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Friday, April 20, 2018

Portuguese words and how to remember them





Problem
New words - how do I remember them?

Answer
Make up a sentence using the visual sequence.


English - Portuguese
cake - bola (Cake made in a bowl makes a bowl shape cake)
onion - cebola (see an onion shaped like a ball or bowl or a ball which you bowl)
(an) orange - (uma) laranja
(a) plate - (um) prato
recipe - receita - (recipe - ta which is thanks in slang)
rice - arroz
salad - salada (salad - ah!)
sandwich - sanduiche (oo - you want a sandwich)
the snack - o lanche (the snack lunch)
woman - mulher (a woman might be a mother)

Portuguese - English
arroz - rice
cebola - onion
bola - cake
(o) lanche - the snack
(uma) laranja - (an) orange
mulher - woman
(um) prato - a plate
receita - recipe
salada - salad
sanduiche - sandwich


Now you are starting to learn Portuguese, ready for a trip to Portugal, Madeira, Brazil or another country or a Portuguese restaurant.

Useful websites:
visitportugal.com (Official site)

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English, learner of 12 other languages.
Please see my other travel blog:
http://www.luxurytravelforless.co.uk


Angela Lansbury, polyglot, learner and teacher of English and other languages.

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