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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 one word and add it before the verb.

This video is a part of European Portuguese for Beginners series that covers basic Portuguese grammar, vocabulary and common European Portuguese expressions. If you want to learn about how to build more complicated negative sentences in Portuguese, check out this Learning Note.

Stay tuned until the end for a short demo lesson, featuring activities from the Practice Portuguese learning platform, plus a quick tip from Joel about how to take ownership over your learning path.

Chapters:
0:00 Saying ‘no’ in Portuguese (with examples)
2:35 Review Time!
3:57 Bonus Tip: How to create your own learning path

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    • 00:00:07Finalmente, uma situação em que o português é mais fácil do que o inglês.
    • 00:00:11R: Ha!
    • 00:00:12J: Em inglês, para tornar as frases negativas, temos de decidir se usamos ou não a palavra 'no' ou 'not',
    • 00:00:17mas, em português, tudo o que temos de saber é uma palavra, que é...
    • 00:00:22J: É um som anasalado.
    • 00:00:23É como se estivessem a dizer 'now', como "agora mesmo", mas depois tornam-no nasal.
    • 00:00:28Não. Não.
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    NãoNo, not
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