Asking about someones family: Asking about someone's kids and their ages

💬 Portuguese often says yes by repeating the verb from the question. Here é "is" echoes it, and sim just adds emphasis.

💬 Age uses ter "to have": you "have" years. Quantos anos tem? "How old is he?" follows the same pattern.

💬 In Portugal giro means cute or nice, not anything to do with turning. For a girl it's que gira!

🇵🇹 Complimenting a child this way is a warm, easy follow-up that parents expect and enjoy.

💬 Filhos covers children of any mix of sexes, not only sons. Use filhas only when they're all girls.

🇵🇹 O senhor is the polite "you" for a man you don't know well. Use a senhora for a woman.

💬 Rapazes is the Portugal word for boys. You'll hear meninos for small children too.

💬 de + an age describes someone: um rapaz de seis anos "a six-year-old boy". Ages can be listed together with just one anos at the end.

💬 em + a becomes na. The same happens with o: no parque "in the park".

💬 Andar usually means "to walk", but andar na escola means "to attend school". You'd also hear ando no ginásio "I go to the gym".

💬 O mais + a describing word means "the most …": o mais novo is "the youngest". For a girl it becomes a mais velha.

💬 Está is used because daycare is a current stage, not a permanent fact about him. Ainda means "still".

🇵🇹 Pois is everywhere in Portugal as a nod of agreement or "I see". It's often doubled as pois, pois.

💬 Ter de + an action means "have to": tenho de trabalhar "I have to work". In Portugal you'll also hear ter que with the same meaning.

🇵🇹 The standard polite reply to foi um prazer or any good wishes. It works in any setting.

💬 à is a + a merged into one word, and it sounds like a single open "ah". Próxima stands for "next time".