Recent Posts Tagged With 'Portuguese'

• How to Say Cat in Nine Foreign Languages

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 22:19 in Spanish, Portuguese, german, french, Dutch, children's books, polish, italian, hungarian, minou, foreign language fun, cat in dutch

  // Today’s post is a completely self-indulgent excuse to show you my other two children–the furry ones.   I used to take pictures of my cats all the time BK (Before Kids,) but the kitties have been photograpically neglected for y...

• Scholarships Available to Concordia Language Villages

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 21:37 in Portuguese, german, french, camp, korean, italian, danish, foreign language fun, french camp, concordia language villages, concordia scholarship, danish camp

    For years, I have recommended Concordia Language Villages to my students. These summer immersion camps are absolutely amazing. A number of years ago, I had the good fortune of participating in Concordia’s Teacher Seminars and earning gra...

• How to Say Chocolate in Fourteen Languages for Valentine’s Day

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 20:55 in Spanish, Portuguese, german, french, Dutch, holiday, polish, swedish, maltese, italian, finnish, danish

  In honor of Valentine’s Day–February 14–let’s learn fourteen ways to say that magical word:  CHOCOLATE! French:  chocolat Spanish:  chocolate Italian:  cioccolato German:  Schokolade Dutch:  chocolade Portuguese:  choco...

• The Tale of Despereaux: Name That Language

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 21:32 in Spanish, Portuguese, german, french, despereaux, foreign language fun, name that language, tale of despereaux french, tale of despereaux german, tale of despereaux italian, tale of despereaux portuguese, tale of despereaux spanish

  Although I have yet to see the movie, I just love that little mouse with the big ears in The Tale of Despereaux.  You can visit the official website and create your very own storybook adventure in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portu...

• Happy New Year Around the World: Greetings in a Dozen Languages

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 20:31 in Spanish, Portuguese, german, french, Dutch, holiday, polish, thai, italian, finnish, czech, hebrew

  It’s hard to believe that it is almost 2009!  Time to bring out the party hats and noise makers to ring in the New Year.  Since having kids, my New Year’s celebrations have taken on a whole new vibe.  Instead of paying top dollar for a...

• Snow in French, Spanish, German, and More

  Posted on Sunday November 16th, 2008 at 22:52 in Spanish, Portuguese, german, french, Dutch, italian, bonhomme de neige, foreign language fun, snow dutch, snow french, snow german, snow italian

  It’s snowing. It’s mid-November, our yard is covered with leaves patiently waiting to be raked and placed into bags, and it’s snowing. Sticking, too. Though we had a few melty flurries already this season, this is the first offic...

• What’s Scooby Doo Speaking? Here are the Answers!

  Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 19:27 in Spanish, Portuguese, french, polish, swedish, russian, scooby doo, foreign language fun, name that language, scooby doo french, scooby doo polish, scooby doo portuguese

  I hope you enjoyed playing “Name That Language!” Here are the answers to yesterday’s Scooby Doo video clips: 1. French 2. Swedish 3. Portuguese 4. Spanish 5. Polish 6. Russian I’ll fess up . . . I could only correctly i...

• What’s Scooby Doo Speaking? Name That Language!

  Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 15:15 in Spanish, Portuguese, french, polish, swedish, russian, scooby doo, foreign language fun, name that language, scooby doo french, scooby doo polish, scooby doo portuguese

  We haven’t played “Name That Language!” in awhile.  We have two generations of Scooby Doo fans in our household. It’s the perfect cartoon for October . . . scary! Settle in with a Scooby snack, watch these video clips and tr...

• A Multilingual Children’s Book Author: Meet Dulce Rodrigues

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 05:46 in Portuguese, french, children's books, foreign language fun, dulce rodrigues

                         Meeting interesting people is by far the best part of blogging.  Let me tell you about a new email acquaintance of mine—Dulce Rodrigues. Dulce, a native of Portugal, is the author of plays, books, and a CD...

• Hear Foreign Languages with the Lion King: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

  Posted on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at 23:35 in english, Portuguese, german, arabic, songs, italian, hebrew, hungarian, fiinnish, lion king finnish, lion king german, lion king hebrew

  I’ve been pleasantly surprised by my son’s interest in my new blogging hobby, particularly this Foreign Language Fun site.  At first, he just wanted to see Mommy’s picture on the computer.  Later, he became fascinated with the Clu...