Portuguese · Real conversations
Making plans: Portuguese conversation practice
Agree on a place, a time, and who is coming. 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 friend arranging a relaxed meetup.
Goal: Agree on a place, a time, and who is coming.
Read the conversation
Partner
Vamos sair neste fim de semana.
Show English translation
Let's go out this weekend.
You
Você está livre no sábado?
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Are you free on Saturday?
Partner
Sim, estou livre no sábado. Você vai com amigos?
Show English translation
Yes, Saturday is free. Are you going with friends?
You
Você quer vir com a gente?
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Would you like to join us?
Partner
Eu adoraria. Ainda não decidi aonde ir.
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I'd love to. I haven't decided where to go.
You
Onde a gente se encontra?
Show English translation
Where shall we meet?
Partner
Vamos nos encontrar perto da estação. Que horário fica bom para você?
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Let's meet by the station. What time suits you?
You
Às cinco funciona para você?
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Does five o'clock work for you?
Partner
Às cinco está ótimo. Mando uma mensagem se mudar alguma coisa.
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Five is perfect. I'll message you if anything changes.
You
Vamos manter contato.
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Let's keep in touch.
Try your part first
Partner says: Let's go out this weekend. Your goal: Are you free on Saturday?
Reveal a sample reply
Você está livre no sábado?
Are you free on Saturday?
Partner says: Yes, Saturday is free. Are you going with friends? Your goal: Would you like to join us?
Reveal a sample reply
Você quer vir com a gente?
Would you like to join us?
Partner says: I'd love to. I haven't decided where to go. Your goal: Where shall we meet?
Reveal a sample reply
Onde a gente se encontra?
Where shall we meet?
Partner says: Let's meet by the station. What time suits you? Your goal: Does five o'clock work for you?
Reveal a sample reply
Às cinco funciona para você?
Does five o'clock work for you?
Partner says: Five is perfect. I'll message you if anything changes. Your goal: Let's keep in touch.
Reveal a sample reply
Vamos manter contato.
Let's keep in touch.
Make it your own
- Choose a different day.
- Invite one more person.
- Suggest a place closer to home.
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.
