Notes
Misc
- O teu dia foi bom?- How was your day? (Your day was good?)
- Bruno Jorge
- Portuguese people usually have at least four names
- Women keep their maiden names
- Faltam (fal-tao nasalated)
- Portuguese “t” is softer, without aspiration
Number
- cento e quatorze/catorze- 114
- duzentos- 200
- trezentos- 300
- loja dos trezentos- shop of (the) 300
- quatrocentos- 400
- quinhentos - 500
- 5 numbers go c-q-c-q (cinco, quinze, cinquenta, quinhentos)
- seiscentos (sie-shentoosh)- 600
- setecentos- 700
- oitocentos- 800
- novecentos- 900
- mil (meel)- 1,000
- dois mil- 2,000
- dois mil e vinte e dois- 2022
- Estamos no ano dois mil e vinte e dois. - It’s the year 2022. (We are in the year 2022.)
- “and” between hundreds/tens and tens/ones. Not between thousands and hundreds
- nove mil novecentos e noventa e nove- 9,999
- Eu nasci no ano de- I was born in the year of…
- No concept of “nineteen eighty three” or “fifteen hundred”
- In Portugal, comma for fractional numbers and dot for thousands
- More common to use space to separate thousands (only when 5 digits)
- dez mil- 10 000
- duzentos mil- 200 000
- novecentos e noventa e nove mil novecentos e noventa e nove- 999,999
- um milhão- 1 000 000
Months
- Months are written with lower case letters
For next time
- Bruno will ask “Que dia é hoje?” (What day is it today?)