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Basics
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Portuguese-Spanish Cognates and False Friends
Being familiar with Spanish gives those starting to learn Portuguese a huge head start – these languages are closely related and there are thousands of cognates between them. Wondering about what a cognate is? Cognates are words that share a…
Portuguese Prepositions and Their Contractions: An In-Depth Usage Rundown
In general, prepositions have an infamous reputation among language learners, and judging by all the whining and moaning I’ve heard from students throughout the years, Portuguese prepositions are definitely not the exception. In this article, I will walk you through…
Portuguese Question Words
So, you are a beginner with a bold attitude and you want to start interacting in Portuguese right off the bat. I like that. One thing you’ll need to keep the conversation going, besides your bravery, is to get comfortable…
Forming the Plural in Portuguese
This article teaches you how to form plurals in Portuguese. Learning the main singular-to-plural spelling conversion patterns is very helpful, more than you might think. Here’s why. In Portuguese, words belonging to several word classes are spelled differently depending on…
Gender of Portuguese Words
Like other Romance languages, Portuguese nouns are gender-marked being either masculine or feminine. But the gender dimension in Portuguese extends well beyond nouns. For instance, word classes such as adjectives, pronouns, and articles will inflect to conform to the gender…
The Best Way to Learn Portuguese: Key Strategies to Become Fluent
So you are learning Portuguese, that sounds great! There are plenty of good reasons for doing it, and I am sure that you have yours. While some motives are highly instrumental demanding short-term results (for instance, learning a few useful…
Portuguese Grammar for Beginners
Are you at the start of your Portuguese language learning journey? If that’s the case, well, spot on! This article was written for beginners just like you. In what follows, I will give an overview of Portuguese grammar’s basic features…
Portuguese Speaking Countries around the World
With over 220 million native speakers, Portuguese often ranks as the sixth most spoken language in the world. If we add up those speaking it as a second language (L2), we reach a grand total of roughly 270 million speakers.…
Saying “Hi!” in Portuguese: A Quick Rundown on Portuguese Greetings
What drives most people to pursue Portuguese is being able to engage in conversation with others. Well, there is no better way to spark a conversation than with a confident Hi! There’s a wide variety of greetings: from formal, through…