Albertan
Canadian expat in Brazil
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Registration: 05 November 2014
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I'm moving to Belo with 2 teenagers by Maria Romero D
Hi, We are very excited! We are moving for 2 months to Belo Horizonte. We are planning on moving in June. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a school where I can enroll my 13 and 17 year old kids for 2 months so they can learn Portuguese and ...
I may have totally misunderstood. Are you moving for "only" two months, or "in" two months. I assumed the latter. If it's only for two months, don't worry about anything ... they'll ketchup when you return home. Read More
I'm moving to Belo with 2 teenagers by Maria Romero D
Hi, We are very excited! We are moving for 2 months to Belo Horizonte. We are planning on moving in June. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a school where I can enroll my 13 and 17 year old kids for 2 months so they can learn Portuguese and ...
If your "on their ass" (I'm referring to the school), they will respond to you. From my experience, parents don't get involved that much here (or in most countries). My daughter is in a private school, and finds everything ... Read More
I'm moving to Belo with 2 teenagers by Maria Romero D
Hi, We are very excited! We are moving for 2 months to Belo Horizonte. We are planning on moving in June. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a school where I can enroll my 13 and 17 year old kids for 2 months so they can learn Portuguese and ...
I won't pussyfoot around the subject. I will be tough! I moved to BH with an 8 year old. She picked up the language in 3 months. I am still struggling. That was 4 years ago. Courses in Portuguese are 3-4 times the price as learning ... Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
please recommend your source. After 4 years here, my portuguese sucks so bad! Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
haha, haggling is not very Canadian! I lived in BH for 2 years, and now in RS for 2 years. it's like different languages to me. Like from Vancouver to Cape Breton! I got over my fear of speaking some time ago. I love the reaction on peoples ... Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
Thanks for your comments. For the most part, your correct, though I generally don't have any fear to use portuguese. Mostly, it is "laziness", and easily gravitating to people speaking english. To lazy to bring a notebook and pen. ... Read More
LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES by James
http://subasanta.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/portu.jpg?w=500&h=332 For all of you English speaking members who are struggling to learn or improve your Portuguese, believe it or not you can learn over 1000 Brazilian Portuguese words in under ten ...
You need to be honest about this, unless your addressing someone who is multi lingual, or of much higher intelligence, of which neither apply to me personally. I've been here for four years, and it's a struggle! I can barely carry a ... Read More
IMPORTANT NEW CHANGES FOR THOSE APPLYING FOR PERMANENT VISAS by James
IMPORTANT NEW CHANGES FOR THOSE APPLYING FOR PERMANENT VISAS *************************************************************************************************** EDIT OF JULY 17, 2015 INFORMATION REGARDING NEW FEE STRUCTURE FOR PERMANENCY, ...
so ... what are the important changes to permanent visas? I am a Canadian, with permanent resident status here in Brasil. My girlfriend would like to come here to "possibly" life. What problems may I encounter? Now, I need extra ... Read More