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This Portuguese Blog podcast post teaches you some good phrases for describing your morning ritual.

Podcast: Click here for the podcast audio, or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes for free.

Byki list: Also don’t forget the Wake Up! Byki list, which you can download for Windows or Mac. Many thanks to Adir Ferreira for lending his voice to this episode!

My favorite part of this set of phrases is the terrific verb espreguiçar, which means to do that funny stretch we all do in the morning when we wake up. Who knew that there was a specific verb for that kind of stretch? Espreguiçar is related to preguiça, meaning laziness, so the verb literally means something like to de-lazy yourself. Wonderful!

Note in the podcast audio that Adir uses the present tense to indicate habitual action. Just like in English you can use the present in the context of todos os dias (everyday), and it will indicate that your actions were done in the past, are currently done, and that you expect them to continue in the future.

Thanks everybody for listening, and if you have any comments, extra vocabulary, doubts or anecdotes, please feel free to comment!