Portuguese Nouns
Welcome to the third Portuguese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Portuguese 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 | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | tem leite?tens 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 numa pequena casa |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | eu gosto do nosso pequeno almoço |
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 pequeno almoço | lunch almoço | dinner jantar |
Conversation in Portuguese
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 | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Portuguese)? | fala (inglês / português)?falas (inglês / português)? |
| Just a little | só um pouco |
| I like Portuguese | eu gosto de português |
| Can I practice with you? | posso praticar com você?/posso praticar contigo? |
| How old are you? | quantos anos você tem?quantos anos tens? |
| I'm thirty three years old | eu tenho 33 anos |
| It was nice talking to you | foi bom falar consigo!foi bom falar contigo! |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Portuguese. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Portuguese Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |