Onward with the recommendations! Normally I'm taking subjects off the top of my head and then going after the information yet there are times when I enjoy wandering around the net to see what pops up or catches my eye. Anything Brazilian catches my eye, of course….and visually speaking, this is true too as I [...]...

I've never learned how to surf, nor skateboard or anything of the sort, but I do love being in the water, near the sea, sun and sand. There's a certain admiration I have for those that do surf the big waves and if I had to guess, its probably analogous to riding a motorcycle (which [...]...

I found an interesting link listing ways in which you may be Brazilian. Its not one of those lame "comedic" lists you may have seen, but an honest look at what it means to be Brazilian. If you know Brazil, this list won't surprise you, if you don't, I'm sure you could learn a few [...]...

Alternation "nós" / "a gente" (Nós and a gente are both ways of saying 'we' in Portuguese.) The inclusion of the expression a gente among the list of personal pronouns already spurred research into areas of formal and informal speech. In Brazilian-Portuguese, the distribution of use between a gente and nós is more or less equal: 56% [...]...

Portuguese is quite a complex language as those of you know who have tried to tackle it before. This will be a continuation of a previous post of the same name. I'd like to thank my Brazilian friends of many years for the great conversations we have in Portuguese and about the Portuguese language as [...]...