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Hey, I'm Vasco and I'm a senior Biomedical Engineering Student and researcher living in Lisbon, Portugal. I initially joined this website in an attempt to do a Portuguese/Icelandic language exchange, but my efforts eventually focused on learning Swedish, to which I dedicate two or three hours a day! Learning alone allows me to do it at my own rate, but there's a lack of verbal component, which I hope people here can help me with! Additionally, having someone with whom I could brush up my German would be nice! My native tongue is Portuguese (Lisbon accent), but I'm also semi-fluent in Spanish and I know my way around with German, having studied up to B2, although my level now is probably slightly lower than that due to a lack of practice. Regardless of your native language, I'd be glad to help you with Portuguese if you so desire! I love meeting new people, especially those of other countries. Cheers!
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    Hey, What you're referring to aren't nouns, but particip forms of verbs. For example: Atrasar = to delay Atrasado = delayed (particip) Estar atrasado = to be delayed Now these particips work as adjectives, so they inflect depending on the person the action refers to. If the woman you're speaking to is late, you can say "Está atrasada" However, if you, as a man, want to state you're going to be late, you say "Vou chegar atrasado"[I'll be late] However, don't just view this in a dialogue perspective; it's not like "Obrigado", which is also a particip form with some history. Even in third person writing, what I said holds. Example: O homem que chega sempre atrasado perdeu o metro. [The man who always arrives late lost the metro.] So, like I said, it's not about who's speaking (no one needs to be speaking), but about WHO the particip form refers to. Hope I made things clear.
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    October 15, 2015
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    Introdução

    Oi, meu nome é Sylvia, e sou do Canadá. Estudo Ciências do Meio Ambiente na universidade. No futuro, quero ser uma) ecologista de restauração. Eu também trabalho a em tempo parcial . Trabalbo no numa piscina como uma salva-vidas. Às vezes o trabalho é divertido porque eu tenho um monte de amigos ali, mas geralmente/(normalmente) pode ser chato e eu preferiria/(preferia) estar na escola. (Eu) gosto muito de ir para a praia muito, mas agora o inverno está chegando, por isso está ficando frio, assim não posso ir (a praia). Eu gosto do inverno também, porque (eu) posso fazer esportes de neve.

     

    ---NOTES---

    Green = Correction

    Yellow = Not incorrect, but could be better phrased in order to reduce repetition or to sound more natural

    Red = Mistake

    Parenthesis = Optional insertion (green) /deletion(yellow)

     

    1. Programme names should be capitalized, like "Ciências Médicas", "Arquelogia", etc.

     

    2. Professions don't require articles, so the translation of "I work as a lifeguard" would be "Trabalho como nadador-salvador/salva-vidas". Using an indefinite article slightly changes the meaning, so if you were to say "Trabalho como um salva-vidas", you're actually saying "I work LIKE a lifeguard.". I think you can understand the difference

     

    3. "Prefereria" is a perfectly used conditional form, but in informal spoken/written we tend to replace the conditional with the imperfect past, in this case "preferia". This is gramatically correct in every way, which is why I introduced it as an alternative.

     

    4. No need to use "Eu" so much. Portuguese is a null-subject language, due to the high verb inflection, and in general subjects are dropped unless they introduce ambiguity (ele vs você) or when you want to add emphasis to the subject.

     

    5. Since you were already talking about going to the beach, there's no need to repeat it at the end; same thing goes to the repetition of the verb "trabalhar".

     

    Welcome to the website! Hope I was clear enough in my explanation.

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    October 7, 2015
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    Hej, jag brukar lyssna på nyheter på sverigesradio.se Om du har precis börjat lära dig svenska, då skulle jag rekommendera "Klartext", men om din nivå är minst B1 (ungefär), kommer programmet "Språket" att passa dig bättre, tycker jag. Programmet handlar om den svenska språket och varje veckor svarar de på några frågor som lyssnare har frågat. Idag diskuterade de grammatik och dess vikt. Du kommer troligen inte att förstår allt, men det är ett bra ifrågasättande, tycker jag :D Så här finns websidorna Klartext: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=493 Språket: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt?programid=411 Jag vet inte om de här är vad som du söker efter, men de är jättepraktiska!
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    October 6, 2015
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    Sushi

    Alguém me ajude, por favor.

    A história do sushi remonta ao século 17 XVII na era período Edo. Antigamente, o peixe cru não era conservável, mas o molho de soja (shoyu) possibilitou-o ser conservado e (se) começou a ser vendido na banca (barraca?).
    [No período Edo/Neste período], o sushi era um tipo de comida pronta.
    Quando se quer fazer sushi, é mais importante preparar o sashimi do que fazer formatura de dar forma ao sushi.

    Obrigada!

     

    ---NOTAS---

    Verde = Correcção

    Laranja = Não está incorrecto, mas pode ser melhor escrito

    Vermelho = Incorrecção

    Parêntesis = Eliminação opcional

     

    1. Sushi é um substantivo masculino e é importante, no geral, introduzir o artigo definido depois da preposição "de" quando ela é seguida de um substantivo.

     

    2. Séculos têm de ser introduzidos em numeração romana: 17th Century = Século XVII

     

    3. "Era Edo" está correcto, mas o uso do termo "período Edo" é mais comum nos textos técnicos que falam sobre o mesmo.

     

    4. Ao escrever "possibilitou-o", o "-o" já se refere ao facto de "o peixe ser conservado", portanto não é preciso repetir. Alternativamente pode-se usar "possibilitou isto".

     

    5. Como usou "quando", partícula referente a tempo, decidi tornar a sua frase correcta ao introduzir a acção feita, neste caso "fazer sushi", caso contrário a frase não fazia sentido.

     

    6. "Dar forma" = "to give form". Como a Yellen disse, formatura é o acto de acabar um curso (graduation).

     

    Continue o bom trabalho!

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    October 5, 2015
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  • Corrected

    Quando vocês viajam.....

    ......como vocês fazem os seus acordos? Quero dizer, (eu) quero fazer um "city break", porque (eu) nunca tenho viajado viajei sozinho e (eu) tenho vontade de fazer isso.

    Eu estava indo para ir a Lisboa em/[daqui a] duas semanas mas (eu) não posso agora por causa de outras coisas. Mas quando vocês viajam, vocês agendam reservam/marcam o hotel e o voo juntos ou separados??

    Muitas pessoas viajam o tempo todo e fazem parecer facil fazê-lo para fazer-lo, às vezes eu acho que eu tento estar tão organizado!

    Eu só tenho que fazê-lo!

     

    ---NOTES---

    Red = Mistake

    Orange = Not incorrect, but could be better phrased

    Green = Correction

    Underline = Didn't understand perfectly

    Parenthesis = Optional deletion/insertion

     

    1. By "...como vocês fazem os seus acordos?", do you mean "How do you make your deals?. That's an exact translation, but it sounds a bit off and "como fazem os vossos planos?/Como fazem as vossas marcações?" [How do you make your plans?/How do you make your bookings?] would sound better.

     

    2. When you say "Tenho viajado." it has an interative meaning in Portuguese and translates to "I've been travelling.", which isn't what you mean. This is because the Present Perfect doesn't translate literally to Portuguese. The correct form is "Nunca viajei sozinho"[I've never travelled alone].

     

    3. "I was planning on going/I was about to go" = "Pensava ir/Estava para ir".

     

    4. "Agendar" translates better to scheduling on an actual schedule, normally. "Reservar/Marcar" are better translations of "to book".

     

    5. "às vezes eu acho que eu tento estar tão organizado!" I didn't completely understand this, so I need some feedback on what you meant.

     

    6. Although not incorrect, the use of "eu" makes your speach flow less naturally, as it's useless. From the ver conjugation, it's already easy to tell you're talking in first person. Portuguese is a null-subject language, where subject pronoun use is very optional and preferably avoided.

     

    Keep up the good work!

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    October 4, 2015
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  • Answered
    Acho que "Português XXI" é dos mais populares. Os volumes 1, 2 e 3 abrangem respectivamente os níveis A1, A2 e B1, portanto parece-me ser um bom ponto de partida.
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    October 2, 2015
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    Kamenko's recommendation is pretty good, but depending on your level, a Portuguese dictionary may not be what you need. What's the point in having a dictionary if you don't understand the words involved in the explanation of a concept? Since it's far from to to make assumptions of your Portuguese level, I vouche for Kamenko's recommendation, though it lacks something important - contextual examples. I've never seen a printed dictionary which offered these, though, so unless taking notes is that important, online dictionaries like priberam are a better option.
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    September 28, 2015
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    Hey, The distinction between "bom" and "bem" is pretty clear; the former is an adjective (good), while the latter is an adverb (well). Their distinction is solely dependent on wether the adverb needs to be applied or the adjective. Examples: Ele é um bom homem, mas nem sempre faz tudo bem. [He's a good man, but he doesn't always do things well.] The difference between "tudo" and "todo" is slightly more subtle and often leads to mistakes. Their respective (closest to my knowledge) English translations are "everything" and "all"/"each"/"every". I'm not too familiar with the grammatical explanation for this, so I may be a tad off, but "tudo" is used for unspecified objects, so it can't precede nouns, while "todo" can. Examples: Gosto de todos os meus colegas. [I like all of my colleagues.] Adorava comprar toda a roupa em exposição. [I'd love to buy all the clothes in exhibition.] ---Note both examples use defined objects: colleagues, clothes. Adorava poder comprar tudo o que está à venda. [I'd love to buy everything for sale.] Ele nem sempre faz tudo bem. [He doesn't always do everything right.] ---In this case there are no specified objects; they're kept undefined. Hope this helped.
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    September 28, 2015
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  • Answered
    I'll just add an other answer to sum some things up regarding what others said and to add a European Portuguese view. The periphrasis "ir/vir ter" is commonly used in Portugal and has a similar meaning of "to meet" or "to join". Based on other users' answers, this doesn't seem to be much used in Brazil, but it's alive and well here. Like Ianca stated, it's used when a person is meeting/joining another and it's up to the verb "ir" (to go) or "vir" (to come) to determine the direction. Let's say we have to people called João and Ana and let's say that João is going to join/meet Ana at the school. From João's perspective you can say "O João vai ter com a Ana à escola" [João is meeting Ana at the school], which uses the verb "ir ter". On the other hand, from Ana's perspective, she can state "O João vem ter comigo à escola" [John is meeting meeting me at the school], which uses the verb "vir ter", because from Ana's perspective she was static and John was coming to her position. Hope this clarified some things.
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    September 24, 2015
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    Viva, As contracções na terceira pessoa são as mesmas para o plural e singular, ou seja, -lhes+os = -lhos e -lhe+os= -lhos. Ao dizeres "He gives it to them.", assumindo, por omissão, pronomes masculinos, tens um pronome de complemento directo "o" e um pronome de complemento indirecto "lhes". A sua contracção é, portanto, -lho e a tua frase traduz-se para "Ele dá-lho.". Analogamente, "He gives them to them" traduz-se para "Ele dá-lhos.". Há, todavia uma grande ambiguidade e não há distinção, sem contexto prévio, entre "He gives it to him" and "He gives it to them", ambos traduzidos para "Ele dá-lho.". Pessoalmente, eu só uso este contracção com -lhe e não -lhes, portanto para mim "Ele dá-lho." traduz-se mais naturalmente para "He gives it to him". Deixo-te este link como referência https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_personal_pronouns#Contractions_between_clitic_pronouns Se quiseres uma resposta em inglês, posso traduzir. Se quiseres que elabore, deixa.me uma mensagem.
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    September 19, 2015
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