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Are you protecting your peace, or are you negotiating it away? Are you confusing loneliness with solitude? Are you sacrificing your nervous system for companionship, attention, desire, or the illusion of being chosen? Listen to peace was my baseline / paz era minha base as a reminder that peace is not a luxury. Peace is a foundation. This bilingual English and Brazilian Portuguese song is about ca...

Are you trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese through real-life conversations about love, respect, communication, and knowing your worth? In this Lingua by Sisi episode, no crumbs / sem migalhas turns a serious relationship lesson into a catchy bilingual mantra. The song teaches useful English and Brazilian Portuguese words and phrases like crumbs / migalhas , respect / respeito , reciprocity / rec...

Are you trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese while also understanding the culture behind the words? This one is not just about vocabulary. It is about what happens when Black Americans, Brazilians, immigrants, expats, and people across the diaspora start using the same words differently. always invited to the cookout / sempre chamado pro churrasco came from me trying to explain something that is f...

Are you trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese? Are you moving to Brazil, planning a trip to Bahia, or simply tired of memorizing vocabulary lists that disappear a week later? In this song you'll learn one of the most useful phrases in Brazilian Portuguese: "eu quero" (I want). With just those two words you can order an acarajé in Salvador, ask for water, buy groceries, order a drink, request direct...

it's a duet / é um dueto was inspired by a simple realization: language is not a solo activity. Most of us learn by listening first. But eventually there comes a moment when you have to join in. You have to answer. Repeat. Respond. Sing the next line. This song was designed as an invitation. One voice starts, another voice follows. The listener becomes part of the conversation. It is less about me...

o alfabeto brasileiro was created for one reason: if you can hear the alphabet, you can start spelling, reading signs, understanding names, and building confidence much faster. When most of us learned the alphabet as children, we did not memorize it from a textbook. We learned it through repetition, rhythm, and music. I wanted to bring that same idea into Brazilian Portuguese, but in a way that fe...

thank you for listening to and supporting lingua by sisi. in this episode, i introduce myself, explain how lingua works, and where you can listen. where to listen: website --- lingua.faafo.app (songs + bilingual vocabulary cards) youtube --- lingua by sisi playlist on @linguabysisi podcast --- available on apple podcasts, spotify, iHeartRadio, pandora, amazon music, and all major platforms. subscr...

obrigada por ouvir e apoiar o lingua by sisi. neste episódio, me apresento, explico como o lingua funciona e onde você pode ouvir. onde ouvir: site --- lingua.faafo.app (músicas + cartões de vocabulário bilíngues) youtube --- playlist lingua by sisi no canal @linguabysisi podcast --- disponível no apple podcasts, spotify, iHeartRadio, pandora, amazon music e todas as principais plataformas. inscre...

no dishes in the sink / só o corpo imaginando is about that quiet kind of desire that shows up when the house is finally still. No dishes. No noise. No errands pulling at you. Just the body remembering it has an imagination. This song lives in the space between domestic calm and private longing. It is not loud or obvious. It is the moment after everything practical is done, when the mind starts wa...

amor proibido / forbidden love is about the ache of wanting a world that does not fully exist. Forbidden love has a strange power because it lives in the almost. It does not have to survive ordinary life, bills, routines, boredom, dishes, misunderstandings, or the thousand small human things that make love real. Instead, it stays suspended. Untouched. Unresolved. This song sits inside that longing...

use what you have / usa o que você tem is about resourcefulness in a world where technology keeps moving, whether we are ready or not. Not everyone has the budget to build the perfect online presence, pay for every tool, or make everything instantly accessible in multiple languages. But sometimes the workaround is the doorway. Sometimes it is as simple as opening Google Chrome, tapping the three d...

sem pressa, sem pressão is the reminder most adult learners need before they give up on themselves. Language learning can make grown people feel like children again, and not always in the sweet way. You forget words. You freeze. You understand one sentence and lose the next three. You know what you want to say, but your mouth acts like it has other plans. This song is for that moment. No rush. No...

push, puxe exists because language likes to embarrass us in public. In English, push means push. Simple enough. Then you get to Brazil, see puxe on a door, your brain gets confident, your hand moves forward, and the door refuses to cooperate. Because in Portuguese, puxe means pull . That tiny moment is exactly why I love teaching through music. False friends and look-alike words are easier to reme...

the kind of love / o tipo de amor is about the kind of love that does not try to own what it recognizes. This song came from sitting with a hard, tender truth: sometimes love is not about reaching, chasing, claiming, or interrupting someone’s life. Sometimes love is knowing what you cannot give. Sometimes love is stepping back because you understand that the person you care about deserves more tha...

how much is it? quanto custa? is for the moment when you need to buy something, ask a price, compare options, and keep the conversation moving without panic. This song slows the shopping language down so you can actually hear it. “How much is it?” “I want this one.” “Is it cheaper?” “Is it more expensive?” These are small phrases, but they give you a lot of power in real life. I also wanted this o...

where is it? onde fica? is one of those practical songs you need before you realize how often you need it. If you are trying to move through a new place, you need to ask where things are without freezing. This song focuses on “onde fica?” for places and buildings, like the bank, the store, the market, the pharmacy, the hospital, the bathroom, and the beach. It also adds simple location words like...

what time is it? que horas são? is about one of the most practical things you need in another language: time. Numbers, days, morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow, later. These are small words, but they organize your whole life. They help you make plans, show up on time, understand schedules, and move through the day with more confidence. This song keeps it simple on purpose. The goal is not...

oi, tudo bem? is where Lingua begins because every real conversation starts with something small. A hello. A name. A question. A moment where you decide to try, even if you do not have all the words yet. This song teaches basic greetings, introductions, and question words in English and Brazilian Portuguese. The point is not perfection. The point is to get the phrases into your ear, your mouth, an...

brazilians give compliments constantly. que linda, tá maravilhosa, amei seu cabelo, você cozinha bem demais. it's not flirting. it's not flattery. it's just how people acknowledge each other in passing, and americans are bad at it on both sides. i picked these phrases because i watched americans freeze when brazilians complimented them. they'd deflect, change the subject, say "oh stop," explain wh...

people say tô morta all the time here. it means "i'm dead" but what they really mean is "i'm exhausted, i'm done, don't ask me for anything else today." it's the brazilian version of "i'm dead tired" except shorter and more dramatic. i picked this phrase for the song because it's everywhere and americans never know what it means. i don't personally say it though. i don't want to put that energy on...

bicho, bicho is one of those songs that makes learning feel playful again. animals are some of the first words many of us ever learn, but hearing them in another language gives them a whole new life. this one is simple on purpose. catchy, rhythmic, and easy to come back to. i wanted it to feel like something you could remember without trying too hard. the kind of song that slips into your head and...

oi, tudo bem? is one of the first songs in Lingua because greetings are where so much begins. not the dramatic stuff. the everyday stuff. the quick hello, the small pause, the moment you decide whether to stay surface-level or keep the conversation going. i wanted this one to feel easy, warm, and usable. the kind of phrase you can start hearing everywhere once it lands in your body. that is part o...

me vê um came from one of the most useful little phrases you can learn in Brazil. it is casual, practical, and something you can use right away when you want to order food, drinks, or just move through the moment a little more naturally. i love it because it does not sound stiff or textbook. it sounds lived in. this song sits inside that everyday language space i care about most, where learning is...

que horas são? is one of those songs that proves the most ordinary phrases can still shape your whole day. asking the time sounds simple until you are the one trying to catch a number, hear it clearly, and answer fast enough to stay in the moment. that is exactly why i wanted it in song form. for me, this one is about giving rhythm to something practical. time, days, little check-ins, the everyday...

lingua by sisi in brasil is the doorway song. the one that opens the room and lets you know exactly what kind of school this is. not dry. not stiff. not built on shame, pressure, or perfection. this is language through rhythm, memory, repetition, and real life. i created this because i know what it feels like to need melody in order to remember. sometimes a phrase does not stick until it has a bea...