First date dinner: Asking about hobbies and family

💬 de is repeated before each activity: de cozinhar e de correr.

💬 Unlike gostar, adorar takes no de: adoro ler, but gosto de ler.

💬 à is a "to" plus a "the". The accent marks that merge. Same with masculine places: ao cinema "to the cinema".

💬 ao is a plus o. Swap the time: ao domingo "on Sundays", à noite "at night".

🇵🇹 fixe is very Portuguese slang, used casually by all ages. Brazilians wouldn't say it.

💬 There's no "do" in Portuguese questions. Just raise your voice at the end: Tens família?

🇵🇹 Family is a natural early-date topic in Portugal, and many adults live near or with their parents.

💬 To say yes, Portuguese repeats the verb instead of using sim: Tens? gets Tenho., and Gostas? gets Gosto.

💬 In Portugal, "my" usually comes with o/a/os/as in front: os meus pais, a minha mãe "my mother".

💬 Younger is mais novo, literally "more new", and older is mais velho.

💬 eu is usually dropped because tenho already means "I have". Keeping it adds emphasis, like "I, for my part".

💬 "Two" changes with the word: duas irmãs, but dois irmãos "two brothers".

💬 The ending -em alone tells you "they", so no word for "they" is needed.

💬 "To miss" someone is ter saudades de, literally "to have longings of". delas is de plus elas "them" (female).

💬 Muitas matches the feminine plural saudades it answers, so it means "many longings".

💬 falamos means both "we talk" and "we talked". Context tells you which.

💬 "Every" is todos os plus a plural: todos os dias "every day", or todas as semanas "every week" for feminine words.

💬 por covers "by" or "via" for how you contact someone: por telefone "by phone", por email.

🇵🇹 giro is the everyday Portuguese word for "cute" or "nice". It's warm and casual, perfect for reacting to someone's story.

💬 The final -ém is nasal, like a nasal "eng": (tahm-BAYNG).

💬 unida ends in -a because família is feminine. For a group of friends, it's unido.

💬 gostei is the past form of gosto, so it means "I liked it" or "I enjoyed it". It's the natural thing to say after a meal or an evening.

💬 gostar de plus esta merges into desta. Likewise de plus este becomes deste.

🇵🇹 A light, playful way to suggest a second date. It's low-pressure, so the other person can laugh it off or say yes.

💬 Flip sim to não for the opposite: Claro que não! "Of course not!" The same que links in other short replies too, like Acho que sim "I think so".

💬 Obrigada matches the speaker, not the listener: a woman says obrigada, a man says obrigado. pelo is por + o merged, as in pela ajuda "for the help".