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Vocabulary

Portuguese Café & Food Culture

Café & Pastelaria

  • galãomilky coffee in a glass
  • meia de leitewhite coffee in a cup
  • pastel de natacustard tart
Grammar

Ser, Estar or Ficar?

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Onde fica a estação de comboios?
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Besides ser and estar, Portuguese often uses ficar where English says to be. - Where places are: for cities, countries and buildings the usual verb is ficar, and ser is also common: Onde fica a estação? O Porto fica no norte. For buildings you will also hear estar. People and objects that can move take only estar: O telemóvel está no sofá. For where an event takes place, use ser: O jantar é em casa dos avós. - Becoming: ficar + adjective describes a change: Ela ficou contente (she was pleased), O avô está a ficar surdo (is going deaf). - Staying: Hoje fico em casa. Fica aqui! - Suiting: Esse vestido fica-te bem (that dress suits you). Forms: fico, ficas, fica, ficamos, ficam; past fiquei, ficou, ficaram.
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Browse all grammar lessons (57)

Ser & Estar · 2 lessons

Ser & Estar
Ser, Estar or Ficar?

Negation · 1 lessons

Negation

Future & Conditional · 3 lessons

Vou Fazer: Ir + Infinitive
Simple Future
Condicional: Faria, Gostaria, Poderia

Articles, Gender & Demonstratives · 6 lessons

Um or Uma, Dois or Duas
O or A? Tricky Genders
Este, Esse, Aquele & Isto, Isso, Aquilo
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles
Articles with Names, Countries & Possessives

Object Pronouns & Their Position · 6 lessons

Reflexive Verbs: Chamo-me
O, A, Os, As: Direct Objects
Lhe or O? Indirect Objects
Não o Vejo: Before or After the Verb?
Comprá-lo, Fá-lo, Dão-no: Sound Changes
Mo, Lho & Dir-te-ei

Prepositions · 5 lessons

Ao, À, No, Do, Pelo, Neste: Contractions
Simple Prepositions
Há, Desde, Daqui a: Time Expressions
Por or Para?
Verbs + Preposition

Plurals, Agreement & Comparison · 5 lessons

Plurals: Pães, Aviões, Hotéis
Adjective Agreement
Mais Do Que, Melhor, Maior
Todo, Todos, Tudo & Nenhum
Job Titles

Possessive Pronouns · 2 lessons

Singular and Plural
Dele, Dela or Seu?

Conjugation of Verbs · 4 lessons

Tu, Você & O Senhor
Tem or Têm? Accents That Change the Verb
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs

Questions, Relative Clauses & the Passive · 3 lessons

Onde É Que…? Questions & Porque/Porquê
Que, Quem, Onde, O Que: Relative Pronouns
Vende-se & Foi Construída: Se and the Passive

Estar a & Verb Phrases · 2 lessons

Present Continuous
Acabar de, Deixar de, Voltar a

Verb Choices: Saber, Ir, Levar, Ter de · 3 lessons

Saber, Conhecer, Poder or Conseguir?
Ter de, Dever or Precisar de?
Ir or Vir, Levar or Trazer?

Pretérito Imperfeito · 4 lessons

Imperfeito: Regular Verbs
Era, Tinha, Vinha, Punha & Polite Queria
Perfeito or Imperfeito?
Tinha Feito & Irregular Participles

Pretérito Perfeito · 3 lessons

Regular Verbs
Tenho Feito: Pretérito Perfeito Composto
Irregular Verbs

Imperative · 2 lessons

Tu Commands: Fala! Não Fales!
Formal Commands: Siga! Desculpe! Sente-se!

The Subjunctive (Conjuntivo) · 6 lessons

Present Subjunctive: Regular Verbs
Irregular Subjunctive: Seja, Esteja, Tenha, Vá, Faça
Acho Que or Não Acho Que? Indicative vs Subjunctive
Quando Puderes: Future Subjunctive
Se Eu Tivesse: Past Subjunctive
Para Veres: Personal Infinitive
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