🇵🇹 Portuguese
Português • Latin
Start here: build sentences (word order + core patterns)
Learn the default word order and memorize a handful of high‑frequency sentence patterns.
Default word order
Portuguese is mostly SVO. Pronoun placement varies (especially in European Portuguese).
- Start with short sentences and keep the pattern consistent.
- Copy a native pattern, then swap one word at a time.
Core sentences to memorize
These are extremely reusable. Read them aloud, then change one word (water → coffee, bathroom → station…).
Estou aqui.
I am here.
Quero água.
I want water.
Não entendo.
I don't understand.
Fala inglês?
Do you speak English?
Onde fica a casa de banho?
Where is the bathroom? (Portugal)
Este é o meu amigo.
This is my friend.
Drills
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I want water.
Your sentence
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Where is the bathroom? (Portugal)
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Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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