Meeting date's friends: Introducing yourself to your date's friends

💬 After de you use ti, not tu: de ti "about you". Same with para ti "for you" and contigo "with you".

💬 boas matches coisas, which is feminine and plural. One good thing would be uma coisa boa.

🇵🇹 A light, self-deprecating joke like this is a natural reply when a friend says you've been talked about. It shows you're relaxed and usually gets a laugh.

💬 Casual speech often puts the question word at the end: és de onde? sounds just as natural as de onde és?. Same idea: vives onde? "where do you live?".

💬 Lisboa takes no a in front, so it's plain em Lisboa. Porto does take one: no Porto, from em + o.

💬 há plus a time means "for" when the action is still going, with the verb in the present: vivo aqui há dois meses. It's written with an h that's never pronounced.

💬 Where English says "I've been living", Portuguese just uses the present: vivo. Same with trabalho aqui há um ano "I've been working here for a year".

🇵🇹 fixe is very Portuguese slang and marks you as someone who knows Portugal, not Brazil. Fine with friends, too casual for work.

💬 Language names aren't capitalised in Portuguese: português, inglês. Nationalities aren't either.

🇵🇹 Portuguese people are often genuinely delighted when a foreigner tries European Portuguese, so expect this compliment a lot. A modest reply is the norm.

💬 obrigado matches the speaker, not the listener: men say obrigado, women say obrigada. It literally means "obliged".

💬 Portugal says "I'm doing" with estar a plus the basic verb: estou a aprender. Swap it: estou a trabalhar "I'm working".

💬 anda literally means "walk" but is used to mean "come on" or "come with me". For a group, say andem.

💬 In Portugal small words like te "you" attach after the verb with a hyphen: vou-te apresentar. Same pattern: vou-te ligar "I'll call you".

💬 de + o becomes do, and after a "to" the o fuses too: ao resto do grupo. Both merges happen in the same breath.

💬 boa on its own is a casual "great!" or "nice!". Use it whenever someone suggests a plan you like.