More Carnaval and Good People and Portuguese...

Today we went to a Beatles bloco! It was cool to know the words for once, plus we hung out with Sam Koch. I love that kid! He's one of those people that you're sort of friends with in real life (this isn't real life right now), but you're not close for no reason in particular besides being closer to other people, and then when you're in a surreal situation like being in Brasil at carnaval together you're the bestest of buds.

Other than that we've been hanging out mostly with Leah from Berkeley, Michelle from Santa Cruz, and Cindy. All really cool people that I'm glad are in Haley's program. Us ladies have been hanging out pre and post-bloco at Haley's apartment, making delicioso bebidas, and then pizzas and whipping through guarana (the popular soda here) and water-that's-more-expensive-than-guarana.

And what's exciting is that I'm starting to know a few basic verbs and feel like there's a chance I might get the gist of what people are talking about. K, here goes me listing my words so far so I can remember them:

-obrigada = thank you

-desculpe = sorry

-tchau = bye (the kiss kiss kind)

-nao = no (brazilians don't like to say it)

- eu nao falo portugues = i don't speak portuguese

-todo bem/todo bom = everything good? or yup, everythings good

-muita prazer = nice to meet you

- eu trento = i try

- olhos = eyes

-eu entendo nada, todo = i understand nothing, everthing

-todo mundo = everyone

-muitas = very

-grande = big

-agora = now

-comidas = food

-subway = the brazilian food of choice, no joke

-compra = to buy

-onde = where

-tenho (tenyo) = I have, tem = you have, he/she has. temos = we have

-delicioso = delicious

-ai se eu te pego = Hey, if I catch you

-assim voce me mata = you're killing me

-noce = wow or we

-legal = cool

-serio = serious?

-escola = school

-se rolar = to have sex

-use camisinha = use a condom

-se diriger = to drive

-cervesa = beer

-cachasa = stuff that makes you crazy drunk

-cerca = near

-banheiro = bathroom

-como se chama? = what's your name?

-beijar = to kiss

-poder = to be able to

-posso? = can I?

-chutar = to kick

-antes/depois = before/after

-dia, semana, mes, ano = day week month year

-lugar = place

- ciencia cognitiva = cog sci

- filosofia, neurociencia, psicologia, linguistica = philosophy, neuro, pysch, ling

-misto = mix

- fazer = to do

- gostar = to like

- amar = to love

- estudar = to study

- melhor = better

- quente/frio = hot/cold

-chapeu = hat

- fantasia = costume

phew! maybe that's not exactly blog material, but if anyone wants to learn some portuguese, there you have some basics.