Portuguese · Professor(a)
Ask about homework: what to say in Portuguese
You don't understand what homework was set, and you ask the teacher.
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How it's done. Homework is trabalhos de casa, often shortened to TPC.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Desculpe, quais são os trabalhos de casa?
Dish-KOOLP, kwighsh sow oosh truh-BAH-lyoozh d KAH-zuh?
Sorry, what's the homework?
Or say:Ele não percebeu o TPC.
El now pir-sih-BEH-oo oo teh-peh-seh.
THEY SAY
É fazer a página vinte do livro.Eh fuh-ZEHR uh PAH-zhee-nuh veent doo LEE-vroo.
It's to do page twenty of the book.
They might also say:
Está escrito no caderno.
Shtah SHKREE-too noo kuh-DEHR-noo.
It's written in the notebook.
Tem de ler um livro até sexta.
Tayn d lehr oon LEE-vroo uh-TEH SAYSH-tuh.
He has to read a book by Friday.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, agora percebi.
Oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-GOH-ruh pir-sih-BEE.
Thank you, now I understand.
THEY SAY
De nada!d NAH-duh!
You're welcome!
They might also say:
Não tem de quê!
now tayn d keh!
Don't mention it!
Disponha!
deesh-POH-nyuh!
Any time!
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
Desculpe
Dish-KOOLP
verb
sorry, excuse me
são
sow
verb
are (plural)
trabalhos
truh-BAH-lyoozh
noun
work, assignments
casa
KAH-zuh
noun
house
É
Eh
verb
is
fazer
fuh-ZEHR
verb
to do, to make
12 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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