Monday Briefing! Feliz agosto!!
Thanks , Viv, & for committing to your missions for the week. Deculpe , sorry we didn't get to you, but message me separately please 🙏
's personal missions for the week...
missions for the week
- Dissect a formal Portuguese letter - Overcome the “court summons” feeling of official mail (banks, insurers, etc.). He plans a module on letter formalities/grammar.
- Learn a Portuguese song (aim for karaoke-level; even “Happy Birthday” counts). Future online karaoke idea floated.
- Escalate an existing mission - e.g., his own neighbor/atestado task (ask the parish president + another resident to accompany him).
- “Break the spell” - Identify habitual self-blocks (“I’m too old,” “I’m bad at languages,” etc.) and work on them by Friday. He’ll write about common reasons people avoid speaking.
- Teach someone else a bit of Portuguese (even a short household mini-lesson).
People can pick from these, invent their own, or use classroom missions; review on Friday.
What VIPs committed to
- Viv: Read a letter; escalate a mission; “ring this bell”; teach “him” some Portuguese. Possibly learn a song.
- Bob: Keep talking to his dog Gus in Portuguese + learn more commands. Prepare language for the neighbor lady on walks (especially explaining the dog is fixed/castrated — “es dominado?” situation). Learn the Happy Birthday song. Expand neighbor conversations (tech/DIY, farm/tractor talk, etc.). Essentially several neighbor + pet-focused tasks.
- Peter & Brian (Mathers Haglund household): Do banking in Portuguese. Visit the Mercado (Governo) in Setúbal. Go to “Sunsets at the Castle” (São Jorge) in Lisbon on a Saturday and try speaking with people there. Brian also: learn the birthday song + possibly read a letter.
- Ongoing: watching cartoons, an RTP 1 human-interest show, the game show Agarra se Puderes (“Catch Me If You Can”), and Preço Certo.
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Monday Briefing! Feliz agosto!!
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