Brazilian Portuguese/Chapter 2

What do you do?

 * O que você faz? - What do you do?
 * o que - what (lit. "the what")
 * você faz? - do you do? (lit. "you do")
 * faz - you/he does; conjugated from the irregular verb Fazer


 * Sou médico. E você? - I'm a doctor. And you?
 * sou - I'm; conjugated from the irregular verb Ser (lit. "am". Note that the pronoun there is hidden. "Eu sou" = "I am")
 * médico - doctor
 * e você? - And you?


 * Que coincidência! Também sou médico! - What a coincidence! I'm a doctor too!
 * que - what
 * também - too, also, either


 * Que interessante! - Interesting! (lit. What interesting!)

Structures: Que ...!
The structure "Que...!" in portuguese is, in certain ways, unique. The structure that is similar to it in the English language is "That`s...!" or sometimes only a word: "Word!". For example: in the dialogue João says "Que interessante!", in this case it would be like an "Interesting!" (lit. That`s interesting!). Examples of similar "Que...!" structures in english:
 * 1) That`s...! That is nice!; In portuguese: "Legal!", "Isso é legal!".
 * 2) Word! Wonderful!; in portuguese: "Maravilhoso!".

The Acute Accent
The acute accent marks, in general sense, the | stressed syllable, which has an important word distinction function in Portuguese, as in: Words that don't have their stressed syllable on its standart position, an accent is used. The acute accent can be found above the five vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú), and it also brings some extra information about the vowel openness itself.
 * Sabia (You-singular, he, she or it knew or used to know)
 * Sábia (Wise-feminine)
 * Sabiá (| Bird family common in Brazil)

The Circumflex Accent
The circumflex accent marks the stressed syllable, like the acute accent. The distinction between them is important to distinguish words, as in: Unlike the acute accent, the circumflex can olny appear above the letters A, E and O. The circumflex also carries information about the openness of the vowels. ɐ* Exists in specific loan words, like Dâbliu (Double-U). The actual grapheme always appears in front of N or M, making it sound nasal, just like Ã.
 * Avo (Counter of denominators in fractions, when the denominator is a large number)
 * Avó (Grand mother )
 * Avô (Grand father )

Vocabulary


Watch out - professor can be used for both teachers and professors, although mestre can also be used for the latter.

Adjectives
Adjectives that are the same for masculine or feminine nouns. Ele/ela é interessante. Ele/ela é inteligente. Ele/ela é diferente. Ele/ela é normal. Ele/ela é valente. Ele/ela é irritante. Ele/ela é útil. Ele/ela é capaz. Ele/ela é sensível. Ele/ela é sutil. Ele/ela é devagar. Ele/ela é triste. Ele/ela é feliz.

Adjectives that change for masculine and feminine nouns. Ele é bonito. Ela é bonita. Ele é esperto. Ela é esperta. feio rápido burro grosseiro charmoso apático

Generally adjectives ending with A or O are feminine and masculine 

Ser
Ser is the other verb that means "to be" (The first one is the verb estar). It is used to express a permanent condition or fact.

Here is its conjugation:

Fazer
Fazer means to do or to make. It can be used interchangeable between the two definitions. It is an irregular verb, so it doesn't follow the rules of other -er verbs.

Here are a few examples of its uses:

O que o médico faz? (Questions are discussed in the next section)

Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun by giving more information about it. They answer the questions, "what kind?", "which one?", "how many?", and "how much?".

Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova is a movement of the MPB(Música popular brasileira/Popular Brazilian Music)that has been popularized by artists like Tom Jobim and João Gilberto.

This musical style evolved from samba but it's more complex harmonically, less precursive and more refined.

Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was born in June 21 1939. He is one of the most famous Brazilian writers. Machado de Assis was born in Rio de Janeiro, that was the capital of The Empire of Brazil.

He was a playwright,novelist, short stories writer(Contos, in Brazil).