Unit 4 · Numbers & timeA1Lesson 1 of 5: One to ten
Numbers 1 to 10 in European Portuguese
This lesson opens 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 dois (two), três (three), quatro (four) and 6 more, practised in 9 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Numbers the Portuguese way” and “Um, uma, dois, duas”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
doisalso duas | twoDuas with feminine nouns: duas bicas. |
três | three |
quatro | four |
cinco | five |
seis | six |
sete | seven |
oito | eight |
nove | nine |
dez | ten |
Example sentences
- Dois cafés, se faz favor.Two coffees, please.Add -s for the plural: café, cafés.
- Duas bicas, por favor.Two espressos, please.Bica is feminine, so "two" is duas.
- Três águas e um chá.Three waters and a tea.
- Quatro pastéis de nata, se faz favor.Four custard tarts, please.One pastel, two pastéis.
- Nós somos cinco.There are five of us.To say how many people are in your group, use somos.
- Seis mais três são nove.Six plus three is nine.
- Dez menos dois são oito.Ten minus two is eight.
- Eu queria duas águas, se faz favor.I'd like two waters, please.
- Sete cafés e um chá, se faz favor.Seven coffees and a tea, please.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 4: Numbers & time: