Portuguese · Secretaria
The secretariat asks for documents: what to say in Portuguese
The school office lists the documents needed for enrolment.
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How it's done. For enrolment they often ask for the child's documents, vaccination record, NIF and health service number; bring school records from Ukraine too.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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Tem o NIF e o número de utente dele?Tayn oo neef ee oo NOOM-roo d oo-TAYNT del?
Do you have his NIF and health service number?
YOU REPLY
Ele ainda não tem número de utente.
El uh-EEN-duh now tayn NOOM-roo d oo-TAYNT.
He doesn't have a health service number yet.
THEY SAY
Pode entregar mais tarde. Traga também os documentos da escola anterior.Pod ayn-trih-GAHR mighsh tahrd. TRAH-guh tuhm-BAYN oozh doo-koo-MAYN-toozh duh SHKOH-luh ahn-tih-RYOR.
You can hand it in later. Bring the documents from the previous school as well.
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YOU REPLY
Os documentos da escola estão em ucraniano.
Oozh doo-koo-MAYN-toozh duh SHKOH-luh shtow ayn oo-kruh-nee-AH-noo.
The school documents are in Ukrainian.
THEY SAY
Não faz mal, trazemos depois a tradução.Now fahzh mahl, truh-ZEH-moozh dih-POYZ uh truh-doo-SOW.
That's all right, bring the translation later.
They might also say:
Sim, pode ser. Traga a tradução depois.
Seen, pod sehr. TRAH-guh uh truh-doo-SOW dih-POYSH.
Yes, that's fine. Bring the translation afterwards.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
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.
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Words worth knowing
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
NIF
neef
noun
NIF: tax number
número
NOOM-roo
noun
number
utente
oo-TAYNT
noun
patient, user of services
ainda
uh-EEN-duh
adverb
still, yet
não
now
adverb
no
28 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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