Patrick
Portuguese Phrases

I want to learn how to say, "How do you say, '____,' in Portuguese?" and other phrases that will allow me to learn in a real setting. The plan is to learn basic conversational Portugeuse, practice that here at italki then travel to Brazil.

Feb 27, 2015 10:36 PM
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Useful Brazilian Portuguese phrases: 

http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/portuguese_br.php

February 28, 2015
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 - How do you say...? <em>Como se diz...?</em> (<em>If you say "como você diz?" is more like "how do you particularly say it?", if you mean "how do people say...?" or "how does one say...?" is "Como se diz...?")
 </em>

- What does ... mean<em>? O que .... significa? ou O que significa ...?
</em><em>
- </em>Não entendi, pode repetir? <em>I didn't understand, can you repeat?</em>

<em>
- </em>Repete mais de vagar.<em> Repeat it more slowly.  

- </em>Não sei falar português muito bem. <em>I don't know how to speak Portuguese very well.</em>

- Falo (só) um pouco de português. <em> I speak (only) a little Portuguese.

- </em>Você fala inglês? <em>Do you speak English?
 </em>

- Pode me explicar? <em>Can you explain it to me? 
 </em>

Foi as que eu consegui pensar, se quiseres mais alguma é só me perguntar. :)

February 28, 2015
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Hi Patrick.

Here in Brazil, we used to say the word "coisa" for everything that we forget or don't know how is named. "Coisa" is a little bit like stuff in English. Brazilian uses this word constantly in their day-to-day. For sure, you will hear "coisa" in Brazil a lot.

For instance:

Eu esqueci minhas coisas no carro. "I forgot my stuff in the car."

Eu não gostei dessa coisa. I don't enjoy it.

You are welcome. I will be glad to hear from you other doubts. I hope you reach your goals.

All the best to you.

February 28, 2015
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How do you say ____? ----> Como é que se diz ____?

How do you say ____ in Portuguese? ----> Como é que se diz ____ em Português?

February 27, 2015
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How do you say... in portuguese? is:como você diz ... em português?

February 27, 2015