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91 COMMENTS

Thanks Ronnie for this lesson, it was great.I live in Brazil and i didn’t know that there were a lot of words with the sasme sound but different meanings..its good to learn new words..:)

marcos alexandre

Thanks, Ronnie you are amazing!☺

LucasMcosta

Thanks for you
Ronnie is amazing

Mohamed 5534

Good lesson!!! Obrigada Ronnie!!!!

Aline Matos

Watching a lesson made specially for Portuguese speakers like me was fun, Ronnie! Thanks for giving it a go.

Emanoel Pereira

Thank you very much, Ronnie. I liked the video a lot. I gave it a thumbs up on YouTube. Bye for now!

Júlio César L Sousa

Very good lesson. Thanks.

zigmund

Hi Ronnie, how are you?

Thanks for this lesson. It’s a very interesting issue to cover, but, let me include another one False Friend.

The word “grocery” (place to buy food) sounds almost the same as “grosseria”, that in Portuguese means “the rude manner to treat someone”.

Isaias Menezes Silva

Very well Ronnie! Thank you!

Isaiasjunior

unicorn hair!

filiperioclaro

I am the first Spanish guy leaving a comment!!!
Thanks Ronnie, interesting lesson ;)

knopfler86

Hi, Ronnie!Very nice lesson. Thanks a lot! Have a nice sunday! a Hug

marcelocoura

Hi Ronnie you are the best but please would you make a lesson about If Clouses its very confusing subject thanks .

Amalhashim

Thank you , Mrs. Ronnie for attention at teaching.

JackSantos

Hi. Thank you. How come see text on the you videos what you talking in YouTube can change setting but not here

chatran.alex

hello!! I Love your lessons, I´m Brazilian and know that false friends can be complicated. Push/empurrar PULL/puxar are the champions to make mistake.

valéria

100%!

Thanks!

macprivera

thanks Ronnie , i got 7 out of 7 . you’re amazing tutor

yasser Daoud

how can download this vedio?

abdo aly

It was a very funny class and easier too! I’m Brasilian and I liked very much to listen you speaking Portuguese. Beijos! Voce e demais!!!

MARIA APARECIDA S. COSTA

actual this lesson wasn’t for us
we all need a new lesson, not just them
I will never watch this again I didn’t find any interesting word in this lesson

Anna amal

    Yes, Although I am a native Portuguese speaker, I can see and understand your point of view Rana B.

    John B

    This video doesn’t detract anything from EngVid’s content; it just adds to it. The site has more than a thousand lessons so, whatever you’re trying to learn, there is a high probability there’s already a video for it. Since they’ve already covered a good part of English from the point of view of a native English speaker, it’s just natural they would start making lessons aimed at specific kinds of non-native English speakers (for example, see the videos “False Friends: English mistakes that Spanish speakers make” and “English Pronunciation for Russian Speakers”). If you think there are kinds of mistakes Persian speakers usually make in English, then you could point them out and suggest a lesson about “English Tips for Persian Speakers”.

    Pedro

Very Cool!

Marcelo FdS

good lesson

andres.9611

Thanks Ronnie, great class!

Diegok99

This is useful for teachers too! I always hear students trying to use pretend when they mean intend.

Alex

    Hi Alex! ‘pull’ and ‘push’ X ‘puxar’ and ’empurrar’ are even worse, aren’t they?

    John B

10Q
i love u ronnie you’re my favorite teacher on engvid.com

Ramin (Iran)

Ramin

I am Brazilian and I loved this class! You are an amazing teacher and I’ve been loving learning you all!
Thank you so much!

cmf88

Hi Ronnie! I really love your lesson and I do thank you very, very much for this. You are right ‘push’ and ‘pull’, as well as ‘intend’ and ‘pretend’ are very confusing words for us Portuguese speakers. But, if I may, maybe this lesson is not much to all those students around the world that do not speak Portuguese… Just my opinion. Thanks a lot!

John B

Tx Ronnie!

Dudurito

Thank you for the lesson. It really help us Brazilians! It was very kind of you!

MapleAnge

thank you teacher Ronnie, i am very glad to join your class , and i like way of your teaching . but i didn’t get my native language Somali in your web .

Farah Mohamud

thanks to you

Nan.jiang

thank you

mohamed mohamed

Hii Ronnie!Can you please prepare a lesson
on how to write different types of composition like ….Descriptive ,Narrative,Argumentative and picture composition..

Alison

    YOU SAY Well.
    I am on the ball for this lesson.

    vahidghaffari

      ? Cool..

      Alison

excelent.

santos jorge

I´m Screaming.. my Country´s Flag

ANGOLA

Claudio da Costa

Thank you

pavanut2

Very good!

This was my first lesson here and i liked so much.

christiamcs

Thank you
You’re amazing

peterazmy

Hello U R very Cool and perfect, can you please give me your email, please.

sozan hama kaka

Ronnie you’re amazing. I love your way to teacher. And this lesson was awesome. Congratulations.

Gregorio Lima

Hello ma’am…thank you.

Romantico85

Tks Ronie, the lesson was very usufull, and you´re an amazing person.

EderAlves

Nice lesson, thanks.

zigmund

Adoro esta professora, ela é fantástica, tem um jeito todo especial de ensinar e é muito simpática.

durval

Thanks Ronnie! I had a lot of problems with the words push and pull. Not easy for us coming from Brazil. You’re just amazing. I like the way you say things.

Marize Mori

Thanks!!!

larocque

Thanks Ronnie!

Danielle Hoover

Thanks !!!!!Very Well!!!

Gerson Felisberto

I’m soo happy to injury new people

Sharma48@

Thank you

Sharma48@

Thank you

miriam.cordeiro

False friends (or false cognates) are always a source of amusement/confusion to me :) My “favorite” is the “pretender/pretend” pair, because it can create terrible misunderstandings, especially at job interviews (I’ve already heard about people saying “I pretend to work hard” during a job interview) :P

Pedro

Very good exercise

MarcosPecanha

I love your tips! Thanks!!!
But I Have a doubt…
Pasta’ in Portuguese is equivalent to ‘________’ in English.
The correct answers is toothpaste, isn¨t?

Maybe “Colar” in Portuguese is equivalent to ” to glue” or “to paste” in English…
sorry, I´m confused…

Lili2018

Ronnie,
I am Weydson, from Recife, Brazil. I think you really have affection for our country. You are a great teacher. The most difficult words to memorize are:
PUSH = EMPURRAR, IN PORTUGUESE
PULL = PUXAR, IN PORTUGUESE

I got to know this website a long time ago and every time people talk about Canada I remember you.

By the way, very nice pronunciation in Portuguese.

weydson

Thanks, your class is very important for me. I loveit.

Balduvina

Very useful! A must admit that Pretend was one of my common mistakes when I was starting learning English.
Thanks Roonie!

JonasPaulo

Amazing ! this words are easy to confuse. The explanation was great !

bruno.missio

I laughed a lot listening to you speak Portuguese because it made me think about the times we spoke in English and we think it’s right, when in fact, what you’re hearing is a strange sound.

OliveiraSi

thank

Quvonchbek

thanks for well me the explaining.

maaz wahid

“Colar” is the same word for collar and to glue.

Taturi

Thank you very much Ronnie!
Muito obrigado, Ronnie!

FranciDom

This video is awesome and helpful! I love it. Thanks Ronnie.

Andrericardo3507

Very good, I like this.

RobertoPalombini

I loved this lesson. I laughed a lot, but you are right, we can’t be afraid of making mistakes.

nandaviana

Thanks, Ronnie you are amazing.

gustavoneivaluna

Ronnie, you are a fantastic teacher…you are awesome!!! Thank you for all lesson. ???

Iris 82

Thanks Ronnie!! Here in Brasil, cafeteria is just the same,a place in school kids use for lunch :)
We don’t have some kind of coffee store here because anywhere you go, you can buy and drink coffee haha yeah it’s crazy :)
unless you go to a starbucks!!

sabrina

5/7
Thanks

Serik

Pretendor?? rsrsrrs.. it was funny.

Rodrigomaia32

Thanks, Ronnie. But, in Portuguese, there are a lot confusion between homonym words. It’s difficut for ours, Portuguese taechers, to explicate for our students sound and/or writing and meaning of that kind If words.

VicFaria

Eu amo o Brasil

Cida Ribeiro

I love Brasil

Cida Ribeiro

Hi，Ronnie，you are so amazing! I can get some knowledge for every lesson.I’m not a native English speaker and a Portuguese speaker, but I Think I will have a travelling in Portuguese regions in the future. Today’s lesson is useful to me if I Still remember them.

ivyliu

wooooow.very good.Ronnie you are amazing…greetings from Brazil

jessicaflores

Niiiceee!! :D

ProjectHeidemann

I’m feeling so special right now. Thank you for make this lesson just for us!

Stein

Much better 86% thanks Ronnie balcao balcony…?bar?

Cataleya2

I loved your pronunciation. When you said “pretender” you pronounced “pretendor”, with “O” sound at the end of the word. The Brazilian “E” vowel sound is like “E” of “Education”. Sounds funny but we know Portuguese is sucks, it’s really difficult.I’m from Brazil and we always stumble in English pronunciation.

raquelister

Teacher Ronnie, I really like your lessons because you are smart and funny. I admire all of the Engvid teachers.

Thiago31

You are great Ronnie. You have to visit Brazil and try our pão de queijo. I’m sure you will love it.

and225

5/7! Good! Thanks, Ronnie!

Jerry Gu

Thanks for this class, Ronnie.
You take your time to get every word and why they are confusing for many Brazilian speakers.

In my opinion, is not that hard to get some of these words but after you know them you make sure to not cause any misunderstandings. Also if you stop thinking in Portuguese while speaking it’s easier to avoid mistakes :)

Ryuxzaki

Na frase My notebook os perfect quem é o cognata?

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