Aula 8 - Prepositions: at/on/in

A reader asked it on Whatsapp about how to use prepositions at, on and in. Let's see:




TIME USING 

At - more specific
Use: hours and period of time
Ex: at night, at noon, at 3h30 pm

On - more or less specific
Use: days of the week and months
Ex: on january, on december, on wednesday

In - less specific
Use: years, seasons of the year and century
Ex: in 1932, in 21st century, in autumm


PLACE USING

At - more specific
Use: completed adress, specific places
Ex: at home, at Extra Supermarket, at 233 Paulista Avenue

On - more or less specific
Use: name of streets and avenue
Ex: on Paulista Avenue, on Sé Square

In - less specific
Use: continents, countries, states, provinces, cities etc related to it,
Ex: in Africa, in Brazil, in Tatuapé etc.

Aula 7 - Dates, Months, Years and Days of the Week

In Portuguese. we say dates at this form:
Day/Month/Year.

But in English, we Always have the form to say dates:

month / date / year

Now, let's learn more about it:

•  Months

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

• Dates

•  We always say date in ordinal number, never in cardinal, like us, Brazilians. So, we have to remember the ordinal numbers, 1st to 31st.
• Ex: 25th - twenty fifth

• Year

• We divide the numbers in two parts, usually on the middle. 
• Ex: 2015: 20|15 - twenty|fifteen: twenty fifteen
•        1992: 19|92 - nineteen|ninety two: nineteen ninety two

• Days of the week

• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Obs: Saturday and Sunday are on Weekends.

So, if we want to pronunciate, in English this date: 19 de Fevereiro de 2016, we will say

> February 19th, 2016 (February nineteenth, twenty sixteen)

> 02/19/2016, if you want to write at this form (always mm/dd/yyyy)

 (This date is on friday) 

Aula 6 - Ordinal Numbers (21st-100th); Hours

1. Ordinal Numbers (21st-100th)

We have learned about numbers and their positions. Now, we'll learn more!

20th- twentieth
21th- twenty first (after this number, we will say the cardinal form and after the position)
          (card.) (ord.)
22nd- twenty second (twenty is cardinal; second is the ordinal)
23rd- twenty third
24th- twenty fourth
....
30th- thirtieth
40th- fortieth
50th- fiftieth
60th- sixtieth
70th- seventieth
80th- eightieth
90th- ninetieth
100th- a hundredth

Only these numbers (30th-100th) will be different, putting -ieth. And other numbers between them will be respected the rule above: cardinal + ordinal form

Ex: 34th- 30 (thirty)+ 4th (fourth) - thirty fourth
      56 th- 50 (fifty)+ 6th (sixth) - fifty sixth
Always this....


2. Hours

We always ask this question to ask for hour:

a_ What time is it?
b_ It's...

In this case, we have forms to say the hour. But, we have to know that USA and some countries divide the hour in two:

''a.m'' (anti meridian) if the hour is between 00h00 to 11h59 (morning)
''p.m'' (post meridian) if the hour is between 12h00 to 11h59 (night)

4h00 - It's four o'clock (o'clock is used to exactly hour)
           It's four pm.
           It's four am.

5h20 - It's five twenty.
           It's five twenty pm.
           It's five twenty am.
Always saying the numbers.

Aula 5 - Cardinal Numbers (101-1000); Ordinal Numbers (1st-20th)

1. Cardinal Numbers (101-1000)

100 - One Hundred
200 - Two Hundred
300 - Three Hundred
400 - Four Hundred
500 - Five Hundred
600 - Six Hundred
700 - Seven Hundred
800 - Eight Hundred
900 - Nine Hundred
1000 - One Thousand

If we have to say a number, for example 403, we:

*say FOUR HUNDRED THREE, because 400 (four hundred) + 3 (three)

201 - two hundred one (because 200 [two hundred] + 1 [one])
319 - three hundred nineteen (because 300 [three hundred] + 19 [nineteen])
928 - nine hundred twenty eight (because 900 [nine hundred] + 28 [twenty eight])
etc.....



2. Ordinal Numbers (1st - 20th)

This is used to give order, or position of something.

First - 1st (the 2 lasts letters come to the number, always in all number)
Second - 2nd
Third - 3rd
Fourth - 4th
Fifth - 5th
Sixth - 6th
Seventh - 7th
Eighth - 8th
Ninth - 9th
Tenth - 10th
Eleventh - 11th
Twelfth - 12th
Thirtheenth - 13th
Fourteenth - 14th
Fifteenth - 15th
Sixteenth - 16th
Seventeenth - 17th
Eighteenth - 18th
Nineteenth - 19th
Twentieth - 20th

Observe that the basis of the name (ex: fourteenth) is the same as the cardinal numbers (fourteen), adding sometimes ''th''. But, be careful: some numbers have to be modified.
Ex: Twentieth - the original is TWENTY.
       twenty - twentieth
Ex: Twelfth - the original is TWELVE
       twelve - twelfth

The sound of ''th'' is almost the same as /ff/. Ex: ninth: //nainff//

Aula 4 - Cardinal Numbers (01-100); Alphabet

1. Cardinal Numbers - 01 to 100

1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
5 Five
6 Six
7 Seven
8 Eight
9 Nine
10 Ten
11 Eleven
12 Twelve
13 Thirteen
14 Fourteen
15 Fifteen
16 Sixteen
17 Seventeen
18 Eighteen
19 Nineteen
20 Twenty
30 Thirty
40 Forty
50 Fifty
60 Sixty
70 Seventy
80 Eighty
90 Ninety
100 A Hundred or One Hundred

Between 21 - 99, all numbers is combinated, like this:

Ex: 24 - twenty four
Ex: 44 - forty four
Ex: 51 - fifty one
Ex: 77 - seventy seven
Ex: 99 - ninety nine
Ex: 29 - twenty nine
Ex: 41 - forty one



2. The Alphabet

The alphabet is pronunciated like this sounds, nearly.

A /ei/
B /bi/
C /ci/
D /di/
E /i/
F /eff/
G /di/
H /aid/
I /ai/
J /jei/
K /kel/
L /el/
M /emm/
N /enn/
O /oul/
P /pi/
Q /qiu/
R /ar/
S /ess/
T /ti/
U /iu/
V /vi/
W /doubliu/
X /ecs/
Y /uaid/
Z /zi/

Aula 3 - Questions, Affirmative and Negative answers; does

1. Questions and Answers 

We can make questions in English, and have two options of answer: negative or positive. We have two types of verb: action or state.
Do is a verb, witch meaning is ''fazer''. But it also has another meaning. It is auxiliary verb, indicates the verbal time, form of verb (action) and if the sentense has to be answered with present. It always comes before the sentense. After, the pronoum appears and the action verb too.

Question: Do you study? (Observe that ''do'' is a auxiliary verb, and always come first/ after we have                                            ''you'')
Answer: Yes, I study.
               No, I do not study. (In this case, ''do'' comes after the pronoum, and appears the ''not''                        too.) 

If the verb is state (you are), so we have to use verb to be, following the same structure.

Question: Are they happy? (Change the position, transforming in this: verb to be+ pronoum)
Answer: Yes, they are happy. (Use the common position: pronoum+ verb to be)
               No, they are not happy. (Use ''not'' after the verb to be)

2. Does

''Does'' is the same meaning as ''do''. But, it is used ONLY in He, She and It.

Question: Does she drive a car? (''Does'' always come first and after the pronoum)
Answer: Yes, she drives a car. (After the verb, we always put ''s'' or ''es'' (depend on the verb))
              No, she does not drive a car. (In this case, we do not put ''s'' or ''es'' after the verb, because
               of the auxiliary ''does not'', that ever indicates third of singular)

Verbs rules

• Sempre acrescente -s ao verbo: reads, writes, opens, sleeps, sings, sits, walks, runs, sees, etc.;
• Se o verbo terminar com a letra -o, -s, -ch, -sh, -x, ou -z acrescente -es: goes, does, misses, watches, washes, fixes, buzzes, etc.
• Se o verbo terminar em uma sequência de consoante e -y, tire o -y e acrescente -ies: cry » cries, try » tries, study » studies, reply » replies, etc. (Obs.: se o verbo terminar em uma sequência de vogal e -y, basta acrescentar -s: pray » prays, say » says, play » plays);
• O verbo have é uma exceção a tudo isso, pois ele terá a forma has.

AULA 2 - OBJECT PRONOUMS; INFINITIVE VERBS

1. Object pronoums

We have the personal pronoums (I, You, He, She, It, You, We, They). They are used only on the beggining of the sentense.

Example: You are beautiful. (Você é bonita) 
(Observe that ''YOU'' is on the beggining of the sentense / first word)

But, some cases, we have to use pronoums on the middle or on the final part of the sentense. In this case, we can not use personal pronoums!!! But what can we use? In this case, we have Object Pronoums. Let's see.

I - me
You - you
He - his
She - her
It - it
You - you
We - us
They - them

We use object pronoums to indicate something or someone.

Example: I like to visit Maria. (Eu gosto de visitar Maria.)
                I like to visit she. (The pronoums ''she'' won't be stayed at the over of the sentense, nor                                                       other personal pronoums, only object pronoums.)
                I like to visit her. (Eu gosto de visitá-la.)



2. Infinitive verbs

Infinitive verbs are ''neutral verbs'', which verbs can be conjugated. They are together with ''to''.

To be - ser / estar
To drink - beber
To like - gostar
To eat - comer
To repeat - repetir
To use - usar
To sleep - dormir
To walk - andar
To want - querer
To wish - desejar
etc.............. Of course, we have a lot of verbs. We put only 10 just to give sample example. While the class are passing, we will learn new verbs and these structure on the sentense.

Example: I drink. (Eu bebo.)
                They sleep. (Eles dormem.)