Nana_Brazil

Hi..I am Nana from São Paulo state, Brazil. Hope my sentences down here can be useful....

MEU NOME É ... - My name is ...
MUITO PRAZER EM CONHECÊ-LO - Nice to meet you (man)/ CONHECÊ-LA (woman)
BOM DIA - good morning
BOA TARDE - good afternoon
BOA NOITE - good evening / night
COMO VAI? - How are you?
ESTOU BEM OBRIGADO- I`m fine,thanks. (man)/ OBRIGADA ( woman)
VOCÊ FALA PORTUGUÊS? - Do you speak Portuguese?
QUANTO CUSTA? - How much is it? / QUANTO CUSTAM? - How much are they?
ONDE FICA O BANCO? - Where is the bank?
SOU ...BRASILEIRO/A ,AMERICANO/A/, FRANCÊS/A ,ALEMÃO/ALEMÃ, ÁRABE, TURCO/A...
- I am ...Brazilian(male= O) (female = A),American,French, German, Arab, Turk...

Asminha

Obrigada Nana..
Wow, I didn't notice this forum before really!!

Now, I have a question:
You wrote how are you, such as como vai? Isn't it como vai você?? That's how I leanr it :S..Is it about accents?

Nana_Brazil

Yes, endeed.."HOW ARE YOU?" is equivalent to our "COMO VAI VOCÊ? "or simply COMO VAI?"a lazy way lol lol

Asminha

lol lol
That's serious then..I mean, the fact of being lazy!!
I have been told many times who brazilian people are lazy, by brazilian people for sure :D

Nana_Brazil

ahahahhh .....yes yes..lol Sometimes we cut words and sentences just like North American people do lol lol...
Even a Brazilian can deny....our people is kinda lazy.. lol specially the Cariocas and Baianos ( those from Rio and Bahia). Paulistas ( people from São Paulo) make jokes to Baianos immitating their slow way of talking..lol.. + the strong accent , course in a good sense...lol . São Paulo is a bit different; people here are hard workers (heheh) PUXANDO A SARDINHA PARA OS PAULISTAS .. (slang which means.. bringing the sardines to us = making us better than the others lol) ..I guess it is the inheritance of the Italians, Japanese, Arabs, Jews, etc.. we have as well as their example, because the immigration of these foreigners here is bigger.
By the way my Moroccan friend.. you have been improving your Portuguese !! Good job!! I am proud of you!!!

Asminha

Thanks thanks...Hope that I will be a good student :-)

I have a question:
I know that carioca is used for both men and women, I accept that althought that doesn't make sense to me...I called a male a carioco lol...See?? For me the "a" ending is to express a female word, and then "o" must be applied for carioca in order to make it male!!

Well, but I know that in portuguese some rules are weird!!

So, what about baiano and paulista?? Is it the same?
I mean, do they keep the same from? Or they change with genders?

Nana_Brazil

LOL ASMINHA what a good and complicated question...hehehe You know even us sometimes make some little mistakes.
If I tell you I know how to use them but I `m not sure why you`ll believe me ? lol
Ok...I will give you some words and tell you later if there is a rule and how it is...ok?

THE FOLLOWING ONES YOU DO NOT CHANGE -THEY ARE THE SAME FOR MALE AND FEMALE


RIO DE JANEIRO(CITY= FLUMINENSE) - ( STATE =CARIOCA)[/b]M/F ***no one uses fluminense here lol lol
SÃO PAULO CITY= PAULISTANO)-( STATE =PAULISTA)M/F

NOW LET`S SEE BY THE STATES...

SANTA CATARINA CATARINENSE M/F
ESPÍRITO SANTO CAPIXABA M/F
PIAUÍ PIAUIENSE M/F
MATO GROSSO MATO GROSSENSE M/F

NOW THE ONES WHICH YOU CAN USE O/A (FOR MALE AND FEMALE)

PARAÍBA PARAÍBANO/PARAÍBANA
SERGIPE SERGIPANO/ SERGIPANA
BAHIA BAIANO/ BAIANA
RIO GRANDE DO SUL GAÚCHO/ GAÚCHA
PERNAMBUCO PERNAMBUCANO/PERNAMBUCANA
ALAGOAS ALAGOANO/ ALAGOANA
MINAS GERAIS MINEIRO/ MINEIRA



BY THE WAY ASMINHA...I AM ANXIOUS TO HAVE TIME TO STUDY ARABIC HEHEHEHE