Portuguese basic words game
The scaffolding rather than the vocabulary: eu, você, o senhor, ele, ela, nós, eles, then e, ou, mas, também, com, sem, and the place words aqui, ali and agora. Você is the you that Brazil actually uses.
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Thirty-two words, all seven games. This is the set worth returning to, because these words turn up in every Portuguese sentence you will hear rather than only in ones about their own topic.
The 32 words you will practise
| Portuguese | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| sim | yes | seeng |
| não | no, not | nowng |
| por favor | please | poor fah-VOR |
| obrigado | thank you | oh-bree-GAH-doo |
| de nada | you're welcome | jee NAH-dah |
| talvez | maybe | tahl-VEHS |
| bom | good | bohng |
| ruim | bad | hoo-EENG |
| muito | very, a lot | MOOY-too |
| um pouco | a little | oong POH-koo |
| eu | I | eh-oo |
| você | you (covers formal and informal in brazil) | voh-SEH |
| o senhor | you (standard) | oo seh-NYOR |
| ele | he | EH-lee |
| ela | she | EH-lah |
| nós | we | nawss |
| eles | they | EH-leesh |
| e | and | ee |
| ou | or | oh |
| mas | but | myss |
| também | also | tam-BANG |
| com | with | kohng |
| sem | without | sang |
| aqui | here | ah-KEE |
| ali | there | ah-LEE |
| agora | now | ah-GOH-rah |
| a água | water | ah AH-gwah |
| a comida | food | ah koh-MEE-dah |
| a casa | house | ah KAH-zah |
| o amigo | friend | oo ah-MEE-goo |
| grande | big | GRAN-jee |
| pequeno | small | peh-KEH-noo |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Portuguese basic words lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
Você or tu?
Você, almost everywhere in Brazil. Tu survives in the south and the northeast but takes different verb endings, which is why it is not in this set. O senhor and a senhora are the formal step up, for someone much older or in a position of authority.
Why is there a tilde on não?
It nasalises the vowel, and it is not optional. Portuguese uses the tilde far more than Spanish does, and the same mark turns pao into pão and mae into mãe. Leaving it off changes the word rather than just the spelling.
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