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Let's look at some examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Oi! Eu sou Alex. Prazer!
Oi! Eu sou Alex. Prazer!
Eu sou Mark. Prazer!
Eu sou Mark. Prazer!
Eu sou Karen. Prazer!
Eu sou Karen. Prazer!
Oi! Eu sou Sasha Lee.
Oi! Eu sou Sasha Lee.
O meu nome é Lilian.
O meu nome é Lilian.
Did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern?
O meu nome é Lilian.
"My name is Lilian."
Let's start with nome, "name." Nome. Nome.
In Portuguese, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Nome is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence.
Before this is o meu, meaning "my." O meu.
Meu is masculine singular to agree with nome.
Before meu is the article o. Think of it like "the" in English. O. O.
O is also masculine singular to agree with nome.
Note: in this sentence, the article, o, does not have a corresponding English translation.
In Portuguese, possessive pronouns, like meu, "my," seu, "your," and so forth, often pair with an article, like the o in o meu.
Together it's o meu, "my." O meu.
All together, o meu nome. "My name." O meu nome.
Next is é, "is," as in "My name is." É. É.
É is from the verb ser, meaning "to be." Ser.
Together it's o meu nome é, "my name is…" O meu nome é.
Last is the name Lilian. "Lilian." Lilian. Lilian.
All together, O meu nome é Lilian. "My name is Lillian."
O meu nome é Lilian.
This pattern is
O meu nome é NAME.
My name is NAME.
To use this pattern, simply replace the NAME placeholder with your given name or given name and surname.
Note: this pattern requires a proper noun.
Remember this pattern. You will use it later in the lesson.

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