FEMININE AND MASCULINE IN PORTUGUESE

Hello everybody! Let's see now some basic topics about feminine and masculine in Portuguese.

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Like other Latin languages, in Portuguese nouns are either masculine or feminine, and the adjectives and articles that qualify them have to match their number and gender.

English native speakers always tell me about how insane is the idea that places, animals, things, feelings and everything has a gender. Well I know... but as I said before all descriptive adjectives and articles of a noun must to agree in gender with this ackward. So let’s talk about some general ways to recognize if a noun is masculine or feminine.

NOTE: If you need review some concepts about Portuguese articles you can click this link: Portuguese Definite and Indefinite Articles .

Some nouns have their masculine and feminine form...

Usually, masculine nouns end in "O" and feminine nouns end in "A". Many of them has two forms in order to indicate the gender, they have the same root and change the termination. The table bellow shows some common nouns and their proper articles:

Masculine Form	Respective Feminine Form
o menino o gato o aluno	a menina a gata a aluna

You will notice that even masculine nouns that don't end in "O" have their respective feminine form. But these nouns present different standards that help to form their feminine form and usually they end with "A". The table bellow will show some examples.

Masculine Form	Respective Feminine Form
capitão valentão cantor vendedor lavador mestre monge juiz camponês	capitã valentona cantora vendedora lavadeira mestra monja juíza camponesa

NOTE: Please notice that I always highlight the word "usually" as Portuguese has a lot of "exceptions". There are many "rules" for feminine version of masculine nouns that don't end in "O". These topic is quite complex and it's hard to find material in English for it. If you are comfortable in reading short articles in Portuguese, you can try to read this article in Internet: http://www.infoescola.com/portugues/flexao-de-genero-nos-substantivos/. If you are not prepared yet, don't worry, by now you can focus on master this basic information in this article.


Some nouns have only one form, but they still have a gender...

Some nouns, usually things/objects have only one form, either masculine either feminine. In these cases you need to memorize the gender and you will be able to use the proper agreement. Let's see some examples:

They have only masculine Form	They have only feminine Form
o sabão o carro o colchão o macarrão	a espuma a mesa a colcha a salada

You know Portuguese always has exceptions...

An important point is to notice that I said "let’s talk about some general ways to recognize if a noun is masculine or feminine.", I never said about rules. And if the "O/A" termination was a rule, here you can see some exceptions:

They have only masculine Form	They have only feminine Form
O problema O programa O guarda-roupa	A mão A lição

Also you will notice that are many words that end in other letters (not "O" and neither "A"). In these cases you will memorize the gender by the time.


Even more special cases...

There are some nouns that have only one form for both genders. And we only are able to know the gender in the phrase by verifying the article. The table bellow shows some examples:

Masculine Form	Respective Feminine Form
o capitalista o estudante o cliente o jornalista o jovem	a capitalista a estudante a cliente a jornalista a jovem

There are some nouns that we consider they don't have any gender. But as we always need to agree the article and adjectives, they have fixed "fake" genders. Let's see some examples:

They have only masculine form	They have only feminine form
o indivíduo o cônjuge	a criança a testemunha a pessoa

Some animals names don't change from masculine to feminine versions. We only add the words "MACHO" [male] or "FÊMEA" [female] to indicate the gender. See some examples:

Masculine Form	Respective Feminine Form
a cobra macho o crocodilo macho o peixe macho o pinguim macho a águia macho a aranha macho a baleia macho o besouro macho a borboleta macho o jacaré macho a mosca macho o mosquito macho a tartaruga macho	a cobra fêmea o crocodilo fêmea a peixe fêmea o pinguim fêmea a águia fêmea a aranha fêmea a baleia fêmea o besouro fêmea a borboleta fêmea o jacaré fêmea a mosca fêmea o mosquito fêmea a tartaruga fêmea

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PORTUGUESE REGULAR VERBS (PRESENT TENSE) - Part II

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Hello everybody! In the previous topic of this series you could see some concepts about verbs structure in Portuguese and how we use to group them. If you want to review these concepts you can click in this link: Portuguese regular verbs (Present Tense) - Part I. In this second part of basic topics about Portuguese verb conjugation you will see how to apply the indicators of mode, time, number and person in verbs conjugation.

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Lesson

When conjugating regular verbs in Portuguese, you just have to preserve the root of the verb and replace "AR", "ER" or "IR" with the appropriate verb ending.

NOTES:
1) If you want to review subject pronouns concepts, click this link: Portuguese subject pronouns
2) In this article, you can find the translation for the verbs used here: Portuguese Regular Verbs (Present Tense) - Part I

First, let's see the rules for the First Conjugation (verbs ending in "AR"):

First conjugation - verb CANTAR
Singular	Plural
Eu canto Tu cantas [Você canta] Ele canta Ela canta	Nós cantamos [A gente canta] Vós cantais Vocês cantam Eles cantam Elas cantam

These are the rules for all regular verbs that belong to the First Conjugation group. Once you memorize this rules will be able to conjugate any regular verb in this group and you will be able to build your Portuguese vocabulary and continue to learn how to conjugate more verbs and in different tenses.

Let's see if you could understand. Please give me some examples of phrases using these verbs and pronouns:

Eu / Falar:

Ele / Cozinhar:

Nós / Ajudar:

Now, let's see the rules for the Second Conjugation (verbs ending in "ER"):

Second conjugation - verb BEBER
Singular	Plural
Eu bebo Tu bebes [Você bebe] Ele bebe Ela bebe	Nós bebemos [A gente bebe] Vós bebeis Vocês bebem Eles bebem Elas bebem

Can you give me more examples? This time you will use the Second Conjugation verbs:

Você / Beber:

Eu / viver:

Eles / dever:

Finaly, let's see the rules for the Third Conjugation (verbs ending in "IR" or "OR"):

Third conjugation - verb DESISTIR
Singular	Plural
Eu desisto Tu desistes [Você desiste] Ele desiste Ela desiste	Nós desistimos [A gente desiste] Vós desistis Vocês desistem Eles desistem Elas desistem

Can you give me some examples using the Third conjugation?

Eu / Existir:

Ele / Partir:

Nós / Possuir:

Note1:

An important thing to know about Portuguese language is that often the pronoun in omitted. This is because the verb's conjugation already indicates the pronoun in the phrase. Example:
"Eu canto muito bem." ("I sing very well")
"Canto muito bem." ("I sing very well.")

Note2:

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PORTUGUESE REGULAR VERBS (PRESENT TENSE) - Part I

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Hello everybody! Here I will show you basic topics about Portuguese structure of verb forms. If you already know another Latin language, the concepts discussed in this post are familiar to you and you can skip to the Part II of this series: Portuguese Regular Verbs (Present Tense) - Part II .

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I guess you already realized that there’s no magic trick on learning all the flexions for moods, tenses, persons, numbers and voices that a verb can have in Portuguese. Well the legend says that a single verb can have 52 different forms in Portuguese... This article will help you to understand some basic concepts of all these verbal agreement rules.

Like in English, Portuguese verbs have some basic parts. I heard that English verbs have 4 basic parts: 1) base form (e.g. "work"), 2) -ing form (e.g. "working"), 3) past tense (e.g. "worked"), 4) past participle (e.g. "worked").

So, you are already used to this concept of verb conjugation. In Portuguese, verbs also follow a structure. In simple words, verbs have the following parts (let's use as example the verb FALAR that means "to talk"):

1) root: FALAR
It's the invariable part, which expresses the essential meaning of the verb;

2) theme: FALAR
It's the vowel that indicates the conjugation to which the verb belongs - AR, ER, IR/OR;

3) mode-time indicator: FALÁVAMOS
It's the element that designates the time and mode of the verb;

4) number-person indicator: FALÁVAMOS
It's the element that designates the person of speech - 1st, 2nd or 3rd person in singular or plural

Well... one step at time... First, let's apply the information about the parts 1 and 2 by grouping some examples of popular regular verbs (yes, let's start with regular verbs, because they are more simple):

1st conjugation - verbs ending in "AR"	2nd conjugation - verbs ending in "ER"	3rd conjugation - verbs ending in "IR"/"OR"
ajudar amar andar brincar dançar chamar cozinhar escutar estudar falar gostar olhar passar tomar viajar	aprender beber comer compreender correr dever ler saber temer vender viver	abrir cair decidir dividir dormir imprimir partir sair sorrir pôr*

An interesting exercise is trying to guess the meaning of these verbs and search the meaning of the ones which the meanings are not so obvious using online dictionaries or translators. After your research, if you could not find all the answers you can check by clicking the button bellow:

The table above shows the elements "root" (raiz) and "theme" (tema) of a verb. The ending vowel of a verb is very important to know how you will conjugate a verb. Once you master this simple concept you will choose the proper conversation instinctively during your conversation or writing, like you do in English. Now, you can advance to the part II of these series.

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WHEN TO USE "POR" AND "PARA" IN PORTUGUESE?

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After all, When should I use "POR" and when should I use "PARA"? If you learn Portuguese and also have doubts about it I believe this article can help you...

I have a friend who lives in Austria, her name is ana and she speaks German. But Anna has a question that afflicts many students of the Portuguese language: She already knows about some situations where she should use "POR" and "PARA", but she has some doubts about what she calls "general rule" for the use of these two words. So we talked a little about it. In this article I will show some points of our conversation.


WHAT DO THESE TWO WORDS MEAN?

Before everything, we have to know very well the definition of each one of them. In the table below we can see what each of these prepositions mean:

POR	PARA
HOW CAN I TRANSLATE IT? English: "for", "by", "at", "through", "via" Spanish: "por" French: "par", "pour" Italian: "per", "da" MAIN IDEAS: 1) cause, reason 2) Place in where something or someone pass	HOW CAN I TRANSLATE IT? English: "for", "to", "in(to)", "in order to" Spanish: "para", "hacia" French: "pour", "à", "en", "vers" Italian: "per", "a", "in", "da", "verso" MAIN IDEAS: 1) direction 2) purpose

The table also shows us why so many people like Anna have doubts about how to use "POR" and "PARA" :-)

If you search for these words in the dictionary, You will find expressions like "It is a preposition that indicates...", "Designation of relation of...", "Preposition that expresses..." Or similar things. So let's see some of these ideas:


WHEN SHOULD I USE "POR"?

Indicating where you are walking:
"Marcos andou por aquelas ruas."
Your example:  

Indicating means:
"Ela segurou a criança pelo braço."
Your example:  

Indicating how something is done:
"Julgaram a moça por puro preconceito."
Your example:  

Frequency concept:
"Ele toma banho duas vezes por dia."
Your example:  

Notion of division:
"Ela dividiu o pão por dois."
Your example:  

Notion of exchange:
"Ele trocou uma nota de R$100 por duas notas de R$50."
Your example:  

Indicating cause:
"Ela chorou por ciúme."
Your example:  

Notion of time:
"Ele ficou parado aqui por horas."
Your example:  

Passive agent:
"O rato foi morto pelo gato."
Your example:  


WHEN SHOULD I USE "PARA"?

Indicating recipient:
"Esses documentos são para você."
Your example:  

Indicating purpose:
"É um bom carro para usar na cidade."
Your example:  

Indicating destination:
"Este trem vai para Salvador."
Your example:  

Indicating time limit:
"Tenho consulta médica marcada para amanhã."
Your example:  

Indicating personal opinion:
"Para mim, as coisas não devem ser feitas dessa maneira."
Your example:  


LET'S REMEMBER MORE SOME RULES

We can't forget that prepositions are invariable words. So "POR" and "PARA" do not have flexion of gender, number, degree, etc. But in some situations, Prepositions combine with other words of the Portuguese language and form the contractions.

"POR" can have the following combinations, and should have the following contractions:

POR + O = PELO:
Example: "O ladrão foi levado pelo policial."

POR + A = PELA:
Example: "Andei pela calçada."

POR + OS = PELOS:
Example: "Você será responsável pelos danos que causar."

POR + AS = PELAS:
Example: "Em caso de emergência, saia pelas laterais."

NOTE: These contractions are mandatory. It does not matter if you are writing or whether your conversation is formal or informal, you will always use these contractions when necessary.

There is an even more special case. "PARA" has an informal form, which in this case is "PRA". "PARA" has never contractions, but "PRA" must contract when combined. See:

PRA + O = PRO:
Example: "Você vai pro Rio de Janeiro?"

PRA + A = PRA:
Example: "Meu pai foi pra Alemanha."

PRA + OS = PROS:
Example: "Trouxe café pros diretores."

PRA + AS = PRAS:
Example: "Essa flor é pras meninas."

NOTE: Remember that "PRA" is part of informal language, try to avoid writing "PRA". When you use "PARA", in writing or in a conversation, you should not use contraction. You will write or say "PARA O..." , "PARA A...", etc.

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THE PORTUGUESE ALPHABET

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Olá! My first suggestion for your learning trail is to learn the Portuguese alphabet (alfabeto português). Because, as a beginner, you have to be able to spell some words and understand when someone spells some word for you. Also, by learning the Portuguese alphabet, you will manage to start figuring out how words are pronounced. So it's really important.

Maybe you already know some words in Portuguese. So first, let's try something... You can use the text area bellow to write down the Portuguese words that you already know. Maybe you can remember one word that starts with each one of these letters.

A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:

If you don't know any word, don't worry. You can skip this part and watch the video bellow. It will show you the Portuguese Alphabet and its pronunciation, as well as some words to help you to start to build your vocabulary:

Accent in the video: São Paulo city/South East region/Brazil/

Now you can try another exercise. Listen to the audios bellow where someone spells a Portuguese word and write down the word in the respective text boxes:

WORD 1 (Brazil's accent)

Spelling:

Your answer:

Now listen to the word:

COMIDA (food)

WORD 2 (Portugal's accent)

Spelling:

Your answer:

Now listen to the word:

FELICIDADE (hapiness)

Maybe you noticed that some letters have a very different pronunciation from your mother language and some letters are very similar. You can try to memorize them and try to identify the standards for the words you are learning. Don't forget to try the other articles in this series by clicking in the Course Menu link. Até logo!

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PAST TENSES IN PORTUGUESE: PRETÉRITO PERFEITO vs. PRETÉRITO IMPERFEITO

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You could note that if you don't use the proper conjugation in Portuguese your phrase can be quite confused. In this article I will discuss about “Pretérito Perfeito” and “Pretérito Imperfeito”.

In this post I want to talk about a subject that doesn't bring me any memory about a special question. no special question because this subject is something that guarantees interesting questions from anybody that learns Portuguese... Let's go:

PRETÉRITO PERFEITO SIMPLES

First, let's see what does pretérito perfeito simples do. This tense expresses a not customary action in the past that was completely finished. See the table below, it shows the conjugation for regular verbs:

CANTAR	COMER	EXISTIR
Eu cantei Tu cantaste Ele/Ela/Você cantou Nós cantamos Vós cantastes Eles/Elas/Vocês cantaram	Eu comi Tu comeste Ele/Ela/Você comeu Nós comemos Vós comestes Eles/Elas/Vocês comeram	Eu existi Tu exististe Ele/Ela/Você existiu Nós existimos Vós exististes Eles/Elas/Vocês existiram

Good! Now we already know what this tense does and you already know the proper conjugation. Now let's see what are the situations where we need to use the pretérito perfeito:

1 ) Show a completed action, an already performed action:
Nós arrumamos tudo e saímos mais cedo de casa.
Ele estudou as lições ontem à noite.

2 ) Ask and answer about what has been done:
— Você comprou este sapato na loja de Maria?
— Sim comprei.

We can write an exercice to help us remember about pretérito perfeito? In the box bellow, you can write about how did your last trip go...





PRETÉRITO IMPERFEITO

Now let's talk about pretérito imperfeito. This tense expresses an action in the past that was interrupted. Also, the imperfeito expresses an customary action in the past that is not performed anymore. The table bellow shows the proper conjugation:

CANTAR	COMER	EXISTIR
Eu cantava Tu cantavas Ele/Ela/Você cantava Nós cantávamos Vós cantáveis Eles/Elas/Vocês cantavam	Eu comia Tu comias Ele/Ela/Você comia Nós comíamos Vós comíeis Eles comiam	Eu comia Tu comias Ele/Ela/Você comia Nós comíamos Vós comíeis Eles comiam

A simple situation where we can use the imperfeito is

1) To indicate an action that was interrupted:
Pedro brincava no quintal quando começou a chover.
Ele estudava as lições quando foi interrompido.

But there are more situations where we can apply the imperfeito:

2) to indicates a continuous action performed in the past that it doesn't performed anymore:
João viajava todo final de semana.

3) To describe people, things etc. in the past:
Os convidados usavam roupas bonitas.

4) To indicate simultaneous action.
Renata fazia o almoço enquanto Mariana arrumava a casa.

We can do this exercise to help memorize the use of pretérito imperfeito. In the box below, you can write about how was your life in school...





PRETÉRITO PERFEITO COMPOSTO

Something really important about the Pretérito Perfeito and Pretérito Imperfeito is that these tenses indicate actions in the pas that has nothing to do with the present. (if you are fluent in Spanish, you can see some important issues in the "attention" boxes in the Spanish Version for this article)

And it's interesting to compare these tenses with the Pretérito Perfeito Composto. We use the perfeito composto to indicate an customary action that was initiated in the past and continues to the present. The table below shows the proper structure:

CANTAR	COMER
Eu tenho cantado Tu tens cantado Ele/Ela/Você tem cantado Nós temos cantado Vós tendes cantado Eles/Elas/Vocês têm cantado	Eu tenho comido Tu tens comido Ele/Ela/Você tem comido Nós temos comido Vós tendes comido Eles/Elas/Vocês têm comido

Example:
Tenho estudado nos últimos dias e tenho ampliado bastante meus conhecimentos.

Now let's do the last exercise to help us to memorize the pretérito perfeito composto. In the box bellow, you can write what have you been doing to improve your Portuguese skills...

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MUSIC IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE: HIP HOP and R&B

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People always ask me about "HIP HOP" and "R&B" music in Portuguese language. So in this post I will tell my suggestions about rock bands from Brazil, Portugal, Angola and others. I hope you like them.

When I wrote the article PRATIQUE PORTUGUÊS COM MÚSICA I promised that in future articles I would talk more about lusophone music.

For this article I choose "HIP HOP" and "R&B" music. You will see a list containing my suggestions about songs and bands, maybe you will like it. To know more songs you can search relative information on You Tube.

RAP

"Um bom Lugar" - Sabotage (BRASIL)

"Insano" - Orteum (PORTUGAL)

Gabriel o Pensador (Brasil)
"175 Nada Especial"
"Cachimbo da Paz"
"Retrato de um Playboy"

Azagaia (Moçambique)
"Cães de Raça"
"ABC do Preconceito"
"Maçonaria"

Valete (São Tomé e Principe)
Roleta Russa
Anti-Herói

Dealema (Portugal)
"Nada Dura Para Sempre"
"Escola dos 90"

RZO (Brasil)
"O Trem"
"Paz Interior"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
Azagaia (Moçambique), Ikonoklasta (Angola), MCK (Angola), Mind da Gap(Portugal), Racionais MC's (Brasil), Gutto (Angola), Chullage (Portugal), Consciência Humana (Brasil), Motirô (Brasil), Néfilim (Angola), Khris MC (Angola), Kalisto (Angola), Drifa & Fechadura (Moçambique), Classe Neutra (Moçambique), Governo Sombra (Portugal), Valete (São Tomé e Principe), MCK (Angola)

R&B

"Vem Dançar" - Leilah Moreno (BRASIL)

"Louca" - Observadores feat Aniyah (PORTUGAL)

Negra Li (Brasil)
"Você Vai Estar Na Minha"
"1 Minuto"
"Meus Telefonemas"

Sara Tavares (Cabo Verde)
"Balancê"
"Ponto de Luz"
"Tu És o Sol"

Aline Frazão (Angola)
"Jeitos"
"Tanto"

Ricardo Fonseca (Portugal)
"É tão bom"
"Eu Fui"

Sampa Crew (Brasil)
"Preciso de Você"
"Eterno Amor"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
Mona Nicastro (Angola), Leilah Moreno(Brasil), Aniyah (Portugal), Anselmo Ralph (Angola), Kabal (Brasil)

Well, this is my list. If you know more bands and songs, please share in the comments.

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MUSIC IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE: "REGGAE"

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People always ask me about "REGGAE" music in Portuguese language. So in this post I will tell my suggestions about reggae bands from Brazil, Portugal, Angola and others. I hope you like them.

When I wrote the article PRATIQUE PORTUGUÊS COM MÚSICA I promised that in future articles I would talk more about lusophone music.

For this article I choose "REGGAE" music. You will see a list containing my suggestions about songs and bands, maybe you will like it. To know more songs you can search relative information on You Tube .

"Trem do Amor" - Adão Negro (BRASIL)

"Oh Lua" - Mercado Negro (PORTUGAL)

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

> Cidade Negra (Brasil - Rio de Janeiro)
"Girassol"
"Firmamento"
"Pensamento"

> Chimarruts (Brasil - Rio Grande do Sul)
"Do Lado de Cá"
"Quando o Amor Bate a Porta"

> Natiruts (Brasil - Brasília DF)
"Beija-Flor"
"Andei só"
"Espere por mim Morena" (cover)

> Planta & Raiz (Brasil - São Paulo)
"Aquele Lugar"
"Com Certeza"
"Bora Viver"

> Maskavo (Brasil - Brasília)
"Um Anjo do Céu"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
Tribo de Jah (Brasil - Maranhão), Edson Gomes (Brasil - Bahia), Ponto de Equilíbrio (Brasil - Rio de Janeiro), Filosofia Reggae (Brasil - São Paulo), Nação Regueira (Ceará), Armandinho (Brasil - Rio Grande do Sul), Adão Negro (Brasil - Bahia)


EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE

> Arsha (Portugal) al)
"Será Que A Música Tem Cor?"
"Semente da Paz"
"Vai Trabalhar!"

> Contratempos (Portugal)
"Devagar"
"Panorama Incerto"
"Jogo Sujo"

> Prince Wadada (Agola)
"Aldeia"
"Sorriso da Manhã"
"xO Entendimento"

> Bezegol (Portugal)
"Rainha Sem Coroa"
"Rude Sentido"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
ili Allstars (Timor Leste), Bandoodjah (Portugal), Bandulu Dub (Portugal), Dibengo (Portugal), Cartell 70 (Portugal), Kussondulola (Portugal), Mercado Negro (Portugal)


Well, this is my list. If you know more bands and songs, please share in the comments.

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MUSIC IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE: ROCK

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People always ask me about "ROCK" music in Portuguese language. So in this post I will tell my suggestions about rock bands from Brazil, Portugal, Angola and others. I hope you like them.

When I wrote the article PRATIQUE PORTUGUÊS COM MÚSICA , I promised that in future articles I would talk more about lusophone music.

For this article I choose "ROCK" music. You will see a list containing my suggestions about songs and bands, maybe you will like it. To know more songs you can search relative information on You Tube.

"Tropa de Elite" - Tihuana (BRASIL)

"Tudo Tem Um Fim" - Os Barões (PORTUGAL)

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

> Legião Urbana (Brasil - Brasília DF)
"Será?"
"Que país é esse?"
"índios"

> O Rappa (Brasil - Rio de Janeiro)
"Pescador de Ilusões
"Reza a Vela"
"Lado B Lado A"

> Pitty (Brasil - Bahia)
"Na Sua Estante
"Admirável Chip Novoa"

> Raimundos (Brasil - Brasília DF)
"Eu Quero Ver o Oco!"
"20 e Poucos Anos" (Cover)
"Mulher de Fases

> Raul Seixas (Brasil - Pernambuco)
"Eu Nasci Há Dez Mil Anos Atrás"
"Rock Das Aranhas"
"Sociedade Alternativa"
"Maluco Beleza"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
Engenheiros do Hawaii (Rio Grande do Sul), Detonautas (Rio de Janeiro), Charlie Brown Jr. (São Paulo), NX Zero (São Paulo), Ultraje a Rigor (São Paulo), Capital inicial (Brasília DF), LS Jack (Rio de Janeiro), Rita Lee (São Paulo), Titãs (São Paulo), Jota Quest (Minas Gerais), Skank (Minas Gerais), Os Paralamas do Sucess (Rio de Janeiro), Biquini Cavadão (Rio de Janeiro), Cazuza (Rio de Janeiro), Ultraje a Rigor (São Paulo)


EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE

> Xutos & Pontapés (Portugal)
"Homem do Leme"
"À Minha Maneira"
"Ai Se Ele Cai"

> Rui Veloso (Portugal)
"Chico Fininho"
"Rock da Liberdade"

> GNR (Portugal)
"Portugal na CEE"
"Cais"
"Dunas"

> UHF (Portugal)
"Cavalos de Corrida"
"Menina Estas à Janela"
"Sou BenficaX"

Outras sugestões de bandas:
Baby Suicida (Portugal), Tara Perdida (Portugal), Punk Sinatra (Portugal), Anaquim (Portugal), Filho da Mãe (Portugal), Linda Martini (Portugal), Mão Morta (Portugal), Ornatos Violeta (Portugal), Clã (Portugal), Neblina (Angola)


Well, this is my list. If you know more bands and songs, please share in the comments.

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READ CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN PORTUGUESE

CLICK HERE FOR THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

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Image (Fairy Tale) by Hans Splinter (CC BY 2.0)

You already can read in Portuguese, but you feel like you aren't ready for big books... Dis you already think about reading children's books? I bet you will love it...

Yes, reading these books can be a great way of practice Portuguese. These books will help up to increase your vocabulary and will expose you to diferent phrase's structures. And at the end you will have a really fun story as exercice.

Maybe is not easy to find books in portuguese versions in your city or maybe you can find expensive books. In this post I will list here some easy reading books for children available for free on "Domínio Público" site. This portal is like a virtual library that has only freee books:

> A borboleta azul
( Autor: Lenira Almeida Heck/ PDF)

> A Bruxa e o Caldeirão
( Autor: José Leon Machado/ PDF)

> Amanda e os Nanorobôs
( Autor: Eliú Quintiliano/ PDF)

> As abelhas e as formigas
( Autor: Lenira Almeida Heck/ PDF)

> Chuva e sol
( Autor: Adelina Lopes Vieira/ PDF)

You can find more books on: CLICK HERE

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PORTUGUESE VOCABULARY: THE COLORS | THE COLOURS

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Watch the video and see the examples bellow. Can you describe the colors of objects near you??



Some colors vary according the GENRE and NUMBERO:

AMARELO
masculine: O carro é amarelo
feminine: A bicicleta é amarela
plural: Carros amarelos

VERMELHO
masculine: O vestido é vermelho
feminine: A bolsa é vermelha
plural: Duas camisas vermelha

BRANCO
masculine: O livro é branco
feminine: A flor é branca
plural: Os livros são brancos

PRETO
masculine: Um carro preto
feminine: Uma bolsa preta
plural: Quatro carros pretos

ROXO
masculine: Um vestido roxo
feminine: Uma camisa roxa
plural: Cinco camisas roxas


Some colors vary ONLY according NUMBER:

AZUL
masculine: O pássaro é azul
feminine: A casa é azul
Plural form: Pássaros azuis

MARROM
masculine: O sapato é marrom
feminine: A bolsa é marrom
plural: Sapatos marrons

VERDE
masculine: Um barco verde
feminine: Uma bicicleta verde
plural: Dois barcos verdes


Some colors NEVER vary:

CINZA
masculine: O carro é cinza
feminine: A bicicleta é cinza
plural: Os carros são cinza

ROSA
masculine: Um sapato rosa
feminine: Uma flor rosa
plural: As flores são rosa
NOTE: we also can say "Um sapato cor-de-rosa.", "Uma flor cor-de-rosa." and "As flores são cor-de-rosa."

LARANJA
masculine: O cinto é laranja
feminine: A casa é laranja
plural: As camisas são laranja
NOTE: we also can say"O cinto é cor de laranja", "A casa é cor de laranja." and "As camisas são cor de laranja."

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