25 min

language learning center · A2 · Lesson 4

Ordering food politely

Practice this topic in Portuguese: Ordering food politely.

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

Queria uma sopa, por favor.

I would like a table for two, please.

Miguel

Para prato principal, vou querer o peixe grelhado.

What do you recommend?

Inês

Sem cebola, se faz favor.

For me, the soup and the fish.

Miguel

Pode trazer-nos água?

Without onion, if possible.

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
  • Queria uma sopa, por favor.

    I would like a table for two, please.

    Queria uma sopa, por favor.

  • Para prato principal, vou querer o peixe grelhado.

    What do you recommend?

    Para prato principal, vou querer o peixe grelhado.

  • Sem cebola, se faz favor.

    For me, the soup and the fish.

    Sem cebola, se faz favor.

  • Pode trazer-nos água?

    Without onion, if possible.

    Pode trazer-nos água?

  • A conta, por favor.

    Could you bring us the bill, please?

    A conta, por favor.

Notice, try, and speak

Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “I would like a table for two, please.”

Which Portuguese sentence has this meaning: “I would like a table for two, please.”

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. Queria uma sopa, por favor.
  2. 2. Para prato principal, vou querer o peixe grelhado.
  3. 3. Sem cebola, se faz favor.
  4. 4. Pode trazer-nos água?
  5. 5. A conta, por favor.
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