Basic colors: Asking about tshirt color options
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Key Phrases
Tem t-shirts de várias cores?
Do you have T-shirts in different colors?
Quais cores tem?
What colors do you have?
Quero comprar várias para a família.
I want to buy several for the family.
Skills You'll Learn
Asking about product availability and color options
Perguntar sobre disponibilidade de produtos e opções de cor
Naming basic colors in a shopping context
Dizer cores básicas num contexto de compras
Saying how many items you want and choosing specific colors
Indicar quantas peças quer e escolher cores específicas
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a clothes shop in Portugal, asking about T-shirts in different colours and choosing several to buy for your family.
Olá! Tem t-shirts de várias cores?
Hi! Do you have T-shirts in different colors?
Olá! Sim, temos muitas cores.
Hello! Yes, we have many colors.
Quais cores tem?
What colors do you have?
Temos branco, preto, azul e vermelho.
We have white, black, blue, and red.
Quero comprar várias, para a família.
I want to buy several for the family.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Olá!
oh-LAH
Hi!
Tem t-shirts?
tayng TEE-shurts
Do you have T-shirts?
💬 In European Portuguese, [tem] is often used for [você/o senhor/a senhora], so in a shop it can mean "do you have?" even though it literally matches "has." You can reuse the pattern with other things: [Tem camisolas?], [Tem azul?].
See breakdown →Tem t-shirts de várias cores?
tayng TEE-shurts duh VAH-ree-ush KOH-rish
Do you have T-shirts in different colors?
💬 [De] here means "in" or "with" for features: [t-shirts de várias cores] = T-shirts in various colours, not "from various colours." The same pattern shows up in [camisa de manga comprida] for "long-sleeved shirt."
See breakdown →Sim, temos cores.
seeng TEH-moosh KOH-rish
Yes, we have colours.
Sim, temos muitas cores.
seeng TEH-moosh MWEEN-tush KOH-rish
Yes, we have many colors.
Quais cores?
kwaish KOH-rish
Which colours?
💬 [Quais] is the plural of [qual], so use it with plural things like [cores]. Same swap-in pattern: [Qual tamanho?] but [Quais tamanhos?].
See breakdown →Quais cores tem?
kwaish KOH-rish tayng
What colors do you have?
💬 [Quais cores tem?] is a natural shop question in Portuguese even without saying "you." As in [Tem t-shirts?], [tem] here works like "do you have?" in real conversation.
See breakdown →Branco
BRAHN-koo
White
Preto
PREH-too
Black
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