When we typically think of numbers and counting, we think in terms of cardinal numerals (one, two, three, etc). Ordinal numerals, however, are numbers used to express a level of degree or quality (first, second third). After searching the internet for some time time for one good list of ordinal numberals in English, Portuguese...
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When I studied at a Brazilian university I often found myself looking for lists of international relations terms in Portuguese along with English translations. I wanted to memorize such lists so that my classes (taught in Portuguese) would go my smoother. Unfortunately, I never found any. I had to search through dictionaries and use...
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When I studied at a Brazilian university in São Paulo back in 2007, I many times found myself having to lookup very subject-specific vocabulary over the Internet. Many times I had an English word that I wanted to express in Portuguese. Other times I learned a new Portuguese word at school that I wanted...
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The study of power and influence is a core element in both international relations and political science. In my travels around the world I’ve always been able to get people to open up to me in ways that they normally wouldn’t most Americans or people who only speak English. I’ve studied several languages but...
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I’ve recently released two of my research projects to the public. While studying international relations and Latin American studies in college, I largely concentrated much on Brazil instead of Latin America as a whole. I received a bit of ridicule about that at my university. So I ask the question: Why focus so much...
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