar means to grab or to touch, depending on the context. It can also mean to get.

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Your Weekly Word # 5: Dinner & To Have Dinner (with VIDEO)


It is known that we use more words in Portuguese than in English to express the same idea. Well, there are exceptions, and here is one of them.  READ MORE>

Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn speaking Brazilian Portuguese

This is fun. I got it from YouTube.  READ MORE>

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