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)
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/destinos/madeira
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madeira-wine-two-hundred-year-old-found-fortified-cellar-new-jersey-liberty-hall-union-a7835881.html
http://www.kean.edu/libertyhall/about/history
duolingo.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/port-and-portuguese-wine-labels-and.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-to-ask-for-food-and-drink-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/learn-your-first-ten-words-in.
http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/how-do-you-say-please-in-portuguese-is.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English, learner of 12 other languages.
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Angela Lansbury, polyglot, learner and teacher of English and other languages.
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