Portuguese is the 9th most spoken language in the world with 258 million speakers, according to Ethnologue.
português
Como era o português falado no Brasil?
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Heranças africanas na língua portuguesa
Variantes da língua: Portugal x Brasil
Artigo interessante sobre as variações linguísticas entre o português falado em Portugal e no Brasil:
Cognates: words that you already know
A cognate is a word that comes from the same origin as a word from another language. Cognates between languages usually have similarities in spelling, pronunciation, and/or meaning and are very helpful as we learn a foreign language because they may sound or look familiar to the student’s native language. Look athe following adjectives in Portuguese and see their cognates in English, and click below to hear their pronunciation.
*Note that some of the adjectives below have a masculine (ending with vowel o) and a feminine form (ending with vowel a). Example: Maria é corajosa, João é atlético.*
agressivo/a – agressive
ambicioso/a – ambitious
animado/a – animated
atlético/a – athletic
arrogante – arrogant
calmo/a – calm
corajoso/a – corageous
criativo/a – creative
competente – competent
conservador/a – conservative
dinâmico/a – dinamic
elegante – elegant
excelente – excellent
extrovertido/a – extrovert
eficiente – efficient
fascinante – fascinating
gigante – giant
generoso/a – generous
horrível – horrible
independente – independent
irresponsável – irresponsible
impulsivo/a – impulsive
introvertido/a – introvert
idealista – idealist
imparcial – impartial
importante – important
independente – independent
inteligente – intelligent
interessante – interesting
justo/a – just
It’s in the news!
One of the best ways to learn a language is by reading in it. The following are great sources of news in Portuguese:
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/
https://www.redebrasilatual.com.br
https://brasil.elpais.com/tag/portugues/a
http://catarinas.info/noticias/
https://globoesporte.globo.com
Dictionaries & flashcards for learning Portuguese
Dictionaries, glossaries, translation tools, pronunciation guides
World Reference Portuguese Online Dictionary
Pequeno dicionário de carioquês
Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation
Dicionário de antônimos online
Conjuguemos – Verb conjugation, games, flashcards and a long vocabulary list
Flashcards for vocabulary in Portuguese on assorted subjects
(One of) The greatest Brazilian Portuguese Flashcards Library
Movies, documentaries and videos in Portuguese
For tips on how to take advantage of subtitles when watching movies and videos to learn a foreign language, check out this post.
- Tamanho da língua (The size of the tongue): An informative documentary about the Portuguese language and its cultures around the world. Worth every minute of it! In Portuguese.
https://arte.folha.uol.com.br/especiais/2018/o-tamanho-da-lingua/#/ - Sotaques: O paraíso são os outros – Based on the book by the Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Mãe, with captions.
O paraíso são os outros, de Valter Hugo Mãe - Short movies and documentaries by Afrobrazilians: afroflix.com.br
- Films about Angola: https://filmow.com/listas/filmes-angolanos-l151182/
- A great movie from Angola: “Nijinga, Rainha de Angola”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SQP-Goooqs - Filmes de Moçambique
Moeda, memória e massacre
O gotejar da luz
O grande bazar
Terra sonâmbula
O último voo do flamingo
Virgem margarida
Xikwembo
Os pestinhas e o ladrão de brinquedos
Yvone kane
Comboio sal e açúcar
Resgate
A guerra da água - Filmes de Cabo Verde . Tchindas is an excelent option.
- Café Brasil: http://www.portalcafebrasil.com.br
- Porta Curtas: http://portacurtas.org.br
- A popular Brazilian series: 3% (available on Netflix, with captions)
- Filmes de Portugal:
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/20-essential-films-for-an-introduction-to-portuguese-cinema/ - The following full-lenght Brazilian movies are well-know titles which may have won national and/or international awards — and may be available on Netflix, Amazon Video or Comcast, with or without captions:
Orfeu Negro
Cidade de Deus
Cidade dos homens
Democracia em vertigem
Aquarius
O menino e o mundo
Casa de Areia
Tropa de Elite
Central do Brasil
Capitães de areia
Capitães de abril
Deus é brasileiro
O que é isso, companheiro?
Se eu fosse você
Juventude em marcha
Aquele querido mês de agosto
O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias
A casa de Alice
O caminho das nuvens
A esperança vem do lixo
Lixo extraordinário
Terra estrangeira
Bacurau
Luso what? Lusophones/Lusófonos: a brief explanation
If you are studying Portuguese, know that you are learning about the Lusophone world and its cultures as well. The Lusophone world are countries that speak Portuguese as their official language and were colonized by the Portuguese. With 270 million speakers, Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language on the planet.
The Lusophone world is comprised of ten countries/regions:
Lusophones (Portuguese: lusófonos) are people who speak the Portuguese language, either as native speakers or as learners. Similarly, the Lusosphere or Lusophony (Portuguese : Lusofonia) is a community of people who are culturally and linguistically linked to Portugal, either historically or by choice. The idea of a Lusosphere is free of ethnic connotations, in that a Lusophone may not have any Portuguese ancestry at all.
The Lusophone world is mainly a legacy of the Portuguese Empire, although Portuguese diaspora and Brazilian diaspora communities have also played a role in spreading the Portuguese language. Even after the collapse of the empire, the corresponding countries continue to exhibit both cultural and political affinities, expressed in the existence of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), created in 1996.
The term Lusophone is a combination of the form “Luso-” (from the Latin term for an area roughly corresponding to modern Portugal, called Lusitania). and the suffix “-phone” ( from the Ancient Greek word φωνή (phōnē), meaning “voice”).
The use of the term Lusophone mirrors similar terms, such as Anglophone for English-speakers, Francophone for French-speakers, Hispanophone for Spanish-speakers, and Sinophone for Chinese-speakers. The term is sometimes used in reference to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, similar to the Francophonie.
Source:
Lusophone. Retrieved September 15, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusophone
Lessons and podcasts in Portuguese
MyLanguageLab by Pearson (most of our homework)
Boost your Portuguese vocabulary in 3 steps
Língua da gente, lessons with podcasts
BrasilPod, lessons with videos
Conversa Brasileira: lessons with videos
Semântica Portuguese: blog with videos
StreetSmartBrazil: blog with videos