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Greetings

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Description

Greetings (as saudações)

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English	Portuguese	IPA	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
hello	ola/bom dia	/o.ɫɐ/bõ ˈdi.ɐ/
good-bye	adeus	/ɐ.ˈdewʃ/
Please	por favor	/puɾ fɐ.ˈvoɾ/
Thank you	obrigado/a	/o.bɾi.ˈga.du/
You're welcome	bem-vindo	/bɐ̃j-ˈvĩ.du/
My name is Terry	O meu nome é Terry	/u ˈmew ˈno.mɨ ˈɛ tɨ.ˈʁi/
What is your name?	Como te chamas?	/ˈko.mu tɨ ˈʃɐ.mɐʃ/	?
Nice to meet you	Prazer em conhecer-te.	/pɾɐ.ˈzeɾ ɐ̃j ku.ɲɨ.ˈseɾ-tɨ/
Let me introduce you to my mother	Deixe-me apresentar-lhe a minha mãe	/ˈdɐj.ʃɨ-mɨ ɐ.pɾɨ.zẽ.ˈtaɾ-ʎɨ ɐ ˈmi.ɲɐ ˈmɐ̃j/
Please speak slowly	Por favor fale devagar	/puɾ fɐ.ˈvoɾ ˈfa.ɫɨ dɨ.vɐ.ˈgaɾ/
See you next time	Até mais	/ɐ.ˈtɛ ˈmajʃ/

Helpful verbs and pronouns

apresentar ("to introduce"), encontrarse com ("to meet"); usted ("you"), mi ("my")

presentar

Quero apresentar-vos o meu namorado. = "I want to introduce you to my boyfriend"

encontrar-se com

Encontrei-me com a irmã dela = "I met your sister".

You can find more information about pronouns here. You can use the SpanishChecker Grammar Guide to test your knowledge on a wide variety of verbs and nouns.