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How to Say ‘Don't forget that I exist’ in Portuguese

Não esquece que eu existo

nuh-o ehs-keh-seh keh ay-ooh ehk-zees-toh

[nuh-o ehs-keh-seh keh ay-ooh ehk-zees-toh]

💬 Usage Tip: In European Portuguese, não + verb often sounds very compressed in fast speech, and não has a nasal ending, roughly (nãwng). Also, song lyrics may use não esquece where many learners expect não te esqueças; lyrics often bend toward a more colloquial or stylized phrasing.

Phrase Breakdown

Não

[nuh-o]

do not

Used to form the negative of other verbs.

Example

Não vá embora.

Do not leave.

esquece

[ehs-keh-seh]

forget

To fail to remember.

Example

Esquece o que aconteceu ontem.

Forget what happened yesterday.

que

[keh]

that

Used to introduce a clause, commonly one that is linked with a main clause.

Example

Ele disse que vem.

He said that he is coming.

[ay-ooh]

Used by a speaker to refer to themselves.

Example

Eu estou aqui.

I am here.

existo

[ehk-zees-toh]

exist

To be real; to have being.

Example

Eu existo porque penso.

I exist because I think.

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