VOCABULARY WORDS

1. olá — hi, hello
   
2. bom dia — good morning, good day
   
3. Como estás? — How are you? [said to a good friend]
   
4. bem — fine, well
   
5. obrigado/a — thank you [said by a man/a woman]
   
6. boa noite — good evening, good night
   
7. até amanhã — see you tomorrow
   
8. adeus — good-bye [typically said when you don't expect to see someone again, or don't expect to see them for a long time]
   
9. até logo — see you later
   
10. boa tarde — good afternoon
    
11. a todos — to everybody
    
12. Senhor — Mr
    
13. Como está? — How are you? [formal]
    
14. Dona — Mrs
    
15. Tudo bem? — Everything OK?/Everything well?
    
16. faz favor — What can I get you? [also excuse me]
    
17. um café — café; a (cup of) black coffee [usually espresso]
    
18. e — and
    
19. uma água mineral — mineral water
    
20. por favor — please
    
21. um pastel de natas — custard tart [very delicious, too, and often eaten with cinnamon sprinkled on top]
    
22. muito bem — very good, very well, OK
    
23. uma cerveja — beer
    
24. um bolinho de bacalhau — codfish cake
    
25. ora bem — right then
    
26. sim — yes
    
27. ou — or
    
28. a garrafa — bottle
    
29. não — no
    
30. pelo menos — at least
    
31. o vinho tinto — red wine
    
32. o vinho branco — white wine
    
33. então — so
    
34. o sumo — juice
    
35. a laranja — orange
    
36. a maçã — apple
    
37. para — for
    
38. o convidado/a convidada — guest
    
39. a bebida — drink
    
40. variado/a — various
    
41. o bolo — cake
    
42. a avenida — avenue
    
43. a doçura — sweetness
    
44. a rua — street
    
45. as especialidades — specialities
    
46. serviço à lista — à la carte
    
47. a qualidade — quality
    
48. estar de dieta — to be on a diet
    
49. mas — but
    
50. muito — very, much
    
51. magro/a — thin
    
52. o croissant — croissant
    
53. óptimo/a — great, wonderful
    
54. a nata — cream
    
55. pronto — right, so
    
56. com gás — sparkling (literally "with gas") [often uma água com gás, sparkling water]
    
57. sem gás — still (literally "without gas") [often uma água sem gás, still water]
    
58. a caloria — calorie

DEFINITE ARTICLES

• o — the [masculine singular]
  
• os — the [masculine plural]
  
• a — the [feminine singular]
  
• as — the [feminine plural]
  
  INDEFINITE ARTICLES
  
• um — a/an/some [masculine singular]
  
• uns — a/an/some [masculine plural]
  
• uma — a/an/some [feminine singular]
  
• umas — a/an/some [feminine plural]

Numbers: 1-30

1. um/uma
   
2. dois
   
3. três
   
4. quatro
   
5. cinco
   
6. seis
   
7. sete
   
8. oito
   
9. nove
   
10. dez
    
11. onze
    
12. doze
    
13. treze
    
14. catorze
    
15. quinze
    
16. dezasseis
    
17. dezassete
    
18. dezoito
    
19. dezanove
    
20. vinte
    
21. vinte e um/uma
    
22. vinte e dois
    
23. vinte e três
    
24. vinte e quatro
    
25. vinte e cinco
    
26. vinte e seis
    
27. vinte e sete
    
28. vinto e oito
    
29. vinte e nove
    
30. trinta

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1. Lose weight.
   Goal: 150-159 lbs (68,0-72,1 kgs).
   Yes, again. I figure if I keep making it a goal, at the very least I may embarrass myself into actually doing something about it. :P
   
   
2. Write.
   Goal: 150,000 words.
   You know this is always going to be on my list. The only thing that might change on it is the number of words I'm aiming to write. A slight modification to this, though. First, my goal is to write 150,000 words. Second, I'll be happy if I at least match what I did last year, at 80,000 words, but I'll be fuckin' ecstatic if I can exceed that. I'm positive I can, but we'll see what happens.
   
   
3. Read.
   Goal: 30-40 books (novels/anthologies/plays/other).
   Seems reasonable to stay with this.
   
   
4. Visit Portugal.
   Goal: By Spring 2009.
   Although this involves a financial consideration, it's gonna happen. It's a staple on my annual list of goals. However, I may or may not visit some place else in Europe, as I've been doing. I'd love to, but I'm not sure if that'll happen or not. My goal has always been to either visit another place I've never been to, or to see another part of Portugal I've not seen before. This year, it could very well be that I'll have to settle for visiting another part of Portugal.
   
   
5. Learn Portuguese.
   Goal: Finish the Hugo Portuguese course.
   Now I'm really repeating myself! I've duplicated everything from last year's list thus far. I don't care, though. Although I could be much farther along in my life goal of becoming fluent in three other languages, aside from English, than I am now, I'm not giving up. This is something I'd really like to do.
   
   
6. Save for travel.
   Goal: $$$$
   Threw you for a loop with that one, didn't I? :P Well, not really. Not if you're at all observant. This just got bumped up from #7 on last year's list. This, too, though, is likely to remain a staple on my list of annual goals. For personal reasons, I refuse to list the specific dollar amount.
   
   
7. Buy a folding bike.
   Goal: Purchase a Dahon.
   Yeah, I know. I'm still repeating myself. Well, as I see it, now that I've cleared the roadblock of debt from my life, there's no excuse for not accomplishing this one this year. I hope to do this sometime this Spring, so that I can really enjoy it throughout most of this year.
   
   
8. Edit and submit stories for publication.
   Goal: 4 stories.
   I can't let this one just fall by the wayside. I've got to keep on keepin' on, as we used to say years ago. I am beginning to question my drive in accomplishing this goal, though, given my track record over the past few years. I ought to be ashamed of myself.
   
   
9. Continue with accomplishing my life goals.
   Goal: Accomplish at least one goal from my list.
   If I'm going to accomplish those goals, then they have to appear on this list regularly. Boring, I know, but true.
   
   
10. Save towards buying a new saxophone, a straight Eb Alto by L.A. Sax.
    Goal: $$$$
    The dollar amount I'm aiming to have saved towards this goal by year's end is lower than the goal I had for last year. I loved playing sax when I was younger, though, and I'd like to start doing so again. My oldest son is playing clarinet, and when I visited my sons last, I tried playing his clarinet and was actually able to do so without making it squeak or squeal. Given how long it's been since I last played a sax, or any woodwind instrument, I was pleasantly surprised. I take that as a sign that I'll be able to pick it up relatively easily once I have the new sax in hand. The actual purchase, though, may not happen for a couple of years.
    
    
11. Travel writing.
    Goal: Read the books I own on this subject, and perhaps buy one or two more, so that I can learn as much as I can about it.
    Because I enjoy traveling so much and because I also enjoy writing, I figure why not try to make a little money off it. It's an endeavor that'll let me combine two of my favourite interests: writing and photography.
    
    
12. Theatre.
    Goal: Go see at least one stage play this year.
    I love the theatre, but it's been—well, aside from seeing a Broadway play last year when I went to NYC, and it was a musical, not a dramatic play—it's been a long time since I've seen a good play.