Conjunctions

Bianca tells us about her family and daily life.

Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or sentences together. You’ll need them to start connecting your thoughts and forming more complex sentences in Portuguese. There are many different Portuguese conjunctions, but we’ll start you off with the 3 most common. Can you guess what they are? Stay tuned until the end for a […]

A woman visits a clothing shop to exchange a blouse she received as a gift.

You may have come across the word logo in Portuguese and had trouble translating it. Logo is another of those Portuguese words that has several meanings… The word can mean “therefore”, it can mean “soon”, and (don’t hate us!) it can also mean “later”. 😳 Sometimes it does not have a clear translation in English, […]

Marco catches up with his friend Diogo and they discuss what it’s like to live alone.

A boss finds out the hard way that it takes more than words to keep employees satisfied.

There are 3 essential conjunctions that you’ll need when you want to start connecting your thoughts and forming more complex sentences in Portuguese: These 3 are called , because they combine multiple independent phrases into one. You’ll learn much more about conjunctions in later units, but for now, we’ll focus on these 3 essentials. 1) “E” […]

Causal subordinating conjunctions (conjunções subordinativas causais) introduce the reason or cause for what was said in the independent clause. Examples:

As you may recall from the earlier Portuguese conjunctions unit, conjunctions are words that connect other words or phrases together. They help you link your thoughts together by showing different types of relationships between the parts of a sentence. You practiced with many different types of “coordinating” conjunctions, which serve different purposes, such as showing […]

Final subordinating conjunctions (conjunções subordinativas finais) describe the purpose of the event or action. Indeed, porque can be both a causal and final conjunction. It all depends on if we’re talking about cause (why something happened) or purpose (reason for doing something). Note: The classification of para as a conjunction in this context is not consensual, […]

Temporal subordinating conjunctions (conjunções subordinativas temporais) tell us when the action or event described in the independent clause has occurred or is occurring.

Explicative coordinating conjunctions (conjunções coordenativas explicativas), link parts of the sentence to indicate a reason or explanation. The most common are:   (at the start of sentences) (in the middle of sentences) (in the middle of sentences) (in the middle of sentences) Examples: