20 min

language learning center · A1 · Lesson 8

Make a simple plan

Practice this topic in Portuguese: Make a simple plan.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Inês

Queres tomar um café?

Would you like to have a coffee?

Miguel

Podemos ir amanhã.

We can go tomorrow.

Inês

Encontramo-nos à frente do museu.

Let us meet in front of the museum.

Miguel

Às cinco está bem para mim.

Five o’clock works for me.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • Queres tomar um café?

    Would you like to have a coffee?

    Queres tomar um café?

  • Podemos ir amanhã.

    We can go tomorrow.

    Podemos ir amanhã.

  • Encontramo-nos à frente do museu.

    Let us meet in front of the museum.

    Encontramo-nos à frente do museu.

  • Às cinco está bem para mim.

    Five o’clock works for me.

    Às cinco está bem para mim.

  • Então, até amanhã.

    See you there.

    Então, até amanhã.

Notice, try, and speak

Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Make it yours

Say the five Portuguese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Portuguese in a real conversation

  1. 1. Queres tomar um café?
  2. 2. Podemos ir amanhã.
  3. 3. Encontramo-nos à frente do museu.
  4. 4. Às cinco está bem para mim.
  5. 5. Então, até amanhã.
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