Brazilian Nouns

Welcome to the third Brazilian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Brazilian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes batatas

tomatoes tomates

onions cebolas

carrots cenouras

fruits frutas

apples maçãs

bananas bananas

oranges laranjas

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Brazilian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] você tem leite?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] eu tenho leite e café
he has three apples [number + plural noun] ele tem três maçãs
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ela só tem uma maçã
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] nós moramos em uma pequena casa
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] eu gosto de nosso café da manhã

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread pão

milk leite

butter manteiga

cheese queijo

coffee café

sandwich sanduíche

meat carne

chicken frango

fish peixe

breakfast café da manhã

lunch almoço

dinner jantar

Conversation in Brazilian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Brazilian
Do you speak (English/ Brazilian)? você fala (inglês / português)?
Just a little só um pouco
I like Brazilian eu gosto de português
Can I practice with you? posso praticar com você?
How old are you? quantos anos você tem?
I'm thirty three years old eu tenho 33 anos
It was nice talking to you foi bom falar com você!

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