Portuguese · Professor(a)
Your child forgot a textbook or the school uniform: what to say in Portuguese
Your child has forgotten a textbook or PE kit at home, and you explain to the teacher.
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How it's done. Textbooks in state schools are free - they're issued with electronic vouchers at the start of the year.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, ele esqueceu-se do livro.
Dish-KOOLP, el shkih-SEH-oo-s doo LEE-vroo.
Sorry, he forgot the book.
THEY SAY
Não faz mal, hoje partilha com um colega.Now fahzh mahl, ohzh puhr-TEE-lyuh kohn oon koo-LEH-guh.
It doesn't matter, today he'll share with a classmate.
They might also say:
Amanhã não se pode esquecer.
Uh-muh-NYAHN now s pod shkih-SEHR.
Tomorrow he mustn't forget.
2
YOU FINISH
Obrigado, não volta a acontecer.
Oh-bree-GAH-doo, now VOL-tuh uh uh-koon-tih-SEHR.
Thank you, it won't happen again.
THEY SAY
Não faz mal.now fahzh mahl.
That's all right.
They might also say:
Sem problema.
sayn proo-BLEH-muh.
No problem.
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
esqueceu-se
shkih-SEH-oo-s
verb
forgot
livro
LEE-vroo
noun
book
Não
Now
adverb
no
faz
fahzh
verb
does, makes
mal
mahl
adverb
badly
11 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?
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