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I am from Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. I have a masters degree in mathematics and Ph.D. candidacy in mathematics. I have also nearly completed veterinary medical school. I now live in northern California with my two children who are 12- and 15-years-old. All three of us are learning Brazilian Portuguese. I am more or less fluent in French. I love languages and linguistics, and in particular, Brazilian Portuguese. i want to learn to teach English as a foreign language as well.
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Cynthia Azevedo
Portuguese
Jun 21, 2015
Hoje você se apresentou, falou um pouco sobre como você aprende português e o porquê você decidiu aprender o português do Brasil. Adorei falar com você e escutar um pouco do seu português. Atente para a conjugação dos verbos no passado: começar - comecei, ficar - fiquei, perguntar - perguntei, faço - fiz etc. Você aprendeu, durante nossa conversa casual, algumas palavras e expressões: de vez em quando (às vezes), a biografia, o regime militar, a censura, a liberdade de expressão, perigoso(a), pessoas de todo o mundo, manifestar-se, de propósito, acidentalmente, por essa razão / por esse motivo, eu me interesso por, falar pelos cotovelos, furar fila, o acorde, improvisar / fazer improvisação. Você usa bem as estruturas da língua e tem um bom vocabulário. Vamos trabalhar juntas para que você consiga falar mais rápido e para que se sinta mais confortável com a língua ;-) Enviei para seu email um texto e a gravação do texto. Você pode ouví-la e depois gravar sua voz lendo o texto e mandar
Jessica G.
Portuguese
Jun 24, 2015
Obrigada Julian! It was a very nice talk, you have a great pronunciation and a good comprehension! Let's keep practicing!
Jackson Bagatoli
Portuguese
Jun 18, 2015
Thank you so very much, Julian. It was amazing to teach a bit of Portuguese to you and your kids. Such an eager-to-learn family. :) You guys will speak great Portuguese in no time! Keep up the good work!
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    Português brasileiro ou europeu?
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    January 22, 2016
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    My Introduction

     

    Hello, my name is Edson. I am 29 years old, and I live in São Paulo, Brazil.
       I have worked in logistics for the same company since 2009. My degree is in Business Administration. My favorite hobbies are soccer , cinema, video games, news, and drinking beer with my wife on the weekend.
       I would like to learn English because I believe that English is the most important language in the world.  Next year my wife and I are going to Ireland, and while there, we will learn English.

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    June 23, 2015
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    June 20, 2015
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    The Brasilian Culture - Part III

    Today I will talk about the Parintins Folklore Festival.
    I confess I don't know much about the festival because I have never been to Manuas, but I know that it is a beautiful party. The festival's name comes from  where it occurs, the island of Parintins. The Festival is celebarted throughout the month of June.
    The party looks a bit  like Carnaval, but it  is inpired by local Indigenous and regional traditions.
    During the festival the folklore theater of "Boi-Bumba"  is enacted, which is rich with many regional legends.
    The traditional music consists of  "Toadas", the lyrics of the songs redeeming the past myths and legends of the Amazon forest.

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    June 20, 2015
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    I would say that the first two sentences are interchangeable. They mean precisely the same thing. There is a slight nuance of difference between the second pair of sentences. "Fingerprints help identify people is like a statement of fact, a truism, something you might learn in a science class. "Fingerprints help us identify people" may mean the same thing as above, but it may also be referring to a particular situation. For example, someone in forensics may be talking about the significance of looking for fingerprints. A bystander or student might ask, " Why do we look for fingerprints?" The instructor might respond, "We do this because fingerprints help us identify people." So in the first case, there is no 'participation' implied. In the second sentence, active participation in using fingerprints for identification is suggested.
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    June 17, 2015
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    It means the speaker does not believe he or she is unique. He believes there are others like him, concerning the topic of conversation.
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    June 17, 2015
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