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Parents' meeting at the nursery: what to say in Portuguese
A parents' meeting at nursery: the teacher explains the rules and news.
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How it's done. At the meeting you can ask for a presentation or a short summary by email - it makes it easier to understand at home.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Boa tarde a todos. Vamos começar. Este ano vamos fazer uma visita ao jardim zoológico.BOH-uh tahrd uh TOH-doosh. VAH-moosh koo-mih-SAHR. Esht AH-noo VAH-moosh fuh-ZEHR OO-muh vee-ZEE-tuh ow zhuhr-DEEN zoo-LOH-zhee-koo.
Good afternoon, everyone. Let's begin. This year we're going on a visit to the zoo.
They might also say:
Este ano vamos fazer uma visita ao jardim zoológico.
Esht AH-noo VAH-moosh fuh-ZEHR OO-muh vee-ZEE-tuh ow zhuhr-DEEN zoo-LOH-zhee-koo.
This year we're going on a visit to the zoo.
YOU REPLY
Desculpe, pode repetir a parte da visita?
Dish-KOOLP, pod rih-pih-TEER uh pahrt duh vee-ZEE-tuh?
Sorry, can you repeat the part about the trip?
THEY SAY
É no dia doze, custa cinco euros.Eh noo DEE-uh doz, KOOSH-tuh SEEN-koo EH-oo-roosh.
It's on the twelfth, it costs five euros.
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YOU REPLY
Pode enviar um resumo por e-mail?
Pod ayn-vee-AHR oon rih-ZOO-moo poor ee-mayl?
Can you send a summary by email?
THEY SAY
Claro, envio a todos.KLAH-roo, ayn-VEE-oo uh TOH-doosh.
Of course, I'll send it to everyone.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you!
Or say:Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Boa
BOH-uh
adjective
good (feminine)
tarde
tahrd
noun
afternoon
Vamos
VAH-moosh
verb
(we) will go
começar
koo-mih-SAHR
verb
to start
ano
AH-noo
noun
year
fazer
fuh-ZEHR
verb
to do, to make
28 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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