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Here’s Lesson 7 of the Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners series. This lesson begins with six practical sentences broken down word-by-word to help you understand how Brazilian Portuguese is constructed. After the sentence breakdowns, you’ll find a family-related vocabulary list, included to expand your everyday speaking ability.

From this lesson forward, the smaller vocabulary sections used earlier in the course will be replaced with larger, themed vocabulary lists, such as the family-related list found here. For reference, Lesson 1 now includes the Brazilian Portuguese alphabet after the sentence breakdowns, Lessons 2-5 now introduce basic verb conjugations, and Lesson 6 covers numbers 1-20 — all with accompanying audio to guide pronunciation.

As always, I strongly recommend listening to the audio first, then writing out each sentence and its word-by-word breakdown by hand. This process reinforces memory, improves understanding, and also helps build a solid foundation for fluency.

Listen to the full lesson audio before you begin:



37. Se você quiser.
If you wish.
se — if
você — you
quiser — want (from querer, “to want”)

38. Muito bem, obrigado.
Very well, thanks. (masculine)
muito — very
bem — well
obrigado — thanks (masculine form)

39. Ele não está muito doente.
He’s not very sick.
ele — he
não — not
está — is (from estar, “to be”)
muito — very
doente — sick

40. Você tem tempo para conversar?
Do you have time to talk?
você — you
tem — have (from ter, “to have”)
tempo — time
para — to / for
conversar — to talk / to converse

41. Siga sempre em frente.
Always go straight ahead.
siga — go / follow (from seguir, imperative)
sempre — always
em — in
frente — front
(em frente together means forward or straight ahead)

42. Eu vou ver o meu pai.
I’m going to see my father.
eu — I
vou — am going (from ir, “to go”)
ver — to see
o — the (masculine)
meu — my (masculine)
pai — father

Brazilian Portuguese Family Vocabulary (1-20)
Listen to the pronunciation before you begin:



1. mãe — mother
2. pai — father
3. pais — parents
4. filho — son
5. filha — daughter
6. filhos — children
7. irmão — brother
8. irmã — sister
9. irmãos — siblings
10. avô — grandfather
11. avó — grandmother
12. avós — grandparents
13. tio — uncle
14. tia — aunt
15. primo — cousin (male)
16. prima — cousin (female)
17. marido — husband
18. esposa — wife
19. família — family
20. parentes — relatives

If you’d like to review the previous 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
Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners — Lesson 6.