Learn how to introduce members of your family
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| Hi, everyone! Here's Paloma. Welcome to Whiteboard lessons. Today's topic is introducing your family members. |
| Ok, so let's start with the vocabulary. |
| pai |
| pai means "father" |
| And... |
| mãe |
| mãe is "mother" |
| Then you have eu, "me" or "I" |
| irmão |
| irmão means "brother" |
| And... |
| irmã |
| means "sister" |
| So here we have pai, "father," but if you're talking to your own dad, you can also say papai. |
| papai |
| Papai means "daddy." |
| And for "mother," we say mamãe. |
| mamãe |
| pay attention to that nasal sound, mãe, mamãe. We also have the same sound in irmão and irmã. |
| Okay, so it's not irma, it's irmã and irmão. |
| Those are one of the most difficult sounds in Portuguese. |
| Okay, next we're going to talk about our husband and wife. |
| First, we have esposo. |
| esposo |
| Esposo means "husband" |
| And esposa |
| Esposa means "wife" |
| esposo and esposa |
| And lastly, we have our son and daughter. |
| filho |
| filho means "son" |
| And... |
| filha |
| filha means "daughter" |
| Also pay attention to that lh sound, it's not fila, it's filha. Ok? |
| When you're talking about your brother, sister, son, or daughter, you can say mais valho, "older." |
| And mais valha when you're talking about your female daughter or sister. |
| Irmão mais valho, "older brother." |
| Irmã mais velha, "older sister." |
| And if you're talking about the "younger," you'd say mais novo or mais nova, "younger." |
| Irmão mais novo |
| Irmã mais nova |
| Or, filho mais novo, filha mais nova. |
| filha mais nova |
| And if you're talking about the middle one, that's do meio, "middle." |
| Irmão do meio |
| Filha do meio |
| Okay? |
| Now let's see the dialogue, please try to find the family members in the dialogue, okay? |
| Quem é ele? |
| Ele é o meu esposo. |
| Quem é ele? |
| "Who is he?" |
| Ele é o meu esposo. |
| "He is my husband." |
| So here we have esposo, "husband." |
| Pay attention to the question, so we don't change orders in Portuguese, so try to make that intonation as a question, okay? |
| Quem é ele? |
| "Who is he?" |
| Ok, let's see some more examples. |
| Ela é a minha mãe. |
| "She is my mother." |
| Ele é o meu filho. |
| "He is my son." |
| So you can see the pattern here. |
| Ela é a minha "she is my" |
| And, ele é o meu "he is my" |
| you see here the difference is a minha and o meu. |
| A is "the" and minha is "my" for a female noun. In this case, a female family member. |
| Ela é a minha mãe. |
| Ela é a minha esposa. |
| And for men, we use o, that means "the," then meu, which is also "my" but for a male noun, a masculine noun. |
| In this case, a male family member, for example. |
| Ele é o meu filho. |
| Ele é o meu esposo. |
| As we said before, we also have another form to say "mom" and "dad" in a more cute way, usually used by kids, that's papai, papai, and mamãe, mamãe, that means "daddy" and "mommy." |
| But if you're talking about someone else's mother or father, you usually use pai and mãe, okay? |
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