The Penguin Portuguese Phrasebook (The Penguin Phrasebook Library)

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If you know Spanish, watch for a lot of new vowels, a huge number of contractions (comparable to del and al) and irregular plurals. For the non-fluent, some pronunciation differences can be easily missed, such as año (year) becoming ano. If you speak good French, you may find Portuguese pronunciation to be fairly easy, though much of the vocabulary will have changed substantially. The text contains a previously unpublished introduction by Pope Francis and a series of texts, reflections, speeches, and homilies that the Pope has dedicated to the Nativity scene and the characters that populate it. The Portuguese we will include in this phrasebook is of the European usage which differs from the Brazilian in sounds and pronunciation. Even though both European and Brazilian speakers will slightly understand each other if they do communicate. Plurals edit A 16th-century Portuguese orthography guide. After centuries of writing reforms, many of the spellings are now archaic. Grammar edit Portugal has some beautiful schools, but you can learn Portuguese right here on your own device. Gender edit

Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase. This is the most common phrase of all and “como estás” is more informal and we use it with people that we know, while “como está” is more formal, and we use it with people that we don’t know so well or that are older than us or that are in a hierarchical position above ours.Truthfully, this phrase is not the most used one, although it is the most known word to say goodbye to someone and the one that you can find in the dictionay. emprego ( ehn-PR(IH)-goo, job), s imples ( SEEM-pl(ih)sh, simple), c ombinar ( kohn-bee-NAHR, to combine, to harmonize one's clothes, to set up a date), pen umbra ( pehn-OOM-bruh, astronomical word)

We can change the word that comes after: we can say “do you know how” or “do you know where” or “do you know why” for example, depending on the context and on what we want to ask. Now, if someone asks you something and you want to answer, there are many ways. If you don’t know the answer, you can say: This way of saying you’re welcome is more informal and we use it more with friends and people we know well. OPEN Aberto ( uh-BEHR-too, /ɐ.ˈbɛɾ.tu/) CLOSED Fechado ( f(ih)-SHAH-doo, /fɨ.ˈʃa.du/) ENTRANCE Entrada ( ihn-TRAH-duh, /ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/) EXIT Saída ( suh-EE-duh, /sɐ.ˈi.dɐ/) PUSH Empurre ( ehm-POO-rr(ih), /ẽ.ˈpu.ʁɨ/) PULL Puxe ( POO-sh(ih), /ˈpu.ʃɨ/) TOILET/RESTROOM Casa de banho ( KAH-zuh d(ih) BUH-nyoo, /ˈka.zɐ dɨ ˈbɐ.ɲu/) MEN Homens or Senhores ( AW-muhnsh, suh-NYOH-r(ih)sh, /ˈɔ.mɐ̃jʃ/, /sɐ.ˈɲo.ɾɨʃ/) WOMEN Mulheres or Senhoras ( moo-LYEH-r(ih)sh, suh-NYOH-ruhsh, /mu.ˈʎe.ɾɨʃ/, /sɐ.ˈɲo.ɾɐʃ/) FORBIDDEN Proibido ( proo-ee-BEE-doo, /pɾu.i.ˈbi.du/)

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When someone is telling us something that happened, for example, and they say “She should have come to the party”, we can simply nod our heads and say “right”. If you’re talking to a native Portuguese speaker, use these phrases to aid your comprehension: Portuguese It takes time to build up your vocabulary, study the grammar rules and get your pronunciation just right. Portuguese has a complex verb conjugation system compared to English, but it's simpler than some other languages. There are three classes of conjugation, based on the ending of the infinitive: On the tombstone of St. Ignatius of Loyola, it is written, "Non coerceri a maximo, sed contineri a minimo, divinum est" (Not to be limited by the greatest, and yet to be contained in the tiniest—this is the divine). In short, one should not be frightened of the big things; one should go forward and take into account the smaller things.

and am ( UHN-duhnw, they walk), viag em ( vee-AH-zhehn, trip), ru im ( roo-EEN, bad), b om ( bohn, good), alg um ( ahl-GOON, singular male form of adjective "some") For the second-person plural "you", the Portuguese use vocês with the third-person plural verb. The traditional form of second-person plural "you", vós, has fallen into disuse and nowadays is found only in literature, scripture, or highly formal contexts. Review a complete interactive transcript under the Dialogue tab, and find words and phrases listed under Vocab. direct object (masculine and feminine) 2 indirect object 3 reflexive or reciprocal, direct or indirect object The pronoun "you" editWikivoyage provides pronunciation help in certain contexts such as phrasebooks and destination names. Wikivoyage's pronunciation help mainly uses pseudo-phoneticization, for which readers can find a simplified pronunciation guide. Concordo! ou Concordo plenamente! – I agree! or I totally agree! If, on the other hand, we don’t agree with what is being said, we can use the following phrases: To give you an idea of the themes covered in our phrasebook, here are some of the topics you’ll be able to talk about with the help of this Brazilian Portuguese travel guide: 🙋‍♀️ The Basics

I hope that you have enjoyed this article and that you use these phrases when you are having a conversation in Portuguese.

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