葡萄牙语问候常用语

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English Hello Portuguese Pronunciation/Notes Olá Olah – This is quite an informal greeting. Komu eshta? – You often say things differently depending on whether you are speaking How are you? Como está? (formal) older than you, or as a general sign of respect. How are you? Como estás? (informal) Eshtoh baym[ng], Obrigahdu/a – lit. “I am well, thank you.” This is perhaps the most I’m OK, thank Estou bem, common response to the above question. For ‘thank you’, men say ‘obrigado’, women you. obrigado/a say ‘obrigada’ (regardless of whether the person they are talking to is male or female).* Eshtoh ohtimu/a – note that the ‘p’ in ‘optimo’ (fine) is virtually silent (the Estou I am fine óptimo/a depends on your own gender. Is everything Tudo bem? OK? Yes (everything Tudo [bem] is ok) question. greeting in Portuguese - it is used much more frequently than 'como está?'. Brazilians spell it without a ‘p’). Again, whether to use ‘optimo’ or ‘optima’ well, family members, children, or people significantly younger than yourself. formally or informally. Speak formally to people you meet for the first time, people Komu eshtazh? – This is the informal variation, which is only used with people you know Toodu baym[ng]? – lit. “everything well?” Note: This is probably the most common Toodu – lit. “everything [well].” The ‘bem’ is optional when replying to the above Myze oh menush – lit. “more or less.” Use this response if you want to indicate that Not too bad Mais ou menos you are a little ‘under the weather’. Pleased to meet Prazer Prazair – lit. “pleasure.” you M[ng]wee[ng]tu Prazair – lit. “much pleasure.” The word ‘muito’ has a very nasal Very pleased to Muito prazer sound, which kind of breaks the rules of pronunciation! Sometimes it can sound more like meet you ‘moitu’, depending on the accent of the speaker. Bom[ng] deeya – lit. “Good day” – a slightly more formal greeting than Olá – generally Good Morning Bom dia used up until about 1pm. Good Afternoon Boa tarde Boa tarde (after about 1pm) Boa noite – note that the same word, noite, is used for both evening and night. Switch Good Evening Boa noite from saying ‘boa tarde’ to ‘boa noite’ around sunset. Good Night Note: You can mix Olá with bom dia, boa tarde, boa noite to make another fairly informal greeting (eg. Olá, bom dia) Adayush – lit. “To God”. Note that you can use bom dia, boa tarde, and boa noite to Goodbye Adeus say goodbye as well. ‘Seeya’ See you later Até logo (same day) See you later Até amanhã (another day) See you soon Até já (very soon) See you next time person for a few days. Atay aman[ng]yah – lit. “until tomorrow” – used even if you won’t actually see the neither do a lot of things in Portuguese! Atay logu – lit. “until straight away”, which doesn’t really make sense, but then Tchau Chow – this is a Brazilian expression, but is widely used by Portuguese as well. Boa noite Boa noite Atay zhah – lit. “until already” – you get the idea! Até a próxima Atay a prossima Yes No Please Thank you Thank you very Muito much obrigado/a Obrigado Obrigada Obrigahdu – only said by males Obrigahda – only said by females Se faz favor Se fazh favor – often shortened to ‘faz favor’ Por favor Por favor - another alternative Não Now[ng] – can also mean ‘not’. Sim Sim[ng] M[ng]wee[ng]tu Obrigahdu/a *Re: Obrigado/obrigada: In some regions, particularly the Algarve, it is common for both men and women to use both obrigado and obrigada - switching between them depending on the gender of the person they are talking to. This is technically incorrect because the word 'obrigado' is an adjective which is describing the person speaking - it literally means 'obliged'. Many native Portuguese speakers are unaware of this, and they will sometimes insist that the choice of word depends on the person you are speaking to, and that it would be considered rude for a man to say 'obrigado' to a woman. However, I would strongly recommend that you stick to the 'correct' way of speaking - men only say 'obrigado', women only say 'obrigada' - unless you happen to live in a region where the locals will be offended by this!