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Speak Portuguese in 90 Days

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'I' is for The Inquisition / A Inquisição
[Well, you might not have been expecting this! But joking aside, this is a dark part of Portuguese history spanning nealy 300 years. New members, fresh cadets, bem-vindo! Please read the Portuguese (try out loud, today) and test your comprehension with the quiz 👇] 📍 Um tribunal religioso criado em Portugal em 1536 - um dos capítulos mais sombrios da história portuguesa, que durou quase trezentos anos. 🎂 Em 1536, o Papa autorizou a criação da Inquisição em Portugal, a pedido do Rei D. João III, após a chegada de muitos judeus convertidos fugidos de Espanha. Foi oficialmente abolida em 1821. 💡 A Inquisição perseguia principalmente os cristãos-novos - judeus que tinham convertido ao catolicismo mas que eram suspeitos de praticar a sua religião em segredo. Os tribunais funcionaram em Lisboa, Coimbra, Évora e no Porto - e também nas colónias, no Brasil e em Goa. Entre 1536 e 1821, a Inquisição abriu cerca de 40.000 processos. Os autos-da-fé eram cerimónias públicas onde se liam as sentenças — algumas pessoas foram executadas, mas a grande maioria recebeu outras punições. A Inquisição deixou marcas profundas na sociedade portuguesa - e explica por que razão muitas famílias judaicas fugiram para Amesterdão, para o Brasil e para outros países. 🍽️ Visite o Museu da Inquisição em Coimbra - fica nas antigas instalações do tribunal - e explore a aldeia de Belmonte, onde uma comunidade judaica sobreviveu em segredo durante séculos. 🗣️ Vocabulário: - o tribunal - the court / tribunal - a heresia - heresy - o cristão-novo - New Christian (converted Jew) - o auto-da-fé - public sentencing ceremony 💬 "A Inquisição portuguesa durou quase trezentos anos." ❓ Hora do quiz: Em que cidade portuguesa existe hoje um Museu da Inquisição?
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'I' is for The Inquisition / A Inquisição
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Here's a Star Wars inquisitor, looking for rebel insurgents.
🤭😂 "The Portuguese kids": born and/or grew up in the US, but always Portuguese! 🤣
https://youtube.com/shorts/o-qyIIxAffQ?is=0q5gzGLI4W5ofNsB https://youtube.com/shorts/Q8ez2dBWLgs?is=pmzTEWMzf36kug6w
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@Carl Munson 😂😂😂
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@Carl Munson When I was a child, I did try to use the "bica" spoon of some adult to eat my pastel, and then eat the crunchy sides separately... somebody shouted "WTF are you doing kid?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I still tried my way though 😋
'B' is for Bacalhau
📍O bacalhau é o peixe seco e salgado mais famoso de Portugal - o ingrediente mais importante da cozinha portuguesa. 🎂 Os portugueses começaram a pescar bacalhau nos Grandes Bancos da Terra Nova, no Canadá, no século XV, e o peixe tornou-se um alimento essencial desde então. 💡 O bacalhau não existe fresco nas águas portuguesas, mas Portugal consome cerca de 20% do bacalhau do mundo. Dizem que há 365 receitas - uma para cada dia do ano. Antes de cozinhar, é preciso demolhar o peixe em água durante 24 a 48 horas para tirar o sal. As receitas mais populares são o bacalhau à Brás, o bacalhau com natas e o bacalhau à Gomes de Sá. Na noite de Natal, a maioria das famílias portuguesas come bacalhau. Por isso, o peixe tem o nome carinhoso de "fiel amigo". 🍽️ Experimente cozinhar bacalhau à Brás em casa - bacalhau desfiado com ovos mexidos, batata palha e azeitonas - e leia a história do peixe no livro "Cod" de Mark Kurlansky. 🗣️ Vocabulário - demolhar - to soak (to remove salt from dried cod) - salgado - salted - desfiado - shredded - fiel - faithful / loyal 💬 "O bacalhau é o fiel amigo dos portugueses - há uma receita para cada dia do ano." ❓ Hora do quiz: Qual é o nome carinhoso que os portugueses dão ao bacalhau?
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Don't forget my favourite: "Bacalhau à Minhota" (with the round fried potatoes, herbs, etc).
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@Carl Munson sim, correcto. 👍 Note that in northern regions (or northern people) the recipe will be referred as "Minhota" ref. Minho region. Further down/south, it is sometimes called by a slightly different name (which I can't remember now!), but it's exactly the same thing. That particular recipe alone can go by 2 or 3 different names, I think, with minor prep variations. Plus all the other recipes to cook/present Bacalhau.
Realistic training for the present times, not for past glories of bygone eras...
Treine o seu Português para os dias de hoje. Replace "north of Richmond" for "north of Paris" or anywhere "north of southern Europe" maybe. Replace "your Dollar ain't shit" for "your Euro ain't shit" (or "Eurodollar", or GBP, JPY, or whatever currency in our USD-centric system, in which we live in). This is Portugal too! Population: probably about 9 million or less, and going down fast. (I'd bet on 8.7 or less!) Definitely NOT the advertised "11.4 million on paper", it's impossible! Unless my generation had kids that we don't know about! 🙈 In Portuguese: "Tenho vendido a minha alma, a trabalhar o dia inteiro, Horas extra por um salário de merda, Só para me sentar aqui e desperdiçar a minha vida, Voltar para casa arrastado e afogar as minhas preocupações, É uma vergonha do caraças aquilo em que o mundo se tornou, Para pessoas como eu e pessoas como tu, Gostava de poder simplesmente acordar e perceber que não é verdade, Mas é, oh, é mesmo! A viver no novo mundo, Com uma alma antiga, Estes homens ricos a norte de Richmond, Deus sabe que tudo o que eles querem é ter controlo total, Querem saber o que pensas, querem saber o que fazes, E eles acham que tu não sabes, mas eu sei que tu sabes, Porque o teu dinheiro não vale nada e é taxado até ao limite, Por causa dos homens ricos a norte de Richmond, Gostava que os políticos se preocupassem com os mineiros, E não apenas com menores numa qualquer ilha distante, Senhor, temos pessoas na rua sem nada para comer, E os obesos a viver à custa dos apoios sociais, Meu Deus, se medes 1,60 m e pesas 130 quilos, Os impostos não deviam pagar os teus sacos de bolos recheados, Homens jovens estão a pôr-se a dois metros debaixo da terra, Porque tudo o que este maldito país faz é continuar a deitá-los abaixo, Senhor, é uma vergonha do caraças aquilo em que o mundo se tornou, Para pessoas como eu e pessoas como tu, Gostava de poder simplesmente acordar e perceber que não é verdade, Mas é, oh, é mesmo! A viver no novo mundo, Com uma alma antiga,
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@Carl Munson No, not that posh one 😬🤭
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@Carl Munson Yes, I tend to do "raw"... not much time nor patience for too many pleasantries, empty talk and BS at this stage of my life. Sorry! 🤭 But I am always courteous, respectful and polite. And very mindful of boundaries too. ALL credit goes to Oliver Anthony really, hope he doesn't mind.
How's your Portuguese? (Change of direction for this community)
***You'll be seeing some BIG changes with this community, and here's why*** The best time to learn Portuguese was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. If you think you’ve heard that formula before, it was originally about trees, but I’ve seconded it for my purposes today, as I wish I’d started learning this country’s language a couple of decades ago, when I was just about to visit for a recce, and ended up falling in love with the place. Back then, on my first 'deployment', I remember getting a briefing from my host, which had me learning “Olá!” and “Superbock”, as well as surprised (and warned about) the Spanish similarity, and preferring Sagres anyway in my Central Portuguese location. There, I managed to get by, having a haircut and wet shave based entirely on mime, trust and hope - a formula that has done me proud to this day. That fact-finding, curiosity-satisfying and bond-creating trip was a great success and come this September, I’ll have lived in Portugal for nine years. I'm staggered by how quickly that time has flown by, which is of course what happens, when you are having fun. But I’m also shocked by my poor grasp of the Portuguese language after all this time. I live side-by-side with the lovely people of Portugal, and on the kind of reflection that big anniversaries bring about, I poignantly note that I have made so little linguistic progress. It’s embarrassing, frankly. At this point, the excuses can begin. “It’s a difficult language, even the Portuguese themselves admit this,” say other awkward expats when asked the “how is your Portuguese question”. “I’m too old, and I’ve always been rubbish at languages,” replies another, when the subject comes up as it invariably and eventually does. And, worst of all, as if we were not embarrassed enough already, “everyone speaks English here anyway!”. If we live here, and haven’t in reasonable time at least grasped some of the basics (hello, how are you?, thank you and goodbye), we might and probably should feel a pang of shame or awkwardness. These basic courtesies are what people might learn for a city-break or two-week vacation, and certainly not overlooked if actually resident somewhere, anywhere. Knowing your name, ordering basics in a restaurant, counting, the days of the week, and asking for help, all for example, could also be seen as basics for anyone with longer-term intentions to remain.
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Good idea and good writing. Falling in love with the place, generally, does help! Reg the so called "confrontational Portuguese" terms, it's important to encapsulate expressions, body language and the odd particular word, to make sure it triggers a deliberately positive/constructive/progressive confrontation, or a "clash of ideas/thought flows" as conclusive as possible, to remove blockers and enable moving on to next positive steps. 🙂👍👏 If unlucky, confrontations end up in court, assisted by lawyers and decided by judges, and who knows the inclinations of any 3rd party these days 🤷‍♂️❓️
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"Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness, I need to calculate what creates sanity or madness". England/UK and Portugal. Old Windsor Treaty fan.

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