Plus 40 minutes - 6/23/2017

Clearly, I took a break. You can see the decay that resulted from the picture above. In 40 minutes, I was only able to strengthen a few things back to gold. I have some catching up to do!

Deixa eu ver.

11 hours, 10 minutes - 6/20/2017

I spent most of the last 40 minutes strengthening everything. But I did almost finish the unit for phrasal future tense. I was hoping to finish it, but on the bright side, I only have two parts left before it's done.

Plus 40 minutes - 6/17/2017

Well, I'm almost at ten hours. I will take a placement test today, and I will post the results to this blog.

It will be interesting to see where I place after approximately ten hours on Duolingo.

I obviously have concerns about listening comprehension, since the robot voice does not sound human. I copy her, and my mom, who is learning Portuguese on Memrise, corrects my pronunciation. She is hearing native speakers, so I think my best bet is to go with her pronunciation.

Eu quero morar em uma livraria.

9 hours, 10 minutes

Can't believe it's almost ten hours. With all the strengthening, I'm actually feeling pretty good about my Brazilian Portuguese right now.

Quero uma batata com quiejo.

9 Hours, 10 minutes - 6/16/2017

Today, I studied for 30 minutes so far. I spent the whole time strengthening skills. I was also muito cansada. 

See below for how tired I was.

Eu estou cansada. Quero dormir.

40 minutes - 6/15/2017

Today, I studied for 40 minutes. (So far)

All of my time was spent strengthening. I was busy all day yesterday, so that's why.

Phrases:

Eu nao tenho tempo.

Eu volto ja.

Eu gosto da minha mae tanto.

Hour 8 (and the 10 minutes) - 6/14/2017

I studied for forty minutes, hoje. I cannot give the exact time frame, because I had to stop (and pause the timer) during the lesson.

Eu preciso dormir.

7 hours, 30 minutes - 6/13/2017

Hoja, I studied from 21:30 to 22:00.

Studying in hour chunks was a bit of a strain on my back, so I am going to try for 30 minute chunks. I actually feel like I remember a bit better this way, though maybe I am imagining.

Even with strengthening everything before moving on, I am about halfway through the tree. 

A few phrases I remember.

Eu gosto de vermelho.

Eu quero saber.

Ela quer saber.

Eu preciso saber.

Eles sabem como nadar.

Hour 7 - 6/12/2017

Hoje, I studied from 22:35 to 23:35

One of the phrases I remember.

Eu quero um presente. 

10 minutes - 6/11/2017

Today, I studied for 10 minutes from 14:40 to 14:50.

The whole time was spent strengthening skills.

5 hours, 10 minutes

Finally into present 2.

Studied from 23:38 to 23:48

Hour 5 - 6/10/2017

It is day 5, hour 5 of the "34 hour challenge". I am not feeling quite as optimistic as yesterday, but I am unsure if that is Duolingo's fault. Once again, I spent 30 minutes just strengthening skills. I guess that will be a daily thing to get used to. I started on adjectives 1 and didn't make it all the way through. 

I am looking forward to getting to the next verb sections. Verbs are always fun.

Some phrases I remember.

Eu nao tenho tempo.

A menina fala o lobo.

o menino caminha daqui.

And a funny one that I took a screenshot of

My pillow does not speak.

I hit 270 experience and am now on a 5 day streak.

Hour 4, 6/9/2017

Today is day 4, hour 4 of my 34 hour challenge.

I strengthened everything. This time it took a little over a half hour (not including the ten minutes from this morning).

I learned some family vocabulary and useful job terms as well. 

Some phrases I remember.

Estudantes bebem vinho.

O coronel fala com o diretor.

Mi neto chega em Julho.

Today, I studied from about 14:31 to 15:31

3 hours, 10 minutes

I realized that I need to do my time a bit differently if I was going to get 34 hours into 1 month. So I did the math and realized that 1 hour and 10 minutes a day would work.

I just did the ten minutes now, which I will probably do in a separate chunk each day.

It felt pretty good. I only strengthened skills, but I felt pretty good about knowing everything that was presented.

Hour 3 - 6/8/2017

Today is day 3, hour 3 of my "34 hour challenge". I spent the first 30 minutes strengthening skills. The rest of the time I spent learning new skills. So I didn't progress at the same rate as I did on the first and second date. I only completed two new circles. I think the strengthening process definitely has some merit.

Some phrases I remember.

Eu gosto de abacaxi. 

Falamos porque sabemos.

Minutos e segundos.

Falamos sobre livros.



I studied from about 13:00 to 14:00.

Hour 2 - 6/7/2017

Today is day 2, hour 2 of my 34 Hour Language Challenge. I am serious about this, y'all! So I actually feel more confident about my Brazilian Portuguese knowledge today. I feel like I can remember more. As you can see from my screen shot, I didn't complete a whole lesson.

I went back and strengthed some lessons that had faded from gold.

Some things I remember.

Eu somo uma menina.

Eu preciso dele.

Ela caminha daqui.

I studied from 18:00 to 19:00.

Hour 1 - 6/6/2017

This was the result of spending 1 hour on Brazilian Portuguese, starting as a total beginner. I was kind of surprised how much material you can actually learn in an hour.

I didn't feel super confident after the first lesson, but I did remember a few words.

Mainly menina, menino, and mulher.