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People (as pessoas)

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English	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
my brother	o meu irmão	/u ˈmew iɾ.ˈmɐ̃w/
my sister	a minha irmã	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ iɾ.ˈmɐ̃/
my mother	a minha mãe	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈmɐ̃j/
my father	o meu pai	/u ˈmew ˈpaj/
my son	o meu filho	/u ˈmew ˈfi.ʎu/
my daughter	a minha filha	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈfi.ʎɐ/
my husband	o meu marido	/u ˈmew mɐ.ˈɾi.du/
my wife	a minha esposa	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ʃ.ˈpo.zɐ/
my uncle	o meu tio	/u ˈmew ˈti.u/
my aunt	a minha tia	/u ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈti.ɐ/
my grandfather	o meu avô	/u ˈmew ɐ.ˈvo/
my grandmother	a minha avó	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ɐ.ˈvɔ/
a cousin	um(a) primo/a	/ˈũ ˈpɾi.mu/
my brother-in-law	o meu cunhado	/u ˈmew ku.ˈɲa.du/
my stepbrother	o meu meio-irmão	/u ˈmew ˈmɐj.u-iɾ.ˈmɐ̃w/
my sister-in-law	a minha cunhada	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ku.ˈɲa.dɐ/
my stepsister	a minha meia-irmã	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈmɐj.ɐ-iɾ.ˈmɐ̃/
my mother-in-law	a minha sogra	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈso.gɾɐ/
my stepmother	a minha madrasta	/ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ mɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/
my father-in-law	o meu sogro	/u ˈmew ˈso.gɾu/
my stepfather	o meu padrasto	/u ˈmew pɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tu/
my last name	o meu sobrenome	/u ˈmew su.bɾɨ.ˈno.mɨ/
two friends	dois amigos	/ˈdojz ɐ.ˈmi.guʃ/
my boyfriend	o meu namorado	/u ˈmew nɐ.mu.ˈɾa.du/
his girlfriend	a namorada dele	/ɐ nɐ.mu.ˈɾa.dɐ ˈde.ɫɨ/
a woman	esta mulher	/ˈeʃ.tɐ mu.ˈʎeɾ/
three men	três homens	/ˈtɾez ˈo.mɐ̃jʃ/
a girl	uma menina	/ˈu.mɐ mɨ.ˈni.nɐ/
a boy	um menino	/ˈũ mɨ.ˈni.nu/

Helpful verbs

conhecer ("to know"), nascer ("to be born"), morrer ("to die"), e.g.:

conocer

Eu conheço o seu irmão = "I know your brother"

nacer

O meu pai nasceu na Europa = "My father was born in Europe"

morrer

O meu primo morreu o ano passado = "My cousin died last year"

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Grammar Point: "to know"

Spanish has two words for the English verb "to know": saber and conhecer. Saber means to know a fact or piece of information, e.g.: A minha mãe sabe que eu a amo ("My mother knows that I love her"), while conhecer means to know or be familiar with a person, place or thing, e.g.: Conheço um professor que o pode ajudar. ("I know a teacher who can help you"). You can learn more about saber and conhecer here.