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Household (a casa)

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English	Images	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
the door		a porta	/ɐ ˈpoɾ.tɐ/
a room		uma sala/un cômodo	/ˈu.mɐ ˈsa.ɫɐ/
a bedroom		um quarto	/ˈũ ˈkwaɾ.tu/
the basement		o porão	/u pu.ˈɾɐ̃w/
the kitchen		a cozinha	/ɐ ku.ˈzi.ɲɐ/
the window		a janela	/ɐ ʒɐ.ˈne.ɫɐ/
a house		uma casa	/ˈu.mɐ ˈka.zɐ/
a bed		uma cama	/ˈu.mɐ ˈkɐ.mɐ/
a table		uma mesa	/ˈu.mɐ ˈme.zɐ/
a chair		uma cadeira	/ˈu.mɐ kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
a cup		uma xícara	/ˈu.mɐ ˈʃi.kɐ.ɾɐ/
a knife		uma faca	/ˈu.mɐ ˈfa.kɐ/
a fork		um garfo	/ˈũ ˈgaɾ.fu/
a plate		um prato	/ˈũ ˈpɾa.tu/
a glass		um copo	/ˈũ ˈko.pu/
a spoon		uma colher	/u.mɐ ku.ˈʎeɾ/
the stairs		as escadas	/ɐz ʃ.ˈka.dɐʃ/
the floor (ground)		o chão	/u ˈʃɐ̃w/
a floor (of a building)		um andar	/ˈũ ɐ̃.ˈdaɾ/
the ceiling		o teto	/u ˈte.tu/
the roof		o telhado	/u tɨ.ˈʎa.du/
the shower		o chuveiro	/u ʃu.ˈvɐj.ɾu/
the airconditioning		o ar condicionado	/u ˈaɾ kõ.dɨ.si.u.ˈna.du/
a bottle		uma garrafa	/ˈu.mɐ ga.ˈʁa.fɐ/
the bathroom		a casa de banho	/ɐ ˈka.zɐ dɨ ˈbɐ.ɲu/
the living room		a sala de estar	/ɐ ˈsa.ɫɐ dɨ ʃ.ˈtaɾ/
a towel		uma toalha	/ˈu.mɐ tu.ˈa.ʎɐ/
the garden		o jardim	/u ʒaɾ.ˈdĩ/
the sofa		o sofá	u su.ˈfa

Helpful verbs

precisar de ("need"), ficar ("be located"), subir ("to go up"), sentar-se ("to sit down")

precisar de

Eu preciso de uma faca = "I need a knife"

ficar

O chuveiro fica no porão = "The shower is in the basement"

subir

Tem que subir para o segundo andar = "You have to go up to the second floor"

sentar-se

Vou sentar-me na cadeira = "I'm going to sit down on the chair"

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Grammar Point: object pronouns

Object pronouns (e.g.: "me", "it", "him", etc. in English) come AFTER the verb in Portuguese. For example, "I saw her yesterday" = Eu vi-a ontem; "She told me" = Ela disse-me. However, before negatives and common adverbs (including WH words), the pronoun comes first, e.g.: "You never let me do anything" = Nunca me dexias fazer nada; "Who did this to you?" = Quem te fez isto; "What's your name?" = Como se chama?. Consult our Grammar Guide to learn more about direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns and the order of pronouns.