LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #2
Portuguese Greetings Can Go a Long Way
for You Too!

CONTENTS

Dialogue - Portuguese
Main
English
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Vocabulary phrase usage
Grammar
Cultural insight

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DIALOGUE - PORTUGUESE
MAIN

1. (Formal)

2. Michael : Como vai?

3. Naiara : Vou bem. E você, como vai?

4. Michael : Também.

5. Naiara : Que bom!

6. (Informal)

7. Michael : Como tá?

8. Naiara : Tô bem. E você?

9. Michael : Também.

10. Naiara : Que bom!

ENGLISH

1. (Formal)

2. Michael : How are you?

3. Naiara : I'm well. And you, how are you?

4. Michael : I am also well.

5. Naiara : That's great!

6. (Informal)

7. Michael : How ya doin'?

8. Naiara : I'm good. You?

9. Michael : Me too.

10. Naiara : Oh, good!

VOCABULARY

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Portuguese English Class Gender

também also, too, either adverb

você (Brazilian) you pronoun

bom (Brazilian) good adjective masculine

vai go verb

como (Brazilian) how adverb

bem (Brazilian) well adjective masculine

tudo (Brazilian) everything noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Eu também não sei a resposta. Você também?

"I don't know the answer either." "You too?"

Você é meu melhor amigo. De onde você é?

"You are my best friend." "Where are you from?"

Hum, que comida boa! Bom dia à todos!

"Hmm, what a good food!" "Good morning everyone."

Bom dia! Que bom!

"Good morning!" "That's great!"

Como vai? Como se diz...

"How are you?" how do you say…

Como se usa isto? Me explica como usar o controle remoto.

How do you use this? "Explain to me how to use the remote control."

Como vai? Como se diz "computer" em português?

"How are you?" "How do you say 'computer' in Portuguese?"

Ela canta bem. Tudo Bem.

"She sings well." "I'm fine."

Ele bebeu tudo. Tudo bem?

"He drank everything." "How are you?"

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

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Como vai? is the formal way to ask how someone is doing in Portuguese. It literally translates to "How
goes?" but it means "How are you?" The "you" is inferred because of the context. You almost always use
Como vai the first time you meet someone. If you've met them before, you can say Como está? This also
means "How are you?" but is less formal than Como vai? Native Brazilians often shorten Como está? to
Como tá? This is a very casual way to speak and probably not appropriate for the workplace, but among
friends and family, it's very normal.

GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson is the Word Também
Também.
"I am also well." / "Me, too!"

Também is the Portuguese word for "also" or "too," and for the most part, we use it in the same ways as
English. We can also use it like Você também? which translates to "You too?" or Eu também estou
cansado, which is "I also am tired." Always remember that the accent mark on the -e (é) means that
syllable is the tonic syllable.

Também often has additional or inferred meaning. In English, we would say "Me too," which in
Portuguese is Eu também. In the dialogue, Michael responded to Naiara with just Também. This is
because of the context. Naiara directed the question at Michael, and therefore, the "me" is unnecessary.

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Greeting in Portuguese

It is important to ask a Brazilian how they are doing. It's part of the etiquette to inquire about them
straight away. Tudo bem is great because it serves as both a greeting like "Hi," or "Hello" and is kindly
asking about how someone is doing.

After greeting you with Tudo bem, many Brazilians will then ask you Como vai? Tudo bem is more of a
general inquiry about your life and how things are going. Como vai? on the other hand, is more specific.
"How are YOU doing?"

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