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The teacher suggests extra Portuguese lessons: what to say in Portuguese

The teacher suggests extra Portuguese lessons for your child.

Professor(a)6 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. For foreign pupils schools have the Português Língua Não Materna (PLNM) programme - extra Portuguese lessons.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Ele pode ter aulas de português língua não materna.
El pod tehr OW-luhzh d poor-too-GESH LEEN-gwuh now muh-TEHR-nuh.
He can take Portuguese as a non-native language classes.
They might also say:
Temos apoio de português duas vezes por semana.
TEH-mooz uh-POY-oo d poor-too-GEZH DOO-uhzh VEH-zish poor sih-MAH-nuh.
We have Portuguese support twice a week.
YOU REPLY
Sim, acho ótimo! É preciso pagar?
Seen, AH-shoo OH-tee-moo! Eh prih-SIH-zoo puh-GAHR?
Yes, I think that's great! Is there a charge?
THEY SAY
Não, é gratuito.
Now, eh gruh-TOOY-too.
No, it's free.
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2
YOU REPLY
Em que dias são as aulas?
Ayn k DEE-uhsh sow uhz OW-luhsh?
On which days are the lessons?
THEY SAY
Às terças e quintas, depois das aulas.
Uhsh TEHR-suhz ee KEEN-tuhsh, dih-POYZH duhz OW-luhsh.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, after school.
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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.

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Words worth knowing

pode
pod
verb
can
ter
tehr
verb
to have
aulas
OW-luhzh
noun
classes, lessons
português
poor-too-GESH
adjective
Portuguese
língua
LEEN-gwuh
noun
language
não
now
adverb
no

22 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?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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