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Food & Culture
Regular -er and -ir verbs at the street market
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Comer, beber, abrir: the -er and -ir verbs
Two more regular verb families — close siblings of the -ar pattern you already know.
Abrir lección- Regular -er verbs: drop -er, add -o, -e, -emos, -em — como, come, comemos, comem.
- Regular -ir verbs: drop -ir, add -o, -e, -imos, -em — abro, abre, abrimos, abrem.
- The two families differ only in nós, which keeps the infinitive's vowel: comemos / abrimos.
- New verbs: beber (to drink), escrever (to write), partir (to cut; to set off), dividir (to share, to split).
- A gente takes the ele/ela form: a gente come, a gente divide.
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What's on the table
Everyday food and drink, the afternoon lanche — and how to say what you like.
Abrir lección- Core food words: o arroz, o feijão, a carne, o frango, o peixe, o pão, o queijo; drinks: a água, o suco, o café, o leite, a cerveja.
- Gostar de = to like — always with de: Eu gosto de café.
- de + o = do, de + a = da for specific things: Gosto do café do Marcos.
- Negate with não before the verb: Não gosto de peixe.
- Brazilians tomam drinks: tomar um café. The lanche da tarde is the afternoon coffee-and-snack break.
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Ordering and paying
Order politely with “Eu queria…”, ask for what you need and split the bill.
Abrir lección- Eu queria… is the polite way to order — a fixed phrase meaning I'd like, with no de after it.
- Pode me trazer…? asks for something; Para mim, … gives your order when it's your turn.
- A conta, por favor — the bill only comes when you ask. Call the waiter with Moço! or Moça!
- Dividir = to share, to split: divido, divide, dividimos, dividem. A gente divide a conta?
- Water is com gás (sparkling) or sem gás (still).
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Na Feira: street food
Pastel, caldo de cana and tapioca — Marina's first morning at a Brazilian feira.
Abrir lección- A feira is a weekly street market; pastel com caldo de cana is its classic pairing.
- Tapioca is a cassava-starch wrap from the Nordeste, made na hora and either doce or salgada.
- Ask prices with Quanto custa…? and the total with Quanto é? Prices are in reais.
- Name fillings with de: pastel de queijo, pastel de carne, suco de laranja.
- Experimentar = to try a food; Você precisa experimentar!