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Guidebook · Unit 6 · A2

Daily Routine

Reflexive verbs, telling time, and a day in Luana's life

  1. 1

    Reflexive verbs: eu me levanto

    Getting up, getting dressed, going to bed — the verbs you do to yourself, the Brazilian way.

    • A reflexive verb carries -se in the infinitive: levantar-se, vestir-se, deitar-se, chamar-se.
    • The pronoun matches the subject: me, se, nos, se — eu me levanto, ela se levanta, nós nos levantamos, eles se levantam.
    • In Brazil it goes before the verb — in speech even at the start of a sentence: Me chamo Marina.
    • In the present, vestir-se is irregular only for eu: me visto.
    • Como você se chama? — Eu me chamo… asks and gives a name.
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  2. 2

    Numbers from 20 to 100

    Count past twenty — ages, prices and phone numbers, with one small word doing the work.

    • Tens: vinte, trinta, quarenta, cinquenta, sessenta, setenta, oitenta, noventa.
    • In between: ten + e + unit — trinta e cinco, noventa e nove.
    • Sessenta (60) comes from seis, setenta (70) from sete.
    • Cem is 100 on its own; cento once more follows — cento e um.
    • Numbers ending in 1 or 2 agree: vinte e uma casas, trinta e duas páginas.
    • In phone numbers, meia means six.
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  3. 3

    Que horas são? Telling the time

    Ask and tell the time, say when things happen — and find out what “eight o'clock” means in Rio.

    • Que horas são? — é for uma hora, meio-dia and meia-noite; são for every other hour.
    • Hora is feminine: uma hora, duas horas.
    • Minutes join with e: sete e quinze, sete e meia; quinze para as oito is 7:45.
    • “At” a time is às: às oito — but à uma, ao meio-dia, à meia-noite.
    • De manhã, à tarde, à noite — and da after a clock time: às dez da noite.
    • Among friends in Rio, an eight o'clock dinner usually starts around half past; em ponto means sharp.
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  4. 4

    A day in Luana's life

    Follow Luana from morning coffee to bedtime — then narrate a day of your own.

    • Acordar is waking up (no pronoun); levantar-se is getting out of bed.
    • Sentar-se and preparar-se work like levantar-se: ela se senta, ela se prepara.
    • Hang a day on the clock: às sete e meia, ao meio-dia, às dez da noite.
    • Four meals: café da manhã, almoço, lanche, jantar — lunch is the big one.
    • Voltar para casa (pra casa in speech) — to go back home.
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