The Penguin Portuguese Phrasebook (The Penguin Phrasebook Library)

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This is the most common way of answering someone that thanks you. It always has this form, it doesn’t change. If the person you are talking to you, however, asks “Tudo bem?” or “Como vai?” the polite initial response is one of the following.

Hopefully there is no unforeseen event on your vacation, but you should know some phrases to ask for help in Portuguese. Congratulations, you have learned the most relevant Portuguese phrases to manage usual communication on a trip! Sunday domingo ( doo-MEEN-goo, /du.ˈmĩ.gu/) Monday segunda-feira ( s(ih)-GOON-duh FAY-ruh, /sɨ.ˈgũ.dɐ ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/) Tuesday terça-feira ( TIHR-suh FAY-ruh, /ˈteɾ.sɐ ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/) Wednesday quarta-feira ( KWAHR-tuh FAY-ruh, /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/) Thursday quinta-feira ( KEEN-tuh FAY-ruh, /ˈkĩ.tɐ ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/) Friday sexta-feira ( SAYSH-tuh FAY-ruh, /ˈsɐjʃ.tɐ ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/) Saturday sábado ( SAH-buh-doo, /ˈsa.bɐ.du/) Languages offers a free app, web app, or set of MP3s that cover pretty much all of the essential travel phrases that you need for visiting Portuguese. In fact, it goes a little deeper than most of the phrasebooks and is a really good starting place for learning Portuguese. Oh, and it’s free!

Whether you need a reminder of your basic hellos and goodbyes, or you’re yet to learn them, here are some of the key greetings you need to know: Portuguese 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).

Here are the most basic phrases to say hello, to say goodbye and to be polite on your next vacation. You will see how easy it is to break the ice in Portuguese! Whether your focus is on European or Brazilian Portuguese, fine-tuning your essentials will make life that much easier. You can also use one of the following phrases to greet a Portuguese speaker. As you can see, there are “time-sensitive” greetings that refer to a particular time of day, so consider that when deciding which to use.You will learn useful phrases for tourists and more very helpful vocabulary to plan your next trip to a Portuguese-speaking country in the comment of video #19 of this very practical series of short videos in Portuguese with free material to practice. To get even more prepared for using these Brazilian Portuguese phrases, learn how to pronounce Brazilian Portuguese. And if you're worried that 67 phrases is a bit too much to remember for now, take the StoryLearning® approach and read short stories in Portuguese to learn and remember new vocabulary easily. With Portuguese Uncoveredyou’ll use my unique StoryLearning® method to learn Portuguese naturally through story… not rules. It’s as fun as it is effective.