Seu Oswaldo
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Past tenses and Copacabana stories from a building doorman since 1989
Seu Oswaldo has been the building doorman since 1989, and he has stories. Endless Copacabana stories that flow through every past tenseâpretĂ©rito vs imperfeito comes alive when you're hearing about the neighborhood fifty years ago. Nostalgic but not bitter, he makes grammar unforgettable.
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Story lovers, anyone struggling with past tenses, learners who need context to remember grammar
Topics & Skills
Pretérito vs imperfeito distinction
Narrative structure
Descriptive past tense
Temporal markers
Storytelling expressions
Brazilian history vocabulary
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I need help with pretérito vs imperfeito
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Teach me to describe the past
Tell me about old Copacabana
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