BicaUnit 6 · At homeA1Lesson 3 of 5: Things at home
Things at home in European Portuguese
This is lesson 3 of 5 in Unit 6, At home (Em casa), an A1 unit in which you describe your home and talk about your daily routine. The new words are a mesa (table), a cadeira (chair), o frigorífico (fridge) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. By the end you can say things like O telemóvel está na mesa (“The phone is on the table”). The unit’s grammar notes cover “Há: there is, there are” and “Em + the: no, na, num, numa”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
a mesa | table |
a cadeira | chair |
o frigorífico | fridge |
a televisão | television |
o computador | computer |
o telemóvel | mobile phone |
grande | bigThe same for masculine and feminine. |
pequenoalso pequena | small |
Example sentences
- O telemóvel está na mesa.The phone is on the table.Na mesa can mean "on the table".
- Há uma televisão na sala.There's a TV in the living room.
- O frigorífico é muito pequeno.The fridge is very small.
- Há quatro cadeiras na cozinha.There are four chairs in the kitchen.
- O computador está no meu quarto.The computer is in my bedroom.no meu = em + o meu.
- O leite está no frigorífico.The milk is in the fridge.
- Onde está o meu telemóvel?Where is my phone?Use está for things that move, like a phone.
- A mesa da cozinha é grande.The kitchen table is big.Literally "the table of the kitchen": da = de + a.
- A minha casa é pequena, mas a sala é grande.My house is small, but the living room is big.
- O meu computador é novo.My computer is new.For things, novo means new.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 6: At home: