"Comer (to eat) describes the act of penetration during sexual intercourse while dar (to give) describes those who passively offer themselves to be penetrated and possessed by their active partners."
Note: These words (Comer = to eat, and Dar = to give) are being described above in their slang meanings.
Source: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/IES/brazil.html
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Memórias Póstumas
Memórias Póstumas is the movie that I chose to write about for my Brazilian Film class.
It is based the book, "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas", written in 1881
by Machado de Assis.
Basically, the protagonist, Brás Cubas, narrates his life story to you.... after he has passed away. The movie is filled with moments of subtle humor:
"Linda.... mas, coxa." ("Beautiful.... but lame.")
This is definitely a good one.. too bad you can only get it in Brazil!
Basically, the protagonist, Brás Cubas, narrates his life story to you.... after he has passed away. The movie is filled with moments of subtle humor:
"Linda.... mas, coxa." ("Beautiful.... but lame.")
This is definitely a good one.. too bad you can only get it in Brazil!
Gabriela
Gabriela is another movie we watched and analyzed in our Brazilian Film class.
It was released 1983 and based on a book called, "Gabriela, Cravo e
Canela", written by Jorge Amado in 1958.
The story takes place in Brazil in the 1920's. Gabriela is a woman from the sertão (or deserts in the north east of Brazil) who travels by foot to a big city. A man named Nacib is enchanted by her when he sees her and hires her to cook snacks to be served at the bar he owns. Needless to say, they stir up a little romance... but I won't ruin the story.
Just one little aviso: there is quite a bit of female nudity in this one.
The story takes place in Brazil in the 1920's. Gabriela is a woman from the sertão (or deserts in the north east of Brazil) who travels by foot to a big city. A man named Nacib is enchanted by her when he sees her and hires her to cook snacks to be served at the bar he owns. Needless to say, they stir up a little romance... but I won't ruin the story.
Just one little aviso: there is quite a bit of female nudity in this one.
The letter "i"
As you may or may not know: In Portuguese, the general rule of the stressed syllable in a word is penultimate*, unless otherwise marked.
(Unmarked: alguma {(AW-GOO'-MAH) or [aw.'gu.ma]}, preciso {(PDEH-SEE'-ZU) or [pɾe.'si.zu]}; Marked: avô {(AH-VOHW') or [a.'vo]}, avó {(AH-VAW') or [a.'vɔ]})
There is another exception:
When a Portuguese word ends in the letter "i", the final syllable is automatically stressed.
For example:
Tupi is pronounced TOO-PEE' or [tu.'pi] (for you linguistics buffs!)
guri is pronounced GOO-REE' or [gu.'ɾi]
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*penultimate:
Function: adjective
1: next to the lastpenultimate
chapter of a book>Thanks to M-W.com and Don Blaheta (for the IPA flap r)
(Unmarked: alguma {(AW-GOO'-MAH) or [aw.'gu.ma]}, preciso {(PDEH-SEE'-ZU) or [pɾe.'si.zu]}; Marked: avô {(AH-VOHW') or [a.'vo]}, avó {(AH-VAW') or [a.'vɔ]})
There is another exception:
When a Portuguese word ends in the letter "i", the final syllable is automatically stressed.
For example:
Tupi is pronounced TOO-PEE' or [tu.'pi] (for you linguistics buffs!)
guri is pronounced GOO-REE' or [gu.'ɾi]
________________
*penultimate:
Function: adjective
1: next to the last
chapter of a book>Thanks to M-W.com and Don Blaheta (for the IPA flap r)
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