Unit 2 · Who are you?A1Lesson 5 of 5: People & jobs
People and jobs in European Portuguese
This is the last of 5 lessons in Unit 2, Who are you? (Quem és tu?), an A1 unit in which you say who you are, where you are from, which languages you speak and what you do. The new words are o estudante (student), o professor (teacher), o médico (doctor) and 4 more, practised in 10 example sentences. By the end you can say things like O rapaz é estudante (“The boy is a student”). The unit’s grammar notes cover “Jobs: no "a" needed” and “Ser: to be”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
o estudantealso a estudante | studentThe same word for men and women. |
o professoralso a professora | teacher |
o médicoalso a médica | doctor |
o engenheiroalso a engenheira | engineer |
o rapaz | boy |
a rapariga | girlThe everyday word for a girl or young woman in Portugal. |
o amigoalso a amiga | friend |
Example sentences
- Eu sou estudante.I'm a student.No word for "a" before a job: Sou estudante.
- A Marta é professora.Marta is a teacher.
- Tu és engenheiro?Are you an engineer?
- Não, eu sou médica.No, I'm a doctor.
- O rapaz é estudante.The boy is a student.
- A rapariga é do Porto.The girl is from Porto.
- O Luís e a Catarina são amigos.Luís and Catarina are friends.A mixed group uses the masculine plural: amigos.
- A Sofia é amiga do João.Sofia is João's friend.Amiga do João = "a friend of João's" (de + o João).
- Nós somos estudantes.We're students.
- O Rui é engenheiro e também é professor.Rui is an engineer and he's also a teacher.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 2: Who are you?: