The Penguin Portuguese Phrasebook (The Penguin Phrasebook Library)

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This article is about Portuguese as spoken in Europe, Africa, and Asia. For Portuguese as spoken in Brazil, see Brazilian Portuguese phrasebook This section serves as a bridge between Wikivoyage's pseudo-phoneticization, IPA symbols, and the sounds specific to the Portuguese language as spoken in Portugal. This article should not be used for Brazilian Portuguese, but it will provide some guidance for other Portuguese-speaking countries. Good manners always make a positive impression. If you’re ever traveling to Brazil or Portugal, these terms will help prevent any cultural misunderstandings that might arise from basic etiquette: Portuguese For numbers 1,000,000,000 and above, European Portuguese uses the long scale (Brazilian Portuguese uses the short scale).

Grammar edit Portugal has some beautiful schools, but you can learn Portuguese right here on your own device. Gender edit Portuguese has definite and indefinite articles, with different forms according to the gender and number of the noun to which they refer: FluentU brings native videos within reach with interactive transcripts. You can tap on any word to look it up instantly. Every definition has examples that have been written to help you understand how the word is used. If you see an interesting word you don’t know, you can add it to a vocab list. Portuguese-speaking areas Distribution of Portuguese speakers by percentage in the four countries with most speakers. ( Outros = "Others") Concordo! ou Concordo plenamente! – I agree! or I totally agree! If, on the other hand, we don’t agree with what is being said, we can use the following phrases:

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The excitement of that sight prompts me to delve deeper into the Christian mystery that loves to hide within what is infinitely small. There’s no shame in asking for help when you need it. In fact, it’s all part of the learning experience. Twice I have gone to Greccio. The first time I went to learn about the place where St. Francis of Assisi invented the Nativity scene, something that also marked my childhood: in my parents’ house in Buenos Aires, this sign of Christmas always was put up, even before the tree.

It might feel unnatural, but haggling is the norm in many countries. Here’s how to let the vendor know you won’t budge from your budget: Portuguese and am ( UHN-duhnw, they walk), viag em ( vee-AH-zhehn, trip), ru im ( roo-EEN, bad), b om ( bohn, good), alg um ( ahl-GOON, singular male form of adjective "some") Triphtongs [ edit ] eia as 'ay' in "pay" plus 'a' in "far" [all pronounced together] uei as 'ay' in "way"

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The most important gender difference that travellers need to know is "thank you". Men say obrigad o, and women say obrigad a. ( Obrigado/a is an adjective which literally means "obliged".) Learning other adjective differences can also come in handy. "I am tired" is estou cansad o for men and estou cansad a for women. Most adjectives follow this pattern. If you’re planning a trip to Brazil or Portugal, or if you simply want to improve your conversational Portuguese, you’ll want to have this Portuguese phrasebook by your side!

In January 2016 I met the youth of Rieti at the very haven of the Infant Jesus, just above the Nativity shrine. I reminded them, and everyone today, that on Christmas night there are two signs that guide us in recognizing Jesus. One is the sky full of stars. There are many of those stars, an infinite number, but among them all a special star stands out, the one that prompted the Magi to leave their homes and begin a journey, a journey that would lead them where they did not know. It happens the same way in our lives: at a certain moment some special “star” invites us to make a decision, to make a choice, to begin a journey. We must forcefully ask God to show us that star that draws us toward something more than our habits, because that star will lead us to contemplate Jesus, that child who is born in Bethlehem and who wants our full happiness. 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:

Many vowel sounds do not have exact equivalents in English, so examples below are the best approximations. Plurals are formed by adding an "s". In most cases, it's just added at the end of the word with no further fuss. "The house" is a casa, and "the houses" is as casas. "The car" is o carro, and "the cars" is os carros. Note that "s" is added to both the article and the noun. On the tombstone of St. Ignatius of Loyola, it is written, "Non coerceri a maximo, sed contineri a minimo, divinum est" (Not to be limited by the greatest, and yet to be contained in the tiniest—this is the divine). In short, one should not be frightened of the big things; one should go forward and take into account the smaller things.