April 14, 2025

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🗣️ Vocabulary & Expressions

• carro — car
• praia fluvial — river beach
• veterinário — veterinarian
• joelhos — knees
• sendo mimado — being spoiled
• café da manhã — breakfast
• tipo o que? — like what? (great filler phrase)
• sinuca — pool (billiards)
• campeonato — championship
• ping-pong — ping pong (Brazilian pronunciation: ping-eee pong-ee)
• vida militar — military life
• cortador de grama — lawn mower
• árvore genealógica — family tree
• faliu — went bankrupt
• dei um branco — I drew a blank
• audição seletiva — selective hearing
• cinema / filme — cinema / movie
• o cinema brasileiro — Brazilian cinema
• sistema / lema / problema — note: -ema words are masculine (from Greek)
• mesa de sinuca — pool table
• totó — foosball
• fazendeiros / agricultores — farmers
• cemitérios — cemeteries
• soldados — soldiers
• filtro de barro — clay water filter / ceramic water filter
• panela de cozimento lento — slow cooker / crock pot
• tadinho — poor thing (affectionate/diminutive)

🇧🇷 Grammar & Pronunciation Tips

• “Depois almoço” vs. “Depois do almoço” — notice the difference in preposition and formality.
• “Coche” is Spanish; in Portuguese it’s “carro”.
• “EMA” endings are usually masculine (ex: sistema, problema, tema).
• “Não é legal” — can be misunderstood as “not cool” instead of “not legal.”
• “Eu fiz na semana passada” → better: “Eu fiz isso na semana passada.”

💬 Class Conversation Themes (Referenced in Class)

1. O que tem na sua bolsa/mochila?
2. Minha rotina ideal
3. Comida de criança
4. Na minha cidade tem…
5. Pequenas felicidades

🧠 Cultural Notes

• Germany, Belgium, Brazil: Quiet hours discussed – in Belgium, it’s illegal to make noise early in the morning (ex: 22h–9h).
• Menen / Ieper / Tyne Cot: WWI cemeteries in Belgium mentioned by Pieterjan.
• “Casamentos às Cegas” — Brazilian title of “Love is Blind” on Netflix.
• 23andMe — Mentioned in the context of bankruptcy and data privacy.
• Division of household tasks — “Um cozinha e o outro lava” — shared responsibility at home.
• “Uma coisa é uma coisa, outra coisa é outra coisa!” — playful expression used for emphasis or contrast.