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This is 2013 and I'm trying to commit to finally getting to learn French. I took classes back in 2006, but they only did as much and I quickly forgot everything about it once I went to high school. I can still understand and work my way around it but I can hardly reply to questions or introduce myself, I'm stuck with tourist level proficiency (meaning I can ask directions and ask where are you from). I can watch TV and read books though, mostly due to common vocabulary between the Romance Languages. It will be my pleasure to help you with Portuguese, you can always ask questions, no matter your native language. If you're an English native speaker, brushing up my spoken English is always a plus so message me about Skype IDs and the like. If you're francophone, please message me about a possible language exchange.
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    Just reiterating what everyone already pointed out, electric guitar in Portuguese is "guitarra" while "violão" is your regular guitar. "Novamente" and "de novo" are used interchangeably while 'outra vez' can vary from again, over again and so on; the difference will highly depend on the context. BUT it will never be too far from the meaning of "once again". "Canção" means song, while "música" can be either song or music in general, again, context is important. Some examples: Eu gosto de música (I like music) Eu gosto dessa música (I like this song) Eu gosto da música dele (I like his music OR I like his song, again, context is important) – Meu amigo fez uma música. (My friend made a song) – É mesmo? Eu gosto da música dele (Really? I like his music) – Você ouviu a música que ele fez? (Have you heard the song that he did?) – Claro! Adorei aquela música! (Of course! I loved that song!) 'Cantiga' is nursery rhyme. "escutar música" and "ouvir música" are also used interchangeably, both mean "to listen to music", in Portuguese the difference between to hear (escutar) and to listen (ouvir) are mostly nonexistent, unlike in English where the definition is much clearer. Again, context is key. Take the following comment with a grain of salt, but I can't really remember any situation where "escutar" and "ouvir" couldn't be used as a substitute for each other.
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    April 27, 2013
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    Algumas sugestões: # He got home as early as 4 o'clock p.m Ele chegou em casa em algum momento depois das 4 da tarde. He got home sometime after 4 pm. Ele chegou a chegar às 4 da tarde. He went to the point of arriving at 4pm. Ele chegou adiantado. He arrived early. This one depends heavily on context. Was he early? Was the interlocutor not sure about what time the aforementioned man arrived? . # The meeting starts as early as 10 a.m. A reunião pode começar das 10 em diante. The meeting can start from 10 am onward. A reunião pode começar a qualquer momento a partir das 10 da manhã. The meeting can start anytime from 10 am onward.
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    February 21, 2013
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    Você está certo, significa "como", "assim como". Mas você postou na seção errada, aqui é para português. Veja a sua própria pergunta: For learning: Portuguese Base language: Portuguese
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    February 18, 2013
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    First and foremost, "as pessoas" is akin to "gente" (group of people), not to "A gente". Forget that article there. "A gente", in the other hand, works like a single word and has the meaning of "we". What might cause you trouble is when a sentence requires an article near the noun “gente” for whatever reason, it happens, although scarcely. Some examples: - Aquele povo tinha medo de fogo/Aquela gente tinha medo de fogo/Aquelas pessoas tinham medo de fogo; Aqueles nós tínhamos medo? Nope. - O povo é necessário/A gente é necessária/As pessoas são necessárias; Nós somos necessários? Maybe, but there is a catch here, to make this function with “a gente” – In the sense of we – you would have to phrase this as “A gente é necessário”. Why? Because the standard for the use of “we” requires you to convert your complement to the masculine form, in this case, a masculine adjective. O povo é fraco/A gente é fraca/Nós somos fracos/A gente é fraco. Can you tell the difference? Also, you don't really need to confuse those two when "a gente" is not followed by a verb. Think about it, if "a gente" works as a synonym to "nós" it will require a verb to be conjugated with, right? As for which one is more frequently used to refer to the general population I can assure you it is not "a gente", maybe "o povo", "as pessoas", but never "a gente". It helps to notice that Brazilians as a whole have this weird habit of using "we" where in other languages the person would distance herself from the matter and use "people" instead.
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    February 12, 2013
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    Bom dia!

    Olá,
    Esse post é pequeno porque não tenho muito tempo hoje para escrever. O tempo está bom e as condições para o carnaval vão estar boas também. Hoje a escola de nosso filho fez um desfile de máscaras das crianças de mascaras. O nosso filho se fantasiou de Super-Homem.

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    February 8, 2013
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    February 7, 2013
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    Um teste de português

    Eu escrevi fiz um teste de português ontem e ele foi muito difícil.

     

    Você faz um teste, quem cria (escreve) o teste é o seu professor. 


    Eu ainda não nem sempre sei quando tenho de usar os tempos e modos diferentes (conjuntivo ou infinitivo?; preterito perfeito simples ou imperfeito? etc.)
    Sempre Há muitas possibilidades e é muito confuso!
    É mais dificil quando eu escreve faço um teste, porque eu estou fico nervoso nessa situação.

     

    You should use nesta when it's the first time you mention something, on the other hand nessa should be used whenever you're referring to something that has already been mentioned in your text. 


    Português é uma língua bonita, mas muito difícil também.
    Espero que eu vou entenda essas regras algum dia, se eu vou praticar durante as minhas férias. (I will practice it during my vacations) As minhas férias vão começar na segunda-feira da próxima semana e eu quero de praticar com muito com de vocês ^^

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    February 7, 2013
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    Not really, unless you want to raise some eyebrows by using a more unusual word that definitely would come as a poor translation job. When a weeping widow talks about missing her deceased husband she says "Eu sinto tanto a falta dele" and that's it. One could also argue that "I miss him so much" is more likely to be translated as "Eu sinto muito a falta dele" than "Eu sinto tanto a falta dele".
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    January 30, 2013
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    Est-ce que 'un comme un' signifie la même chose que 'un peu comme'? Par example: Finalement ça a un goût frit un comme une chips bien salée. un comme une mauvaise blague Est-ce que je suis correcte? I can't find any other examples, I think it was a typo of some sort.
    January 30, 2013
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    Grammatically correct contractions: do (de+o), da (de+a), à (verb + a + a), ao (verb + a+o), no (em+o), na (em+a), pelo (por + o), pela (por + a), àquele (verb + a + aquele), àquela (verb + a + aquela), deste (de+este), desta (de+esta), daquilo (de+aquilo), daqui (de+aqui), daí (de+aí), dele (de+ele), dela (de+ela) Not required but very common contractions: pro (para + o), pra (para + a), num (em + um), numa (em + uma), duma (de + uma), doutro (de+outro), doutra (de+outra), noutro (em+outro), noutra (em+outra) You can read more about it at: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Lista_de_contra%C3%A7%C3%B5es_e_combina%C3%A7%C3%B5es_na_l%C3%ADngua_portuguesa
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    January 28, 2013
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