This is an updated version of the already superb deck "
Portuguese Phrase Book (Continental pronunciation)", with corrections and amendments to make it even better.
Full audio, spoken by a human, native European Portuguese speaker (unchanged from the original deck).
I generally deferred to the excellent
Dicionário Porto Editora, or checked with a native speaker.
You may also be interested in these decks, which I think complement this deck well:
Portuguese > English – 1000 Nouns
Portuguese > English – 1000 Verbs
Enjoy!
In case you'd like to know, changes include:
- included "European Portuguese" in the deck title, to make it easier to find; it's easy to miss with the original title, and a deck with quality European Portuguese audio I find particularly valuable
- added an article ("o" or "a") to a few nouns where it was missing; essential for learning the gender e.g. mão -> a mão
- removed the article from some words that are actually only adjectives e.g. a engraçada -> engraçada
- removed a few duplicates e.g. a conta, a fralda, o preço, caminhar
- updated spellings, in line with the Acordo Ortográfico de 1990, which removed many silent "c"s e.g. directa -> direta
- changed the order, so that you learn vocabulary before longer phrases (that sometimes include that vocabulary)
- some food items only had photos; I added text descriptions
Other changes:
Est
a é o meu esposo. -> Este é o meu esposo.
Est
e é a minha esposa. -> Esta é a minha esposa.
a comida | food -> a comida | the food, the meal [to distinguish from: o alimento | the food, the nourishment]
I feel like going to
a movies. --> I feel like going to the movies.
relógio | watch -> relógio | the clock, the watch
o filme | film (camera) -> film (movie)
Há Vaga | Rooms Available -> Vacancies [for easier comprehension, and consistency with: Não Há Vaga | No Vacancies ]
combined the duplicate "o café" in to a single note: o café | the coffee, the café [otherwise when presented with "o café" you don't know which English response to give]
o caixa automátic
o > a caixa automática
Onde é que há um caixa automátic
o? -> Onde é que há um caixa automática?
the cabinet > the cabinet
(e.g. customer services, government)
tempo | time -> o tempo | time,
weather
O meu número é quarenta. -> O meu número é
o quarenta.
homosexual | homosexual (n) (a) -> homo
ssexual | homosexual (n) (a)
limpo | clean (v) (m) -> limpo | clean (m) [I find it easier to just take "limpo" as an adjective here, although it can also be a form of the verb "limpar".]
o bonito | beautiful (m) -> o bonito | pretty (m)
o bonita | beautiful (f) -> o bonita | pretty (f)
"Onde é a esquadra da polic
ía?" -> "Onde é a esquadra da polícia?" [this accent correction results in a duplicate note, so one of the notes was then deleted]
os medicamentos | medicine –> os medicamentos | the medicines, the drugs
jóias –> joias
I’d like a newspaper in English –> I’d like
to buy a newspaper in English
para a Australia –> para a Austr
ália
I have
a asthma. –> I have asthma.
... and probably other changes too, that I didn't note
If the providers of the original list happen to notice this, and wish to centralise the changes by updating their deck with this one, they're very welcome to do so; I could then remove this one. Huge thanks to them for sharing in the first place, and to the Anki creator, and crucially, for providing the functionality to be able to share decks – for free!