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How to Say No in Portuguese

Let’s learn how to say “no” in Portuguese! To say “no” or to make a statement negative, just remember this...
  • Finalmente, uma situação em que o português é mais fácil do que o inglês. So finally, a situation where Portuguese is easier than English.
  • R: Ha! R: Ha!
  • J: Em inglês, para tornar as frases negativas, temos de decidir se usamos ou não a palavra 'no' ou 'not', J: In English to make phrases negative we have to decide whether to use the word ‘no’ or ‘not’,
  • mas, em português, tudo o que temos de saber é uma palavra, que é... but in Portuguese all we have to know is one word, which is...
  • J: É um som anasalado. J: It’s like a nasally sound.
  • É como se estivessem a dizer 'now', como "agora mesmo", mas depois tornam-no nasal. It’s kind of like you’re saying ‘now’, like ‘right now’, but then making it nasal.
  • Não. Não. Não. Não.
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