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Sharing a home: Portuguese conversation practice

Share chores, supplies, and a household cost. 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 housemate planning the week.

Goal: Share chores, supplies, and a household cost.

Read the conversation

Partner
Precisamos dividir as tarefas de hoje à noite.
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We need to sort out tonight's chores.
You
De quem é a vez de lavar a louça?
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Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
Partner
É a minha vez. Há pratos limpos na mesa.
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It's my turn. There are clean plates on the table.
You
Você poderia guardar os pratos?
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Could you put the plates away?
Partner
Sim, depois de lavar a louça. Do que mais precisamos?
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Yes, after washing up. What else do we need?
You
O leite está acabando.
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We're running out of milk.
Partner
Vou pôr leite na lista. Alguém também precisa comprar detergente.
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I'll add milk to the list. Someone also needs to buy washing-up liquid.
You
Eu cuido disso.
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I'll take care of it.
Partner
Obrigado / obrigada. As compras vão custar um pouco para nós dois.
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Thanks. The shopping will cost us both a bit.
You
Podemos dividir o custo?
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Can we share the cost?

Try your part first

Partner says: We need to sort out tonight's chores. Your goal: Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
Reveal a sample reply
De quem é a vez de lavar a louça?
Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
Partner says: It's my turn. There are clean plates on the table. Your goal: Could you put the plates away?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia guardar os pratos?
Could you put the plates away?
Partner says: Yes, after washing up. What else do we need? Your goal: We're running out of milk.
Reveal a sample reply
O leite está acabando.
We're running out of milk.
Partner says: I'll add milk to the list. Someone also needs to buy washing-up liquid. Your goal: I'll take care of it.
Reveal a sample reply
Eu cuido disso.
I'll take care of it.
Partner says: Thanks. The shopping will cost us both a bit. Your goal: Can we share the cost?
Reveal a sample reply
Podemos dividir o custo?
Can we share the cost?

Make it your own

Swap the chore.
Replace a different household supply.
Agree to split another cost.

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.