[Rakel]

Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson

...although I did remember that for the female form you end words with an a and for the male it is o (I changed it at the end of pervertida from the alta vista translation :P)

And I know that hello is olá, pretty woman is mulher bonita, good night is boa noite and good dreams is bons sonhos

very well

[Thomas Anderson]

Slow down babe lol Don't expect me to learn a language overnight

[Rakel]

have to kill my boredom somehow :P so i thought of explaining that lol

[Thomas Anderson]

I'm sure I'll pick it up eventually

When I have picked up more we'll have to have audio convos so you can teach me the accent too lol otherwise I'd be crap if I just tried it myself

[Rakel]

i found this online and maybe it explains better than in my crappy english icon_redface.gif

The verbs Ser/Estar (to be)

There are two different verbs in portuguese that can be translated to the english To Be. The verb Ser is used to express a permanent characteristic of something. Estar is used for transient forms. This will be better explained with some examples, so here is the present tense of both verbs, plus some sentences using them:

Ser (to be)

Eu sou
Tu és
Ele/ela/você é
Nós somos
Vós sois
Eles/elas/vocês são

Estar (to be)

Eu estou
Tu estás
Ele/ela/você está
Nós estamos
Vós estais
Eles/elas/vocês estão
Examples:

Eu sou Português - I am Portuguese (permanent form)
Vós sois grandes - You are big (permanent form)
O céu está nublado - The sky is cloudy (transient form)
Eu estou sentado - I am sitting down (transient form)

[Thomas Anderson]

Like I said don't expect me to pick it all up right away, but since it is something I'm interested to do then I will persevere

[Rakel]

of course i dont want you to learn everything right now, but the more you read the more it stays in your head :P

[Thomas Anderson]

Well of that currently I'm just trying to understand the use of them and not the specific words for me/you/he/she etc

[Rakel]

Singular:
I - Eu
You - Tu
He - Ele / She - Ela / It - Aquilo
Plural:
You - Vós
He - Ele / She - Ela / It - Aquilo
They - Eles/Elas/Aqueles/Aquelas

goodnight :P

[Thomas Anderson]

Ttu és muito bonita

Eu estou muito cansado, boa noite babe, bons sonhos baby