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Welcome to Lesson 6 of the Brazilian Portuguese Lessons. Beginning with this lesson, numbers 1-20 are included as part of the course, with a separate audio track to help you practice pronunciation and rhythm. As always, take your time working through each sentence and its word-by-word breakdown, and don’t worry about speed — consistency matters more than pace.

Listen to the full lesson audio before you begin:



31. Mais depressa que eu?
Faster than me? / Faster than I am?
mais – more
depressa – fast / quickly
que – than
eu - I

32. É verdade.
It’s true.
é - is (from ser, “to be”)
verdade - truth

33. Essa rua fica longe daqui.
That street is far from here.
essa – that (feminine)
rua – street (feminine noun)
fica - is / is located (from ficar, “to be located”)
longe - far
daqui – from here (de + aqui)

34. Ele não vai comer conosco.
He is not going to eat with us.
ele - he
não - not
vai – is going / will (from ir, “to go”)
comer – to eat
conosco – with us (com + nós)

35. Elas são amigas.
They are friends. (feminine)
elas – they (feminine)
são – are (from ser, “to be”)
amigas – friends (feminine plural)

36. Nós podemos estudar juntos?
Can we study together?
nós – we
podemos – can / are able to (from poder, “to be able to”)
estudar – to study
juntos – together (masculine or mixed group)

Vocabulary Words 31-36
31. mais – more
32. verdade - truth
33. ficar – to stay / to be located
34. conosco – with us
35. poder – can / to be able to
36. juntos / juntas – together (masculine / feminine)

Listen to the numbers audio first to hear how each number is pronounced.



Brazilian Portuguese Numbers 1-20
1. um - one
2. dois - two
3. três - three
4. quatro - four
5. cinco – five
6. seis –six
7. sete – seven
8. oito - eight
9. nove – nine
10. dez - ten
11. onze – eleven
12. doze - twelve
13. treze - thirteen
14. quatorze – fourteen (also catorze)
15. quinze – fifteen
16. dezesseis – sixteen
17. dezessete – seventeen
18. dezoito - eighteen
19. dezenove – nineteen
20. vinte - twenty

If you’d like to review the first four lessons,
you can find them here:
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 1
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 2
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 3
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 4
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 5.