The Penguin Portuguese Phrasebook (The Penguin Phrasebook Library)

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If you've made it this far that means you probably enjoy learning Portuguese with engaging material and will then love FluentU. 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/) FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons. Now that you have these essential Portuguese phrases, you’re ready to start using this new vocabulary in your own conversations!

OPEN Aberto ( ah-BEHR-too) CLOSED Fechado ( feh-SHAH-doh) ENTRANCE Entrada ( ehn-TRAH-dah) EXIT Saída ( sah-EE-dah) PUSH Empurre ( ehng-POO-hee) PULL Puxe ( POO-sh) Notice! When you hear 'push', the Portuguese mean 'pull'! TOILET Casa de banho MEN Homens ( OH-mehns) WOMEN Mulheres ( moo-LYEH-riss) FORBIDDEN Proibido ( proh-ee-BEE-doh) 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 No cultural experience is complete without food. How about trying the famous Brazilian brigadeiro dessert pictured above? The Italian version of a book by Pope Francis was released on Tuesday 21 November, entitled " Il mio presepe" (Christmas at the Nativity). Portuguese has definite and indefinite articles, with different forms according to the gender and number of the noun to which they refer:Portuguese has several vowel sounds not found in English. These are rendered as close but inexact approximations.

The text contains a previously unpublished introduction by Pope Francis and a series of texts, reflections, speeches, and homilies that the Pope has dedicated to the Nativity scene and the characters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. 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”. The Brazilian phrasebook details a few vocabulary differences between the two countries' varieties. 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.

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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 For numbers 1,000,000,000 and above, European Portuguese uses the long scale (Brazilian Portuguese uses the short scale). This is yet another way to say to the other person that we don’t agree with what is being said. Finally, if we want to say goodbye to the other person or finish the conversation, we can say: This way of saying you’re welcome is more informal and we use it more with friends and people we know well.