Portuguese · Real conversations
Study: Portuguese conversation practice
Follow a lesson and ask for useful study help. 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 student speaking with a teacher or classmate.
Goal: Follow a lesson and ask for useful study help.
Read the conversation
Partner
Abram os livros, por favor.
Show English translation
Open your books, please.
You
Em que página estamos?
Show English translation
Which page are we on?
Partner
Página vinte. A nova tarefa está explicada lá.
Show English translation
Page twenty. The new assignment is explained there.
You
Quando é a entrega do trabalho?
Show English translation
When is the assignment due?
Partner
É para entregar na segunda-feira. Você tentou a primeira pergunta?
Show English translation
It's due on Monday. Have you tried the first question?
You
Você poderia conferir minha resposta?
Show English translation
Could you check my answer?
Partner
Sim, traga aqui. Você fez o resto?
Show English translation
Yes, bring it over. Have you done the rest?
You
Ainda não terminei.
Show English translation
I haven't finished yet.
Partner
Tudo bem. Você pode discutir o exercício com um colega de classe.
Show English translation
That's okay. You can discuss the exercise with a classmate.
You
Podemos trabalhar juntos?
Show English translation
Can we work together?
Try your part first
Partner says: Open your books, please. Your goal: Which page are we on?
Reveal a sample reply
Em que página estamos?
Which page are we on?
Partner says: Page twenty. The new assignment is explained there. Your goal: When is the assignment due?
Reveal a sample reply
Quando é a entrega do trabalho?
When is the assignment due?
Partner says: It's due on Monday. Have you tried the first question? Your goal: Could you check my answer?
Reveal a sample reply
Você poderia conferir minha resposta?
Could you check my answer?
Partner says: Yes, bring it over. Have you done the rest? Your goal: I haven't finished yet.
Reveal a sample reply
Ainda não terminei.
I haven't finished yet.
Partner says: That's okay. You can discuss the exercise with a classmate. Your goal: Can we work together?
Reveal a sample reply
Podemos trabalhar juntos?
Can we work together?
Make it your own
- Ask about a different assignment.
- Work with a different partner.
- Explain which part is unfinished.
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.
