Meet Pedro, a twenty-four-year-old medical student who tells you where he lives, where he is from, and what fills his free time. It is a short self-introduction, the kind of text every beginner should be able to both read and write about themselves.
What you’ll learn
- how to introduce yourself in Portuguese
- ser and gostar de in the present tense
- saying your age, where you are from and what you do
Texto
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Olá, eu sou o Pedro.Hello, I'm Pedro. Tenho 24 anos e sou do Brasil.I'm twenty-four years old and I'm from Brazil. Atualmente eu vivo em Brasília, mas eu sou da Bahia.I currently live in Brasília, but I'm from Bahia.
Sou estudante de medicina e gosto muito da minha profissão.I'm a medical student and I like my profession a lot.
Eu gosto de dançar, de ir à praia e de comer em restaurantes.I like dancing, going to the beach, and eating at restaurants.
Eu não gosto de conduzir no trânsito nem de acordar cedo.I don't like driving in traffic or waking up early.
Vocabulário
Key words from this text. Hide a column to test yourself.
- atualmente
- currently
- o/a estudante
- the student
- a medicina
- medicine
- a profissão
- the profession
- dançar
- to dance
- a praia
- the beach
- conduzir
- to drive
- o trânsito
- the traffic
- acordar cedo
- to wake up early
Perguntas
Answer out loud in Portuguese, then check.
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