Brazilian Portuguese similar terms that have different meanings, a guide
Hello there! as my first post on langblr I decided to bring a helpful guide to a few terms that even native speakers have a hard time using it the correct way ☆
I. HÁ / A
Há = time that has passed
Ex: Há dois anos estudo aqui (I’ve been studying here for two years)
A = future time
Ex: Daqui a pouco, sairemos daqui (Soon, we will leave.)
II. MAL / MAU
Mal = adverb, the opposite of “bem” (well)
Ex: Ele escreve mal (He writes poorly)
Mau = adjective, the opposite of “bom” (good)
Ex: John é um mau aluno (John is a bad student)
III. MAS / MAIS / MÁS
Mas = “but”
Ex: Eu trouxe meu guarda-chuva, mas não choveu. (I brought my umbrella, but it didn’t rain)
Mais = “more”
Ex: O bolo precisa de mais sal (The cake needs more sugar)
Más = plural of “má” (female of “bad”)
Ex: Ela é má, elas são más (She is bad, they are bad)
IV. ONDE / AONDE
Onde = “where”, a fixed place
Ex: Onde você colocou a xícara? (Where did you put the mug?)
Aonde = a place but with a movement idea
Ex: Aonde essa crise nos levará? (Where will this crisis take us?)
V. SENÃO / SE NÃO
Senão = “unless”. “otherwise”
Ex: Corra mais rápido, senão vamos nos atrasar (Run faster, otherwise we’ll be late)
Se não = “if not”
Ex: Eu vou para a praia se não chover (I’ll go to the beach if it doesn’t rain)
VI. SEÇÃO / SESSÃO / CESSÃO
Seção = “section”, a department
Ex: Vá até a seção de Recursos Humanos (Go to the Human Resources section)
Sessão = “session”, a meeting, a time interval
Ex: O juiz declarou aberta a sessão (The judge declared the session open)
Cessão = “cession”, the act of giving in
Ex: Houve cessão de terras pelo governo (There was cession of land by the government)
✨✨ Language progress really doesn’t come in big leaps, it comes in tiny tiny little steps. It’s really hard to notice that you’re making progress, but I promise you are. You do notice sometimes though, maybe how far you’ve come over a year when you revisit a text you can now totally understand it, whereas before you could just pick out words here and there. You’re doing so well and every little thing you learn is getting you closer and closer to knowing the language. Don’t give up, keep going!! ✨✨
“I’m just going to finish this in 30 minutes”
“My teammates need me to do this so I’m just gonna finish it”
There have been times where I’ve tried to continue to complete all of my work, however, things didn’t really work out and I felt extremely burned out afterwards. If you think that you need a break, then please consider taking it.
Would you want to relax and come back with more energy or sit there endlessly and burn out?
endless list of fictional characters: pietro maximoff (marvel)
we were ten years old. having dinner, the four of us. when the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor… it’s big. our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. i grab her, roll under the bed and the second shell hits. but, it doesn’t go off. it just… sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces.