Unit 8 · Food & shoppingA1Lesson 2 of 5: Vegetables
Vegetables in European Portuguese
This is lesson 2 of 5 in Unit 8, Food & shopping (Comida e compras), an A1 unit in which you buy food at the market, say what you like and order at a restaurant. The new words are a batata (potato), a cebola (onion), a alface (lettuce) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Quanto custa? Prices and shopping” and “Eating the Portuguese way”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
a batata | potato |
a cebola | onion |
a alface | lettuce |
a cenoura | carrot |
comer | to eatComo, comes, come: I eat, you eat, he/she eats. |
prefiroalso eu prefiro | I preferFrom preferir. "You prefer" is preferes. |
o tomate | tomato |
a sopa | soupPortuguese meals often start with a vegetable soup. |
Example sentences
- Eu como muita fruta.I eat a lot of fruit.
- Eu prefiro comer em casa.I prefer to eat at home.
- A sopa tem cenoura e batata.The soup has carrot and potato.
- Eu não como cebola.I don't eat onion.
- Os meus filhos não comem alface.My children don't eat lettuce.
- Tu gostas de sopa?Do you like soup?
- Tu preferes maçãs ou laranjas?Do you prefer apples or oranges?
- Hoje há sopa de cenoura.Today there's carrot soup.
- Eu estou a comer uma maçã.I'm eating an apple.Estar a + infinitive is how you say "-ing" in Portugal.
- Eu gosto de tomate com cebola.I like tomato with onion.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 8: Food & shopping: