Portuguese · Real conversations
Visiting family: Portuguese conversation practice
Thank a host and take part in a family visit. 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 guest visiting a friend's or partner's family.
Goal: Thank a host and take part in a family visit.
Read the conversation
Partner
Bem-vindo / bem-vinda! Entre e fique à vontade.
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Welcome! Come in and make yourself at home.
You
Obrigado / obrigada pelo convite.
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Thank you for having me.
Partner
É bom ter você aqui. Estou arrumando a mesa.
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It's lovely to have you. I'm just setting the table.
You
Posso ajudar com alguma coisa?
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Can I help with anything?
Partner
Obrigado / obrigada, a mesa está pronta. Faz tempo que não falamos das nossas famílias.
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Thanks, the table is ready now. We haven't talked about our families in a while.
You
Como está todo mundo em casa?
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How is everyone at home?
Partner
Todos estão bem. Meus pais estão viajando esta semana.
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Everyone is well. My parents are away this week.
You
Mande lembranças aos seus pais.
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Please give my regards to your parents.
Partner
Pode deixar. A Anna e eu nos conhecemos há anos.
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I will. Anna and I have known each other for years.
You
Há quanto tempo vocês se conhecem?
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How long have you known each other?
Try your part first
Partner says: Welcome! Come in and make yourself at home. Your goal: Thank you for having me.
Reveal a sample reply
Obrigado / obrigada pelo convite.
Thank you for having me.
Partner says: It's lovely to have you. I'm just setting the table. Your goal: Can I help with anything?
Reveal a sample reply
Posso ajudar com alguma coisa?
Can I help with anything?
Partner says: Thanks, the table is ready now. We haven't talked about our families in a while. Your goal: How is everyone at home?
Reveal a sample reply
Como está todo mundo em casa?
How is everyone at home?
Partner says: Everyone is well. My parents are away this week. Your goal: Please give my regards to your parents.
Reveal a sample reply
Mande lembranças aos seus pais.
Please give my regards to your parents.
Partner says: I will. Anna and I have known each other for years. Your goal: How long have you known each other?
Reveal a sample reply
Há quanto tempo vocês se conhecem?
How long have you known each other?
Make it your own
- Ask about a different relative.
- Offer to help set the table.
- Give regards to someone who is away.
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.
