Questions

Notes

Estou constipado.- I have the flu
- constipação
obstipação- constipation
Os Lusíadas- Most important work in Portuguese literature
Every time you go out, ask a person to teach you how to say something.
Como se diz- How to say
- electricity- eletricidade
- context of the interaction can help with retention
lanche- snack (at particular times of day; 11am and 5 or 6pm)
- lanche da tarde
- lanche da manha
- lanchar- to have lanche
Estou com frio.- I am (with) cold
Estou com calor.- I am (with) hot
Estou com fome.- I am (with) hunger
Estou com sede.- I am (with) thirst
sedento- thirsty (used mostly metaphorically)
esfomeado/ faminto- Hungry
- These are not used frequently because they are long
Tu és um bom professor.- You are a good teacher.
Que horas são?- What time is it? (What are the hours?)
- São 12 horas e 54 minutos
- São 12 horas e 54.
- São 12 e 54. (spoken; too short for written)
- Use “É” for 1
- É meio-dia.- Mid-day
- É meia-noite.- Midnight