Languages Without Borders

The sun is out and so are the wild flowers, this season has to be one of our favorites here in Portugal, it is absolutely gorgeous!

So, here’s a few phrases to speak in Portuguese!

As flores estão muito bonitas! 🌸
/Ash floor-esh sh-taum muy-tu bu-ni-tash/
The flowers are very pretty! 🌸

O sol é muito bom! ☀️
/uh sol eh muy-tu bohm/
The sun is very nice! ☀️

Está um ótimo tempo hoje! 🌤️
/sh-ta uhm oh-ti-mu tem-pu ho-je/
It’s great weather today! 🌤️

Comment down below what you thought about these sentences ⬇️⬇️

🗓️ We’re starting a new month, and on that note, let’s learn how to pronounce and how to say each month for the year:

0️⃣1️⃣ Janeiro /Jah-neiy-ruh/
0️⃣2️⃣ Fevereiro /Feh-veh-reiy-ruh/
0️⃣3️⃣ Março /Marsuh/
0️⃣4️⃣ Abril /Ah-bril/
0️⃣5️⃣ Maio /Maiyuh/
0️⃣6️⃣ Junho /Jun-yuh/
0️⃣7️⃣ Julho /Jul-yuh/
0️⃣8️⃣ Agosto /Ah-goshtuh/
0️⃣9️⃣ Setembro /Seh-tem-bruh/
1️⃣0️⃣ Outubro /Ouw-tuh-bruh/
1️⃣1️⃣ Novembro /Nuh-vem-bruh/
1️⃣2️⃣ Dezembro /Deh-zem-bruh/

- Let us know in the comments what your favorite month is and why! 😊

‼️‼️ If you’re interested in learning Portuguese or English then LWB language school is the best choice for you. Why? Here’s a list of reasons:

1. We specialize in getting to know YOU before anything else. The most important aspect of learning is knowing what works for you, what you like and don’t like, what you enjoy and what your weaknesses and strengths are so we can tap into them!!

2. All lessons are tailored and personalized so that you feel completely comfortable with the material and so that you leave lessons feeling like you have achieved and learnt something!

3. We focus on becoming your friend, someone you can trust and rely on! Someone who makes studying and learning fun and someone you feel close with so that you can fully express yourself and feel better whilst learning!

4. Academia isn’t our style, we don’t like the school type of structure and the non flexible hours and times. We like to work things out based on what works in your life, we also value your enjoyment of lessons and don’t push if you’re not in the mood for one!

5. We can teach you English to Portuguese OR French to Portuguese!

Join us at LWB to start your language learning process the right way, as we say:

‘Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes progress!’

🌟 We welcome the rain and the cold breeze with open arms after this summer of extreme heat, we’ve learnt how to refer to hot weather, but what vocab can we use for cold weather? Let’s have a look:

- Está muito frio. /shtah mu-in-tuh Fri-uh/
(It is very cold 🥶)

- Parece que vai chover. /Pa-reh-seh keh va-iy shy-ve-reh/
(It looks like it will rain ☔️)

- O tempo não está muito bom. /Uh tem-puh naum shtah mu-in-tuh bom/
(The weather isn’t very good 🌧️)

- Nuvem. /Nu-vaim/
(Cloud ☁️)

- Chuva. /shu-vah/
(Rain 💦)

‼️Think of adjectives that you would associate to the picture below and write them in Portuguese:

Thinks like: sad, confused, tired…etc!

It’s finally the weekend 🎉 🎉

That means, for some, staying home and relaxing in your:

- Sala de Estar /sa-lah deh shtareh/
Living room 🛋️

- Quarto /kwar-tuh/
Bedroom 🛌

- Cozinha /ku-zi-nha/
Kitchen 🔪

Or if you want a nice relaxing bath in the:

- Casa de Banho /ka-zah deh ban-yuh/
Bathroom 🚽

🥘 Food is the most important part of our day, it keeps us active and fueled, each meal has a unique name to distinguish it from the time of day, in Portuguese we call them:

- Pequeno almoço /pe-ke-nuh al-moh-suh/
Breakfast 🥞 ☀️

- Almoço /al-moh-suh/
Lunch 🥗 🥪

- Jantar /jan-ta-reh/
Dinner 🥘 🍽️

- Lanche /lan-sheh/
Snack 🥨🌭

- comment down below which meal is your favorite 👇👇👇

We’re currently feeling the Portuguese summer with temperatures up to 38° so far 🫠

So, here’s some vocab to tell people that it’s hot and you’re melting 😂

- Está muito calor. /Shtah muiy-tuh ka-lo-reh/
It’s very hot 🥵

- Eu estou a derreter. /Euw shtouw ah de-re-te-reh/
I am melting. 🌞

- Tenho muito calor. /Ten-yuh muiy-tuh ka-lo-reh/
I *have lots of hot. (I am very warm) 😮‍💨

- Que dia quente! /keh diyah ken-teh/
What a warm day! 🔥

- Which one of these sentences best describes your current state? Write it down in the comments 👇👇👇

‼️‼️CHALLENGE - How would you describe her emotions in portuguese?

In english we would say: happy, content, smiley, joy and even hope!

- Comment down below what emotions, in portuguese, you think the girl in the picture represents 👇👇

- Can you complete this challenge❓❓

Comment your answers 👇👇