A Brazilian lunch is built on arroz e feijão — rice and beans — served from Porto Alegre to Manaus, with meat, chicken or fish on the side. Learn every noun with its article: o or a tells you the gender.

Comida (food)		Bebida (drink)
o arroz	rice	a água	water
o feijão	beans	o suco	juice
a carne	meat	o café	coffee
o frango	chicken	o leite	milk
o peixe	fish	a cerveja	beer
o pão	bread	o refrigerante	soft drink
o queijo	cheese

The tilde in pão and feijão marks a nasal vowel: say ow while letting air out through your nose.