Português Brasileiro
The verb ficar is one of the most useful verbs in Portuguese, but it confuses many learners. That is because it has several uses and there is no single English translation: it can mean stay, be, get, become or keep. The good news is that the conjugation is easy: eu fico, você fica, nós ficamos, … Read more
The verb ir is one of the most used verbs in Portuguese. It means “to go”. We use it to say where we are going, how we get there and what we are going to do in the future. It is very irregular: the forms do not look like the infinitive. Look: eu vou, você … Read more
The verb gostar is one of the most used verbs in Portuguese. It means “to like”. We use it to talk about what we enjoy, our preferences and the people we love. It is a regular verb, but it has one important detail: it almost always comes with the preposition de. Look: Eu gosto de … Read more
Ser and estar are two of the most important verbs in Portuguese. In English, both are just one verb: to be. We use ser to say what someone or something is: name, origin, job, characteristics, day and time. We use estar to say where and how someone or something is at a given moment. Look: … Read more