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The lecturer explains the assignment: what to say in Portuguese

The lecturer explains the assignment, and you need to check the details.

Professor(a)8 linesLevel A2For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Entregar - to hand in work; prazo - deadline; avaliação - assessment.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
O trabalho é em grupo, de três pessoas.
Oo truh-BAH-lyoo eh ayn GROO-poo, d tresh pih-SOH-uhsh.
It's a group assignment, three people per group.
YOU REPLY
Posso fazer sozinho?
POH-soo fuh-ZEHR soo-ZEE-nyoo?
Can I do it on my own?
THEY SAY
Não, tem de ser em grupo.
Now, tayn d sehr ayn GROO-poo.
No, it has to be in a group.
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2
YOU REPLY
Qual é o tema?
Kwahl eh oo TEH-muh?
What's the topic?
THEY SAY
O tema é livre, mas tem de me enviar antes. Tem de entregar até dia quinze, na plataforma.
Oo TEH-muh eh leevr, mahsh tayn d m ayn-vee-AHR AHN-tish. Tayn d ayn-trih-GAHR uh-TEH DEE-uh keenz, nuh pluh-tuh-FOR-muh.
The topic is free, but you have to send it to me first. You have to submit it by the fifteenth, on the platform.
They might also say:
O tema é livre, mas tem de me enviar antes.
Oo TEH-muh eh leevr, mahsh tayn d m ayn-vee-AHR AHN-tish.
The topic is free, but you have to send it to me first.
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3
YOU REPLY
Pode repetir a data?
Pod rih-pih-TEER uh DAH-tuh?
Can you repeat the date?
THEY SAY
Dia quinze de novembro.
DEE-uh keenz d noo-VEM-broo.
The fifteenth of November.
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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

trabalho
truh-BAH-lyoo
noun
work
é
eh
verb
is
grupo
GROO-poo
noun
group
pessoas
pih-SOH-uhsh
noun
people
Posso
POH-soo
verb
(I) can
fazer
fuh-ZEHR
verb
to do, to make

27 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, 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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