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You did not understand the instructions: ask again: what to say in Portuguese

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Primeiro dia8 linesLevel A1For life in Portugal The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. It's better to ask again than to get it wrong: Pode mostrar-me? - "Can you show me?" - always works.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
Ponha as caixas grandes em baixo e as pequenas em cima.
POH-nyuh uhsh KIGH-shuhzh GRAHN-diz ayn BIGH-shoo ee uhsh PKEH-nuhz ayn SEE-muh.
Put the big boxes at the bottom and the small ones on top.
YOU REPLY
Desculpe, não percebi. Pode mostrar-me?
Dish-KOOLP, now pir-sih-BEE. Pod moosh-TRAHR-m?
Sorry, I didn't understand. Can you show me?
THEY SAY
Olhe: estas aqui, estas ali.
Oly: ESH-tuhz uh-KEE, ESH-tuhz uh-LEE.
Look: these here, those there.
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YOU REPLY
Já percebi, obrigado.
Zhah pir-sih-BEE, oh-bree-GAH-doo.
I see, thank you.
THEY SAY
Ao fim do turno limpe a bancada e desligue a máquina.
Ow feen doo TOOR-noo leemp uh bahn-KAH-duh ee dizh-LEEG uh MAH-kee-nuh.
At the end of the shift, wipe the counter and turn off the machine.
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YOU REPLY
Mais devagar, por favor.
Mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR.
More slowly, please.
THEY SAY
Limpar e desligar. Assim.
Leem-PAHR ee dizh-lee-GAHR. Uh-SEEN.
Wipe and switch off. Like this.
They might also say:
Assim. Limpar e desligar.
Uh-SEEN. Leem-PAHR ee dizh-lee-GAHR.
Like this. Wipe and switch off.
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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

Ponha
POH-nyuh
verb
put
caixas
KIGH-shuhzh
noun
boxes
grandes
GRAHN-diz
adjective
big (plural)
baixo
BIGH-shoo
adverb
low (em baixo - downstairs)
pequenas
PKEH-nuhz
adjective
little (feminine plural)
cima
SEE-muh
adverb
top (de cima - from above)

30 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?
Pode mostrar-me?
Pod moosh-TRAHRM?
Can you show me?
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?

All 21 rescue phrases in Portuguese →

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