LinguaWhat you can already do
You can now tell someone about your day from the alarm clock to bedtime, say how often you do things, talk about housework and the weekend, and use the most frequent irregular verbs. Almost all of them are irregular only in the eu form – the table below lists them side by side with the você form.
| Verb | I (eu) | you, he, she (você, ele, ela) |
|---|---|---|
| fazer | faço | faz |
| poder | posso | pode |
| dizer | digo | diz |
| trazer | trago | traz |
| ver | vejo | vê |
| ler | leio | lê |
| dar | dou | dá |
| pôr | ponho | põe |
| sair | saio | sai |
| dormir | durmo | dorme |
| ouvir | ouço | ouve |
Durante a semana eu saio cedo, mas no sábado durmo até tarde.During the week I leave early, but on Saturday I sleep in.
A weekday and a weekend
The routine verbs are mostly regular: acordo, levanto (or me levanto, both right), tomo banho, tomo café, chego em casa, janto. Put them in order with primeiro, depois, então, and say how often with geralmente, sempre, às vezes, nunca. For housework, lavar is with water, limpar is cleaning in general, arrumar is tidying, and fazer compras is shopping. At the weekend people saem, passeiam, descansam and veem série.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| fazer | to do, to make | O que vocês fazem no domingo? What do you do on Sunday? |
| poder | can, to be able to; may | Posso usar o seu celular? Can I use your phone? |
| sair | to go out, to leave | A gente sai do cinema às dez. We leave the cinema at ten. |
| dormir | to sleep | Meus avós dormem depois do almoço. My grandparents sleep after lunch. |
| acordar | to wake up | No domingo ninguém acorda cedo. On Sunday nobody wakes up early. |
| tomar banho | to take a shower, to have a bath | Eu tomo banho de manhã e à noite. I shower in the morning and at night. |
| geralmente | usually, generally | Geralmente o metrô está lotado às oito. The metro is usually packed at eight. |
| lavar | to wash | Quem lava a roupa na sua casa? Who does the laundry in your house? |
| arrumar | to tidy (up), to put in order | Os meninos arrumam o quarto no sábado. The boys tidy their room on Saturday. |
| o fim de semana | weekend | Este fim de semana vamos visitar a tia Rosa. This weekend we’re going to visit Aunt Rosa. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which is the eu form of trazer?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.