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Oi, Bom Dia!

I saw something on the grammer page;

isto – this (near the speaker)

Isto não é possível.

"This is not impossible."

isso – that (near the person spoken to)

Isso não é possível.

"That is not impossible."

I think the sentences need to be as this;

"This is not possible."

"That is not possible."

Can you check please.

Obrigada!

Hi Lydia,

Thank you for your message.

Please check out our grammar point on demonstrative pronouns:

https://www.portuguesepod101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/14?

We use “esta” (this, feminine) or “este” (this, masculine) to refer to things close to the person speaking and “essa” (that, feminine) or “esse” (that, masculine) to refer to things close to the person being spoken to.

As for "estas", "estes", "essas", "esses" have the above meaning, but in the plural form.

Hope this helps! For more details, please check out our http://www.PortuguesePod101.com/myteacher

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team PortuguesePod101.com

Oi! Tudo bem? Eu tenho uma pergunta. Qual é a diferença entre esse e este, essa e esta, esses e estes, e essas e estas? Muito obrigada! Beijos beijos beijos!

Hi Zhuldyzay,

In the dialogue, "este" is used as a reference to "prato" (dish), that's why it uses "este" instead of "isto".

Examples:

"esta casa" (this house)

"este portão" (this gate)

"este gato" (this cat)

However, "isto" is used when we refer to something more general, unknown, as in "O que quer dizer isto?" / ("What does it mean?")

Please check out our Grammar bank for more details:

https://www.portuguesepod101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/14?

In case of any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team PortuguesePod101.com

continue my question

for example the question "o que é isto?" means that "what is this"

hello

I would like to ask, why in the frase "Este aqui, o que é?", we have to use "este" and not "isto", "isto" is used for unidentified object and in the frase we have unidentified object and that why we ask a question.

Hi Musaab,

Thank you for commenting and for your positive feedback!

Please let us know if you have any doubts :)

Sincerely,

Cristiane

Team Portuguesepod101.com

very simple and nice

muito obrigado

Hi Derek,

Camarão na moranga é mesmo delicioso! Qual outro prato brasileiro você gosta?

Camarão na moranga is very delicious! What other Brazilian dishes do you like?

Paloma

Team PortuguesePod101

Camarao na Moranga e delicioso!

Hi Andy!

First of all, all linguists agree that it is possible. Children grow up in bi-lingual environments and learn both languages equally well, simultaneously. However, there is usually a delay in both languages.

Since, I assume, you are not a child linguists have many conflicting opinions. In general though, if you have enough time to focus on two different languages then you can do it. For example, if you only have 30 min per day for language study and you try to fit two languages into that space, it will probably not work. Like spreading too little butter on too much bread.

If you take those same thirty minutes and focus them on only one language the probability of learning that language is much higher.

However, if you had 18 hours per day to do nothing but study language (is that possible?) you could theoretically learn as many as 9 languages simultaneously, provided you're able to sort through all that information.

Hope that helps!

by the way,it is possible to learn portuguese but meanwhile to learn russian also from zero?no offence,i guess you will say yes,but does it work?

andy

Hi andy!

Yes you can! Nice job!

hi Braden:

Can I just say este e delicioso to mean" this ( or this one) is delicious"?

andy

And you cannot forget our barbecue parties of Sunday afternoon!

Churrasco is so good!

There are also sun beef, dry beef, steaks....:wink:

What is our favorite meat dish?

You're exactly right Rob! There's so much meat at a churrascarias that many people don't even get veggies! :wink:

Even if you are not a vegetarian the quantities of meat are just so huge that you need anplate of veggies