Portuguese · Real conversations
Repairing a conversation: Portuguese conversation practice
Check a meaning and leave with something you can use. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A learner asking a patient conversation partner for clarification.
Goal: Check a meaning and leave with something you can use.
Read the conversation
Partner
O nome é um pouco difícil de escrever.
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The name is a little difficult to spell.
You
Você poderia escrever isso?
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Could you write it down?
Partner
Claro. Esta palavra descreve uma ação habitual.
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Of course. This word describes a regular action.
You
Você poderia me dar um exemplo?
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Could you give me an example?
Partner
Por exemplo, nos encontramos no fim da semana de trabalho.
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For example, we meet at the end of the working week.
You
Você quer dizer sexta-feira?
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Do you mean Friday?
Partner
Sim, sexta-feira. Nos encontramos na frente da estação.
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Yes, Friday. We meet outside the station.
You
Deixa eu ver se entendi direito: a gente se encontra na sexta.
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Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Partner
Isso mesmo. Escreva a palavra para esse lugar nas suas anotações.
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That's right. Write the word for that place in your notes.
You
Essa é a palavra certa?
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Is this the right word?
Try your part first
Partner says: The name is a little difficult to spell. Your goal: Could you write it down?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia escrever isso?
Could you write it down?
Partner says: Of course. This word describes a regular action. Your goal: Could you give me an example?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia me dar um exemplo?
Could you give me an example?
Partner says: For example, we meet at the end of the working week. Your goal: Do you mean Friday?
Reveal a sample reply
Você quer dizer sexta-feira?
Do you mean Friday?
Partner says: Yes, Friday. We meet outside the station. Your goal: Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Reveal a sample reply
Deixa eu ver se entendi direito: a gente se encontra na sexta.
Let me check that I understood: we meet on Friday.
Partner says: That's right. Write the word for that place in your notes. Your goal: Is this the right word?
Reveal a sample reply
Essa é a palavra certa?
Is this the right word?
Make it your own
- Ask for an example about your own day.
- Check a second possible meaning.
- Ask the person to write a different word.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
