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A Pior Cozinheira do Mundo Me casei com a mulher perfeita, mas ela só tem um problema: ela é uma péssima cozinheira. Certa vez, convidei minha família para um almoço em nossa nova casa. Era o nosso primeiro almoço em família. Eu queria pedir um almoço pronto em algum restaurante. Minha esposa me proibiu. Ela …

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Passatempo Verde  O que você gosta de fazer no tempo livre? Passear? Ler? E cuidar de plantas, você gosta? Uma pesquisa do Brasil mostrou que jardinagem é o passatempo dos brasileiros. Muita gente começa com plantas fáceis de cuidar. Depois compra um cacto para deixar a casa mais bonita. Mas depois, a casa fica …

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Listening Comprehension – José’s Routine Welcome to a new listening comprehension exercise. This exercise has been planned for beginners, but if you think your listening comprehension is lacking you might try your hand at it. (It’s a good way to practice spelling, too.) The sentences are connected. They describe the routine of a man called …

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Practicing the Future with the Verb Ir Hi, and welcome to one more exercise. This exercise is good for beginner- and intermediate-level students. In it, you will practice the future using the verb IR in Portuguese. This is by far the most common form of the future tense in spoken Portuguese. In written Portuguese, people …

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Prática Online – Texto: Conselho ao Amigo Josias Conselho ao Amigo Josias Se eu pudesse te ajudar nesse momento, eu ajudaria. Se eu estivesse em seu lugar, não procuraria outra pessoa que não fosse eu, seu melhor amigo, para lhe dar um bom conselho. Acredite em mim, o casamento vai acabar com a sua vida. …

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Find the Words Related to Travel This is a quick activity for you to improve your vocabulary retrieval. In today’s practice, we are going to deal with vocabulary related to travel. Try and find the words below as quickly as possible. Take a look at the word list before starting. The faster you can find …

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Use the Present Subjunctive with Verbs that Express Wish, Order, Desire, or Supposition (WODS) As I said in the learning notes — exclusive to the Continuing Education Program members — the subjunctive can be used with a plethora of verbs and expressions. I call them triggers. One such trigger is the verbs that express “wish, …

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Regular Portuguese Verbs Ending in IR The verbs ending in IR — alongside the group ending in ER — are quite complicated. There are some verbs whose stem changes, even though from the outside they are regular. If you are not familiar with the endings at all, you can take a look at this article. …

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Practice Conjugating the Regular Verbs Ending in AR The verbs ending in AR are part of the biggest group of verbs in Portuguese. And the good advantages that all of them are regular. And they are about 70% of language — that is, of the verbs we have in Portuguese. However, this apparent simplicity should …

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Conjugation of Regular -ER Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese Conjugation is usually the biggest hurdle for anyone learning Portuguese, even if they are Spanish speakers. In this series of exercises, we are going to practice each conjugation focusing on endings and specific verb groups. In this exercise, we are dealing with regular verbs ending in ER.

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