Basic Words and Phrases

Education Service for New Communities and Travellers Education Bradford Future House Bolling Road BRADFORD BD4 7EB T: 01274 385558 F: 01274 385695 E: newcommunities. [email protected] Basic words and phrases

For staff working with Portuguese children and young people

Pronunciation notes:

Vowels and consonants that are pronounced differently in Portuguese

English phonetic Portuguese Example transcription

O Ǒ as o in “NO”

O Ō as O in “NOT”

Hello olaj [ola]

Good Morning Bom dia [Bon de a]

How are you? Como esta? [cor-moo-shta?] Como estas? [cor-moo- shtash?]

I’m fine Estou bem. [shtō-beng ]

Good Bye Adeus. [ a-dey-ush]

Mr. …….. Senhor [seen-ynor] …………

Mrs. …….. Senhora [seenynora] ………..

What’s your name? Como te chamas? [cor-moo-tuh-shamash]

My name is ….. O meu nome e ...... [oo meh-oo nom e] ……

I am ……. Eu sou...... [eh-oo so] ……

You are……… Tu es...... [too esh] ………

Teacher Profesor [proo fesor] (male) Professora. [proo fesora] (female)

Praising a child:

Good/Well done Bom/Bem feito. [bowng]

Very nice Muito Bonito. [bun nee tō]

You are very clever. Es muito esperto, [esh mooing too eshpeartoo]

Thank you Obrigado. [obrigado]

Thanks Obrigado. [obrigado]

You are welcome De nada. [de-nar-da]

Sorry desculpa. [desh-culpa]

Yes Sim. [sing],

No Nao. [nowm Places in school:

Toilet Casa de banho. [karza de banyŏ]

Classroom Sala de aulas. [sarla de owlash]

Dining Hall Refeitorio. [ruh fehy toriŏ]

Office Escritorio. [esh-cree-toriŏ]

PE Educacao fisica. [eh doo ka sown physica]

PE kit . [oo-bor]

Dinner Almoco. [owl-more-soo]

Break time Recreio. [re-creh you]

Morning De manha. [duh manya]

Afternoon De tarde. [duh-tard]

Home Casa. [karza]

Now Agora. [agora]

Later Mais tarde. [mush tard]

We are going out Vamos sair. [va moosh sa eer]

We are going back Vamos voltar. [vamoose voltar]

Are you thirsty? Máš žízeň? [tain-sh-said?]

Have a drink. Bebe algo. [beb algo]

Short and simple orders:

Wait Espera. [esh pear a]

Stay here Fica aqui. [feeca akee]

Go Vai. [vie]

Right Direita. [dee-ray-ta]

Left Esquerda. [shkairda]

Straight on Directo. [dii-re-tu]

Come vem. [vaing] © Education Bradford 2008 3 Come here vem para aqui. [vain- para- akee]

Sit down Senta-te. [sent- ta- te]

Stand up Levanta. [luh- vanta]

Here is ….. Esta aqui...... [shta- akee] …….

This is …… Isto e...... [eeshtoo- eh] …..

Show me Mostra me. [moh shtra muh]

Repeat after me Repete . [ruh pet]

Read Le. [leh]

Read this for me Le para mi. [leh para mee]

Can you read this? Sabes ler? [sab uh sh lehr eesh to?]

Copy this Copia isto. [copee ya eesh too]

Write this down Escreve isto. [shcrev eeshtoo]

Write Escreve. [shcrev]

Question Pergunta. [per gunta]

Answer Resposta. [ruh-sh posh ta]

Sentence Frase. [fraz]

Full stop Ponto.[pont too]

Comma Virgula. [veer goola]

Capital letter Letra Maiuscula. [leh tra ma you sh coola]

Small letter Letra minuscula. [leh tra meen ush coo la]

Draw Desenha [de zenya]

Picture Retrato / fotografia [foo too graphee ya] Let’s count Vamos contar. [va moosh contar]

Count forward Conta para frente. [conta para frenteh]

Count back from No. Conta para tras... [conta para teash]

More Mais. [mush] © Education Bradford 2008 4 Less Menos. [meh noosh]

Less than Menor que. [munor cuh]

Least Menos. [me noosh]

Colour this in pinta isto. [peenta eesh too]

Do you understand? Entendes? [entendesh?]

Don’t do it! Nao facas isso! [nowm facas ess soo!]

Leave it Deixa isso! [day sha ee soo]

Put it back Devolve. [de volv]

I have ….. Eu tenho ……. [ayoo tenyou..….]

Do you have……? Tens? [tainsh]

Day Dia [dee ya]

Date Data [dar ta]

Today Hoje [ōje]

Yesterday Ontem [ong teng]

Tomorrow Amanha [ama neeya]

Homework Trabalho de casa [tra ba lee yŏ de caza]

Learn this at home Aprende isto em casa [aprend eesh too en caza]

Remember Lembrar [lehm bra]

When a child is not well:

Are you all right? Estas bem? [shtash doo ent?]

Are you feeling sick? Estar a sentir-te doente? [shtash a sen tee rte mal?]

We’ll phone your mum. Vamos ligar para tua mae. [ vamoosh leegar para tooa myng]

Hello [Bon dee ya]

This is the school calling. [Esta eh a eskola]

(name of child) (nome da crianca)

a) She is feeling very sick. a) [Ela esta a sentir se duente}

b) He is feeling very sick. b) ele esta a sentir-se doente]

(name) had an accident and got hurt. (nome) teve um pequeno acidente[ ayluh tev oong acident]

a) Can you come and pick her up? a) pode vir busca-la? [pawed-veer ka boosh kar la

b) Can you come and pick him up? b) pode vir busca-lo? [pawde-veer-ka boosh- kar-lo]

Thank you obrigado

See you soon ate logo [a-te-logoo]

Colours Cores [Kouh-resh]

© Education Bradford 2008 6 Red vermelho [ver meh leeoo]] Blue Azul [azool] Yellow Amarelo [amareloo] Orange Laranja [cour de la ranja] Green Verde [verduh] ] Pink cor de rosa [cour de rosa] Brown Castanho [cash tan you] Black Preto [cher-nah] White Branco [bee-lah] Numbers Numeros [noo-meh-roosh]

1 um [oom] 2 Dois [doysh] 3 Tres [traysh] 4 Quatro [quatroo] 5 Cinco [seenco] 6 Seis [saysh] 7 Sete [sette] 8 Oito [oytoo] 9 Nove [nov] 10 Dez [desh] 11 Onze [onze] 12 Doze [doz] 13 Treze [trayz] 14 Quatorze [quatorze] 15 Quinze [keenze] 16 Dezaseis [de za saysh] 17 Dezasete [deza sette] 18 Dezoito [deza-oytoo] 19 Dezanove [deza-nov] 20 Vinte [veen-te]

Monday segunda [segoonda] Tuesday Terca [tersa] Wednesday Quarta [qwar-ta] Thursday Quinta [keenta] Friday Sexta [saysh-ta] Saturday Sabado [sabadoo] Sunday Domingo [domingo] Week Semana [sema-na]

Months Meses [me-zesh]

January Janeiro [ja-nay-roo February Fevereiro [fuh vrau-roo] March Marco [mar-soo] April April [abril] May Maio [my-oo] June Junho [joo-new] July Julho [joo-lee-oo] August Agosto [a-gosh-too] September Setembro [se-tem-broo] October Outubro [ŏ-too-broo] November Novembro [noo-vem-broo] December Dezembro [duh-zembro]