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. FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons. Obrigadadinho. / Obrigadinha. – Thank you so much. When you want to answer someone that thanks you for something, there are also some ways: It takes time to build up your vocabulary, study the grammar rules and get your pronunciation just right.

If you've made it this far that means you probably enjoy learning Portuguese with engaging material and will then love FluentU.Review a complete interactive transcript under the Dialogue tab, and find words and phrases listed under Vocab. Whether your focus is on European or Brazilian Portuguese, fine-tuning your essentials will make life that much easier. And if you need some extra reassurance on the pronunciation front, try inputting each separate word into your preferred Portuguese dictionary or translator app to hear how it’s spoken. Again, repeating them to yourself out loud is a must. 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/)

This phrase is much more informal and probably if you use it this way, you are going to get a very informal reply too. antes ( UHN-t(ih)sh, before), m undo ( MOON-doo, world), ano ( UHN-noo, year), but not nulo ( NOO-loo, null), enorme ( ee-NOHR-m(ih), enormous), banho ( BUH-nyoo, bath), etc.)

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: Here we are saying to the person that we remember their family, so we send them our greetings. It is something that we consider nice and it is common to hear it.

Traveling to Brazil or Portugal? Then these questions will definitely help you along the way. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’ll help you get started: Portuguese 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: 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 excitement of that sight prompts me to delve deeper into the Christian mystery that loves to hide within what is infinitely small. Plurals edit A 16th-century Portuguese orthography guide. After centuries of writing reforms, many of the spellings are now archaic. This article is about Portuguese as spoken in Europe, Africa, and Asia. For Portuguese as spoken in Brazil, see Brazilian Portuguese phrasebook No cultural experience is complete without food. How about trying the famous Brazilian brigadeiro dessert pictured above? Indeed, the Incarnation of Jesus Christ remains the heart of God’s revelation, although it is easily forgotten that its unfolding is so unobtrusive, to the point of going unnoticed.

The Italian version of a book by Pope Francis was released on Tuesday 21 November, entitled " Il mio presepe" (Christmas at the Nativity). Greetings are often the first thing you cover when learning a new language—and in Portuguese, it’s no different. Your first mission is to put your learned phrases into context. Memorizing words and sentences isn’t going to do any good if you don’t know how to apply them in your daily life. For numbers 1,000,000,000 and above, European Portuguese uses the long scale (Brazilian Portuguese uses the short scale). 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.

As a general guide, stress the penultimate (last-but-one) syllable in most words unless it ends with any of the following letters: -i, -l, -r, -u, -x, -z, -im, -um, -ins, -is, -uns, -us – in which case, the stress is on the last syllable. Words that are stressed on syllables not according to these rules will have a written accent on the accented syllable. Portuguese consonants mostly sound like their English equivalents. A few can only be given as approximations, such as ʎ (ly), ɲ (ny), ɾ (r), ʁ (rr). Months edit Portuguese horoscope for 2021. January janeiro ( zhuh-NAY-roo , /ʒɐ.ˈnɐj.ɾu/) February fevereiro ( f(ih)-v(ih)-RAY-roo, /fɨ.vɨ.ˈɾɐj.ɾu/) March março ( MAHR-soo, /ˈmaɾ.su/) April abril ( uh-BREEL, /ɐ.ˈbɾiɫ/) May maio ( MAHY-oo, /ˈmaj.u/) June junho ( ZHOO-nyoo, /ˈʒu.ɲu/) July julho ( ZHOO-lyoo, /ˈʒu.ʎu/) August agosto ( uh-GOHSH-too, /ɐ.ˈgoʃ.tu/) September setembro ( s(ih)-TIHM-broo, /sɨ.ˈtẽ.bɾu/) October outubro ( oh-TOO-broo, /o.ˈtu.bɾu/) November novembro ( noo-VIHM-broo, /nu.ˈvẽ.bɾu/) December dezembro ( d(ih)-ZIHM-broo, /dɨ.ˈzẽ.bɾu/) Writing time and date edit This is the most common way of answering someone that thanks you. It always has this form, it doesn’t change.