Greetings

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Description

• Greetings (as saudações)
• Helpful verbs and pronouns
• Grammar Point: possessive structures

Greetings (as saudações)

English	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
hello	ola/bom dia	/o.ɫɐ/bõ ˈdi.ɐ/	?
good-bye	adeus	/ɐ.ˈdewʃ/	?
Please	por favor	/puɾ fɐ.ˈvoɾ/	?
Thank you	obrigado/a	/o.bɾi.ˈga.du/	?
You're welcome	bem-vindo	/bɐ̃j-ˈvĩ.du/	?
My name is Terry	O meu nome é Terry	/u ˈmew ˈno.mɨ ˈɛ tɨ.ˈʁi/	?
What is your name?	Como te chamas?	/ˈko.mu tɨ ˈʃɐ.mɐʃ/	??
Nice to meet you	Prazer em conhecer-te.	/pɾɐ.ˈzeɾ ɐ̃j ku.ɲɨ.ˈseɾ-tɨ/	?
Let me introduce you to my mother	Deixe-me apresentar-lhe a minha mãe	/ˈdɐj.ʃɨ-mɨ ɐ.pɾɨ.zẽ.ˈtaɾ-ʎɨ ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈmɐ̃j/	?
Please speak slowly	Por favor fale devagar	/puɾ fɐ.ˈvoɾ ˈfa.ɫɨ dɨ.vɐ.ˈgaɾ/	?
See you next time	Até mais	/ɐ.ˈtɛ ˈmajʃ/	?

Helpful verbs and pronouns

apresentar ("to introduce"), encontrarse com ("to meet"); usted ("you"), mi ("my")

presentar

Quero apresentar-vos o meu namorado. = "I want to introduce you to my boyfriend"

encontrar-se com

Encontrei-me com a irmã dela = "I met your sister".

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Grammar Point: possessive structures

Portuguese uses an article before possessives, e.g.:o meu pai ("my father"), a sua casa ("his/her house").

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the Portuguese equivalent:

Translate the following, then verify your grammar with PortugueseChecker.com:

1. How many grandchildren do you have?

2. Thank you for helping me with my homework.

3. Yesterday, I met his girlfriend.

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