Unit 4 · Numbers & timeA1Lesson 4 of 5: Days of the week
Days of the week in European Portuguese
This is lesson 4 of 5 in Unit 4, Numbers & time (Números e horas), an A1 unit in which you count to a hundred, say your age, tell the time and name the days of the week. The new words are segunda-feira (Monday), terça-feira (Tuesday), quarta-feira (Wednesday) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Telling the time” and “Days of the week”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
segunda-feiraalso segunda | MondayLiterally "second day". In everyday speech, just segunda. |
terça-feiraalso terça | Tuesday |
quarta-feiraalso quarta | Wednesday |
quinta-feiraalso quinta | Thursday |
sexta-feiraalso sexta | Friday |
sábado | Saturday |
domingo | Sunday |
hoje | today |
Example sentences
- Hoje é segunda-feira.Today is Monday.Days of the week are written in lower case.
- Que dia é hoje?What day is it today?
- Hoje é sábado, dia dez.Today is Saturday the tenth.For dates, say dia + the number: dia dez.
- Até segunda!See you on Monday!In everyday speech -feira is usually dropped.
- Hoje não é quarta-feira, é quinta-feira.Today isn't Wednesday, it's Thursday.
- Hoje é domingo? Não, é sábado.Is today Sunday? No, it's Saturday.
- Até terça-feira, Rita!See you on Tuesday, Rita!
- Um café na sexta-feira?A coffee on Friday?"On" a weekday is na: na sexta-feira. But no sábado, no domingo.
- No sábado não, no domingo.Not on Saturday, on Sunday.
- Hoje é quarta-feira, dia catorze.Today is Wednesday the fourteenth.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 4: Numbers & time: