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Let's take a closer look at the conversation.
Do you remember how the civil servant says,
"Your phone number, please."
O seu número de telefone, por favor.
Let's start with número de telefone, meaning "phone number." Número de telefone.
First is número, "number." Número . Número.
In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Número is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence.
Next is de, "of" in this context. De . De.
Last is telefone, "phone." Telefone . Telefone.
Note: telefone translates as "telephone" or "phone." We'll use the abbreviated version, "phone," as this will include various kinds of phones, including mobile phones, landlines, and so forth.
Together, it's número de telefone. This literally means "number of telephone" or "telephone's number," but it translates as "phone number." Número de telefone . Número de telefone.
Before this is o seu, a phrase meaning "your." O seu . O seu.
Let’s start with seu, meaning "your." Seu . Seu.
Seu is masculine singular to agree with número.
Before seu is the article o, think of it like "the" in English. O . O.
O is also masculine singular to agree with número.
Note: in this sentence, the article, o, does not have a corresponding English translation.
In Portuguese, possessive adjectives, like seu, "your," meu, "my," and so forth, often pair with an article, like the o in o seu.
Together, it's o seu, a phrase meaning "your." O seu.
All together, o seu número de telefone, "Your phone number." O seu número de telefone.
Last is por favor, meaning "please." Por favor . Por favor.
All together, it's O seu número de telefone, por favor, "Your phone number, please."
O seu número de telefone, por favor.
Remember this request. You'll hear it again later.
Let's take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Mark says,
"My phone number is (25) 94488-6789."
O meu número de telefone é (25) 94488-6789. (dois cinco, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove)
Do you remember how to say "phone number?"
Número de telefone. "Phone number." Número de telefone.
Before this is O meu, a phrase meaning "My." O meu.
Let’s start with meu, "my." Meu . Meu.
Meu is masculine and singular to agree with número.
Before meu is the article, o. Think of it like "the" in English. O.
O is also masculine singular to agree with número.
Together, it's o meu, a phrase meaning "my." O meu.
Note: in this sentence, the article, o, does not have a corresponding English translation.
In Portuguese, possessive adjectives, like meu, "my," seu, "your," and so forth, often pair with an article, like the o in o meu.
All together, it's O meu número de telefone. "My phone number." O meu número de telefone.
Next is é, "is," as in "My phone number is..." É . É.
É is from the verb ser, meaning "to be." Ser.
Together, it's O meu número de telefone é. "My phone number is." O meu número de telefone é.
Next is Mark's phone number, (25) 94488-6789. (dois cinco, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove). (25) 94488-6789. (dois cinco, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove).
Note, when giving a sequence of numbers, for example, one's phone number, meia, "six," is commonly used.
Meia, "six." Meia . Meia.
Meia is actually the short form of meia dúzia, meaning "half a dozen," or in other words, "six."
You are probably familiar with seis, "six," but to avoid confusion with the number três, "three," people use meia.
All together, it's O meu número de telefone é (25) 94488-6789. (dois cinco, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove)
"My phone number is (25) 94488-6789."
O meu número de telefone é (25) 94488-6789. (dois cinco, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove)
The sentence pattern is
O meu número de telefone é NUMBER.
"My phone number is NUMBER."
O meu número de telefone é NUMBER.
To use this pattern, simply replace the NUMBER placeholder with your phone number.
Note: this pattern requires a sequence of digits.
Imagine your phone number is (25) 99185-2399. (dois cinco, nove, nove um oito cinco, dois três nove nove) . (dois cinco, nove, nove um oito cinco, dois três nove nove).
Say
"My phone number is (25) 99185-2399."
Ready?
O meu número de telefone é (25) 99185-2399 (dois cinco, nove, nove um oito cinco, dois três nove nove).
"My phone number is (25) 99185-2399."
O meu número de telefone é (25) 99185-2399 (dois cinco, nove, nove um oito cinco, dois três nove nove).
When giving a phone number in Portuguese, native speakers say each digit separately, except for the first two.
For example, Mark's number would be read as
vinte e um, nove, quatro quatro oito oito, meia sete oito nove.
However, at this point in your language journey, the easiest way to say your phone number might be digit-by-digit.

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