Update 11\/2\/12<\/p>\n
Beyond = “Al\u00e9m de.” – Like in the sentence “Al\u00e9m da Geometria” = Beyond Geometry.<\/p>\n
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Update: 10\/25\/12:<\/p>\n
Just saw this one on my Facebook feed: “mesmo assim” = “even so”<\/p>\n
Here’s the sentence I saw it in: “Amiga, mesmo assim o navio sai?” = Friend, even so, the ship leaves?”<\/p>\n
The context was a hurricane was coming and the “friend” was leaving on a cruise in Florida.<\/p>\n
Also this “Oi, galera!” is like “Hi, everyone!” Another interesting way to say this in the Northeast of Brazil (Um Nordestino) is “Oxente!”<\/p>\n
Or you could simply say, “Oi, gente!” which I think is the same thing.<\/p>\n
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So I thought I’d use this page as a repository for new Portuguese phrases I learn from friends online. I’m studying Brazilian Portuguese with Pimsleur audio lessons.<\/p>\n
So I met a new friend on Orkut and I said, as I learned in my lessons:<\/p>\n
Muito prazer em conhece-la! Tudo bem? Which means “Very nice to meet you! (to a girl. To a guy it would be “conhece-lo.”) All good?<\/p>\n
And she responds<\/p>\n
o prazer \u00e9 todo meu! e t\u00e1 tudo bem sim, e voc\u00ea? The pleasure is all mine! And it is all good, and you?<\/p>\n
I’m getting ‘Tudo’ and ‘todo’ kind of mixed up. I need to check my dictionary. Notice the Brazilians shorten esta to simply ta much of the time.<\/p>\n
sim! e ela disse o mesmo sobre voc\u00ea haha : So that would be “Yes! and she said the same about you”<\/p>\n
Acho que ela faz isso com todos! “I think she does this with everyone!”<\/p>\n
So, I’m gathering here todos=”everyone”<\/p>\n
mesmo que ele esteja bem ruim ultimamente = “even though it is pretty bad lately”<\/p>\n
Mesmo is a word that confuses me. Sometimes it means “the same” other times it means something like “Even though” and then there’s times I don’t know what it means!<\/p>\n
“o importante \u00e9 querer aprender \ud83d\ude42 = the importance is (notice its not “esta” here. This always confuses me.) to want to learn.”<\/p>\n
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Update 11\/2\/12 Beyond = “Al\u00e9m de.” – Like in the sentence “Al\u00e9m da Geometria” = Beyond Geometry. Update: 10\/25\/12: Just saw this one on my Facebook feed: “mesmo assim” = “even so” Here’s the sentence I saw it in: … Continue reading