BicaUnit 8 · Food & shoppingA1Lesson 3 of 5: Groceries
Groceries in European Portuguese
This is lesson 3 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. It teaches 8 words and phrases, including a carne (meat), o peixe (fish) and o frango (chicken), and uses them in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Eating the Portuguese way” and “Comer, beber, preferir”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
a carne | meat |
o peixe | fish |
o frango | chickenChicken as food. |
os ovos | eggsOne egg is o ovo. |
o fiambre | hamSliced cooked ham, as in a tosta mista. |
a manteiga | butter |
o queijo | cheese |
o arroz | rice |
Example sentences
- Eu prefiro peixe a carne.I prefer fish to meat.Preferir X a Y: to prefer X to Y.
- Eu não como carne.I don't eat meat.
- Uma sandes de queijo e fiambre, se faz favor.A ham and cheese sandwich, please.
- Há ovos no frigorífico?Are there eggs in the fridge?
- Hoje há frango com arroz.Today there's chicken with rice.
- Nós comemos peixe ao domingo.We eat fish on Sundays.Ao domingo means "on Sundays", as a habit.
- Tu queres pão com manteiga?Do you want bread and butter?
- A Rita não come ovos.Rita doesn't eat eggs.
- Este queijo é português.This cheese is Portuguese.
- O Pedro come muito arroz.Pedro eats a lot of rice.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 8: Food & shopping: