Port-Ingles: Learn Portuguese of the Azores In 100,000 Easy Lessons

There is a story behind every word in the Portuguese spoken in the Azores. Sometimes multiple stories. This is a collection of a First Generation American-Azorean, trying to understand her Mother's Homeland and Home Language. And everything it means.

Monday, March 4, 2013

How do you say "Buck Teeth"? DENTUÇA

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When I was a kid, all I wanted to read in Portuguese were comic books.  Heck, as as adult, it's exactly the same way.  Like any languag...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Frei Gonçalo Velho, Descobridor da ilha de Santa Maria

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Greetings, As this postcard says,  this is a photo taken of the principle church of the island and in front of the discoverer of the isla...
Thursday, January 3, 2013

A Minha Avo, Se Estivesse Viva . . .

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"A minha avo, se estivesse viva, tinha feito 106 anos no dia 28 de Dezembro de ano passado" "My grandmother, if she had li...

Dar os Parabens no Dia de Anos

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"Ela precisa de chamar a seu primo para ele dar os parabens (no dia de anos)" (She needs to call her (male) cousin to congratul...

Sopa de Coves

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"Ela gosta muito de sopa de coves" (she likes much the soup of Kale) Kale soup is made as a meat broth, with vegetables tosse...
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