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The 3 Most Important Portuguese Conjunctions

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?

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 The Conjunction AND In Portuguese
1:52 The Conjunction BUT In Portuguese
2:27 The Conjunction OR In Portuguese
3:17 Review Time!
4:41 Bonus Tip: Using English-Portuguese Cognates To Expand Vocabulary

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    • 00:00:09J: Quando começam a dizer mais do que apenas 'olá', 'adeus', 'obrigado',
    • 00:00:13vocês precisam de começar a formar frases
    • 00:00:15e uma grande parte disso é usar palavras como 'e', 'mas', 'ou'
    • 00:00:19para combinar fragmentos de frases. Têm de juntá-las.
    • 00:00:26J: E... vamos começar?
    • 00:00:28R: Oh, estou a ver o que fizeste...
    • 00:00:29R: A primeira é 'e'. Por exemplo...
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