Author Archives: Lauren

Reviews: Conversa Brasileira and ClicaBrasil

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lauren

The University of Texas at Austin’s BrazilPod continues to impress me with its wealth of materials for students at all levels. I’ve already reviewed their beginner-level podcast Tá Falado, which was one of the first resources I discovered when I … Continue reading →

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Portuguese ProTip: talking about hypothetical situations

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Lauren

->This is an Advanced ProTip In the last ProTip, we looked at how shifting the tense of a verb in certain types of statements can alter the formality of our speech, without changing the meaning. In this tip, we’ll look … Continue reading →

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Oi galera!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lauren

This site has been live for only a few months now, and people are starting to find out about it. If you’ve just discovered Hacking Portuguese, welcome! I’ve finished writing the core articles for the site, which are all accessible … Continue reading →

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Portuguese Protip: the interchangeable imperfect and conditional

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lauren

->This is an Advanced ProTip I’ve made a big deal on this site about how Brazilian Portuguese is really two languages: an informal, spoken language, and a formal written language. And of course it’s more complicated than that, because there … Continue reading →

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