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Unit 9 · Weather & clothesA1Lesson 2 of 5: Seasons & months

Seasons and months in European Portuguese

This is lesson 2 of 5 in Unit 9, Weather & clothes (O tempo e a roupa), an A1 unit in which you talk about the weather, the seasons and the months, and say what you wear. The new words are a primavera (spring), o verão (summer), o outono (autumn) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Months and seasons” and “Colours agree with the noun”.

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Words in this lesson

PortugueseEnglish
a primavera
spring
o verão
summer
o outono
autumn
o inverno
winter
a chuva
rain
o mês
monthPlural: os meses.
janeiro
JanuaryMonths are written in lower case.
agosto
August

Example sentences

  • Eu gosto do verão.I like summer.De + o = do: gosto do verão.
  • Em janeiro faz muito frio.In January it's very cold.Use em with months: em janeiro. For the usual climate, faz frio is very natural.
  • No inverno chove muito.It rains a lot in winter.Use no with seasons: no inverno.
  • Em agosto nós vamos para o Algarve.In August we're going to the Algarve.
  • Eu não gosto da chuva.I don't like the rain.De + a = da: gosto da chuva.
  • A primavera em Lisboa é muito bonita.Spring in Lisbon is very beautiful.
  • Em que mês estamos?What month is it?
  • O outono é a minha estação preferida.Autumn is my favourite season.A estação means both "station" and "season".
  • Janeiro é o primeiro mês do ano.January is the first month of the year.
  • Hoje há muitas nuvens.There are a lot of clouds today.A nuvem is a cloud. Plural: as nuvens.

Grammar notes

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