Daily Life

Your day in Portuguese

This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. Portuguese uses the Latin alphabet, so you can read it already. Remember that every noun has a gender, shown by its article (o = masculine, a = feminine).

Times of day

The parts of the day (with their articles): - o dia = day - a manhã = morning - a tarde = afternoon - a noite = night

Match each word to its meaning

Everyday activities

Some common things you do each day (in the "to do" form): - comer = to eat - beber = to drink (for example, beber água, to drink water) - dormir = to sleep - ir = to go

Match each verb to its meaning

Spot the verb

Which verb means "to eat"?

• comer
• beber
• dormir
• ir

At the café and the market

When you describe a meal out or a trip to the market in Portuguese, start with what you can see. All of these words are on the Edexcel vocabulary list. At the café table: o café coffee, a água water, o bolo cake, o pão bread. On the market stall: a maçã apple, a banana banana, o tomate tomato. And four more you will need: o ovo egg, o leite milk, o peixe fish, o queijo cheese.

Places

Two places that fill a day: - a escola = school - a casa = house / home So ir à escola means "to go to school".

Spot the word

Which word means "school"?

• a escola
• a casa
• a manhã
• o dia

Name the food in Portuguese

Choose the Portuguese word for the food in each picture.

• o ovo
• o leite
• o peixe
• o queijo
• o pão
• a maçã

Actions, not things

Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).

• comer
• beber
• dormir
• a manhã
• a escola
• o dia

Label the café and the market in Portuguese

Tap a Portuguese word, then tap the pin for what it names in the picture.

A day in order

Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.

• a manhã - morning
• ir à escola - go to school
• comer - eat
• dormir - sleep

Gender and the tilde

Every Portuguese noun is masculine (with o) or feminine (with a): o dia, a noite. The mark ~ (a tilde) over a vowel makes it nasal, as in manhã (morning) and mãe (mother). It is part of the spelling, so never leave it off.

Portuguese builds the sentence its own way

The routine words become sentences with gosto (I like) and estou (I am). Portuguese follows gostar with de, which English does not do at all:

gostar always takes de before what you like

gostar always takes de before what you like. Which of these says "I like eating in the morning"?

• Gosto de comer de manhã
• Gosto comer de manhã
• Sou de comer de manhã
• Estou em casa à noite

Describe a day

Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.

• To talk about the morning, which word?
• To say to go (to school), which verb?
• To say to sleep at night, which verb?

The right word

Complete in Portuguese: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.

Daily life summary

Portuguese nouns have a gender: o dia is _____ and a noite is _____. A tilde makes a vowel _____, as in manhã. To say to eat, you use _____.