Portuguese · Real conversations
Local transport: Portuguese conversation practice
Find the right route and the right stop. 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 passenger checking directions with a local person.
Goal: Find the right route and the right stop.
Read the conversation
Partner
Esta rua vai na direção do museu.
Show English translation
This street leads toward the museum.
You
Estou indo pelo caminho certo?
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Am I going the right way?
Partner
Sim. Você pode pegar este ônibus em vez de caminhar.
Show English translation
Yes. You can take this bus instead.
You
Faltam quantas paradas?
Show English translation
How many stops are left?
Partner
Três paradas. Às vezes o ônibus passa direto se não há ninguém no ponto.
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Three stops. The bus sometimes skips an empty stop.
You
Você poderia me avisar quando eu tiver que descer?
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Could you tell me when to get off?
Partner
Claro. Você também pode ir a pé daqui.
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Of course. You could also walk from here.
You
Dá para ir a pé?
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Is it within walking distance?
Partner
São cerca de vinte minutos. Há uma estação perto do museu.
Show English translation
It's about twenty minutes. There's a station near the museum.
You
Este ônibus para na estação?
Show English translation
Does this bus stop at the station?
Try your part first
Partner says: This street leads toward the museum. Your goal: Am I going the right way?
Reveal a sample reply
Estou indo pelo caminho certo?
Am I going the right way?
Partner says: Yes. You can take this bus instead. Your goal: How many stops are left?
Reveal a sample reply
Faltam quantas paradas?
How many stops are left?
Partner says: Three stops. The bus sometimes skips an empty stop. Your goal: Could you tell me when to get off?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia me avisar quando eu tiver que descer?
Could you tell me when to get off?
Partner says: Of course. You could also walk from here. Your goal: Is it within walking distance?
Reveal a sample reply
Dá para ir a pé?
Is it within walking distance?
Partner says: It's about twenty minutes. There's a station near the museum. Your goal: Does this bus stop at the station?
Reveal a sample reply
Este ônibus para na estação?
Does this bus stop at the station?
Make it your own
- Travel on foot instead.
- Change the destination.
- Ask someone to point out the stop.
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.
