Portuguese · Chapter 1

How Brazilian Portuguese works

10 vocabulary lessons, 4 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

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  1. Lesson 3 · Words 1-10

    Words 1 to 10

    1quethat, which, who; whatpronoun
    2nãono, notadverb
    3othe (masculine singular)article
    4deof, frompreposition
    5athe (feminine singular)article
    6serto be (identity, origin, lasting qualities: what something is)verb
    7vocêyou (singular)pronoun
    8eandconjunction
    9euIpronoun
    10uma, an; one (masculine)article
  2. Lesson 4 · Words 11-20

    Words 11 to 20

    11parafor, to; in order topreposition
    12estarto be (the state or place something is in right now)verb
    13umaa, an; one (feminine)article
    14sehimself, herself, itself, themselves; each otherpronoun
    15comwithpreposition
    16porby, through; for, because of; perpreposition
    17elehe, him; it (masculine)pronoun
    18issothat, that thingpronoun
    19emin, on, atpreposition
    20masbutconjunction
  3. Lesson 6 · Words 21-30

    Words 21 to 30

    21comoas, like; howconjunction
    22bemwell; quite, veryadverb
    23osthe (masculine plural)article
    24elashe, her; it (feminine)pronoun
    25simyesinterjection
    26aquihereadverb
    27maismore; most; plusadverb
    28terto have; to have to (ter que)verb
    29meumy; mine (masculine)determiner
    30seuyour (of você); his, her, theirdeterminer
  4. Lesson 7 · Words 31-40

    Words 31 to 40

    31muitovery, a lot, muchadverb
    32irto goverb
    33asthe (feminine plural)article
    34tudoeverything, allpronoun
    35only, just; aloneadverb
    36entãothen, soconjunction
    37poderto be able to, can; mayverb
    38agoranowadverb
    39quandowhenconjunction
    40fazerto do, to makeverb
  5. Lesson 8 · Words 41-50

    Words 41 to 50

    41saberto know (a fact); to know how toverb
    42elesthey, them (masculine or mixed group)pronoun
    43nóswe; uspronoun
    44certoright, correct; certain, sureadjective
    45quererto want; to wishverb
    46already; right now; everadverb
    47quemwho, whompronoun
    48ouorconjunction
    49nadanothing, anythingpronoun
    50dizerto say, to tellverb
  6. Lesson 10 · Words 51-60

    Words 51 to 60

    51there, over thereadverb
    52ondewhereadverb
    53bomgood; kindadjective
    54acharto think, to reckon; to findverb
    55sobreabout; on, on top ofpreposition
    56porquebecauseconjunction
    57mesmoeven; really, exactly; sameadverb
    58coisathingnoun
    59todoall, every; the wholepronoun
    60algosomething, anythingpronoun
  7. Lesson 11 · Words 61-70

    Words 61 to 70

    61atéuntil, up to; as far as; evenpreposition
    62tempotime; weathernoun
    63assimlike this, like that; soadverb
    64nuncaneveradverb
    65essethat, that one (near you)pronoun
    66casahouse, homenoun
    67verto see; to watchverb
    68tambémalso, too, as welladverb
    69aindastill, yet; evenadverb
    70tãoso, suchadverb
  8. Lesson 12 · Words 71-80

    Words 71 to 80

    71carabloke, guy, mate (informal); facenoun
    72favorfavournoun
    73melhorbetter; bestadverb
    74noitenight; eveningnoun
    75semwithoutpreposition
    76obrigadothank you (said by a man; a woman says obrigada)interjection
    77diadaynoun
    78talvezperhaps, maybeadverb
    79paifather, dad; (plural) parentsnoun
    80estethis, this one (near me)pronoun
  9. Lesson 14 · Words 81-90

    Words 81 to 90

    81deusGod; godnoun
    82alguémsomebody, anybodypronoun
    83mãemother, mumnoun
    84vidalifenoun
    85senhorsir, Mr; gentleman; you (formal, as o senhor)noun
    86semprealwaysadverb
    87anoyearnoun
    88veztime, occasion; turnnoun
    89verdadetruthnoun
    90ficarto stay, to remain; to become, to get; to be locatedverb
  10. Lesson 15 · Words 91-100

    Words 91 to 100

    91parecerto seem, to look, to look likeverb
    92ohohinterjection
    93claroof course, sure; clearlyadverb
    94depoisafter; afterwards, laterpreposition
    95falarto speak, to talk; to sayverb
    96antesbefore; beforehand, previouslypreposition
    97pessoapersonnoun
    98poucolittle, not much; a little, a bitadverb
    99precisarto need; to have to (precisar de)verb
    100devermust, should, ought to; to oweverb

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