Portuguese · Real conversations
Markets and groceries: Portuguese conversation practice
Buy a quantity and ask about a product. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A1 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A shopper at a produce stall.
Goal: Buy a quantity and ask about a product.
Read the conversation
Partner
Bom dia. O que você gostaria de comprar?
Show English translation
Good morning. What would you like?
You
Meio quilo de tomate, por favor.
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Half a kilo of tomatoes, please.
Partner
Aqui está. Este melão está saindo bastante hoje.
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Here you are. This melon is popular today.
You
Isso está maduro?
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Is this ripe?
Partner
Sim, está pronto para comer. Também temos pão fresco.
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Yes, it's ready to eat. We also have fresh bread.
You
Quando isso foi feito?
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When was this made?
Partner
O pão foi feito hoje de manhã. Você também procura verduras?
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The bread was made this morning. Are you looking for vegetables too?
You
Você tem algum produto cultivado aqui na região?
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Do you have anything locally grown?
Partner
Sim, estas cenouras são de uma fazenda próxima. Posso colocar tudo na sacola?
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Yes, these carrots are from a nearby farm. Shall I bag everything?
You
Você poderia colocar em sacolas separadas?
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Could you put these in separate bags?
Try your part first
Partner says: Good morning. What would you like? Your goal: Half a kilo of tomatoes, please.
Reveal a sample reply
Meio quilo de tomate, por favor.
Half a kilo of tomatoes, please.
Partner says: Here you are. This melon is popular today. Your goal: Is this ripe?
Reveal a sample reply
Isso está maduro?
Is this ripe?
Partner says: Yes, it's ready to eat. We also have fresh bread. Your goal: When was this made?
Reveal a sample reply
Quando isso foi feito?
When was this made?
Partner says: The bread was made this morning. Are you looking for vegetables too? Your goal: Do you have anything locally grown?
Reveal a sample reply
Você tem algum produto cultivado aqui na região?
Do you have anything locally grown?
Partner says: Yes, these carrots are from a nearby farm. Shall I bag everything? Your goal: Could you put these in separate bags?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia colocar em sacolas separadas?
Could you put these in separate bags?
Make it your own
- Choose another fruit.
- Change the quantity.
- Bring your own bag.
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.
