I thought I would write a little blog about the sweetest little Portuguese lady I know, my adopted Portuguese grandmother. Every evening we watch a couple shows together. It usually starts with watching Cozinha de Nigella, which is an amazing little cooking show with this English woman who lives in the States but makes amazing food. I usually end up wanting to cook after I watch the show but I usually have eaten by the time the show starts because it is on at 8pm. We then flip through the channels and sometimes I will leave and go to my room or sometimes I will continue watching tv with her. Usually we will end the night watching Dr. Oz and Oprah. Tonight I decided that I would stop watching tv after the cooking show so I made myself a cup of tea and went to my room. Soon I heard Dona Merces calling for me, "Diana....Diana....Dr. Oz!" I thought it was so cute and so sweet that she wanted me to come watch tv with her.
Dona Merces is a talker during tv shows and she will make little comments through out the show and I try and figure out what she is saying it is a great adventure sometimes. If I am feeling really brave I try and say something to her about what we are watching but she usually ends up saying, "não compreendo," and I usually try again and again to get my sentence across to her. It also happens the other way because I will get caught up on one word she says and then I get all confused and I usually nod my head in understanding but she calls me out on it. I love living with her because if I want to say anything to her then I have to stumble through Portuguese. The best way to learn Portuguese is when you are forced right?
A little random fact about the words for grandparents are extremely similar. A grandpa is called, avô, and a grandma is called, avó. So to keep my self from getting confused by these I would much rather stick with avozinho and avozinha. I would much rather use the endearing versions of the word then have to struggle through the complex normal words.
Well that is all I've got about minha avó.
Peace out!
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