Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being
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Key Phrases
Que bom ouvir isso!
Glad to hear that!
Se precisarem de recomendações, é só dizer.
If you need recommendations, just let me know.
É mesmo importante manter-se ativo.
It's important to stay active.
Skills You'll Learn
Expressing gratitude and positivity in conversations.
Expressar gratidão e positividade em conversas.
Offering help or support with recommendations.
Oferecer ajuda ou suporte com recomendações.
Discussing the importance of maintaining an active lifestyle.
Discutir a importância de manter um estilo de vida ativo.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine a friendly conversation between two acquaintances catching up on each other's lives. They discuss healthy habits like cooking at home, walking, and trying yoga, exchanging ideas and offering suggestions for leading a healthier lifestyle.
Olá! Como têm estado?
Hello! How have you been?
Olá Emily ! Estamos bem, obrigado por perguntar. E vocês? Como têm estado?
Hello Emily! We are well, thanks for asking. And you? How have you been?
Nós estamos ótimos, obrigado. A Maria tem cozinhado receitas muito saudáveis ultimamente.
We are great, thank you. Maria has been cooking very healthy recipes lately.
Que bom ouvir isso! Cozinhar em casa é sempre mais saudável. O que ela tem feito?
Glad to hear that! Cooking at home is always healthier. What has she been making?
Ela fez uma sopa de lentilhas na semana passada que estava deliciosa. E também temos caminhado mais.
She made a lentil soup last week that was delicious. And we've also been walking more.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Olá
oh-lah
Hello
Como
koh-moo
How
Têm estado?
tem ehs-ta-doh
Have you been?
💬 [Têm estado] is a common way to ask about how people have been lately, not just right now. You can reuse the pattern with other verbs too: [têm feito] = "have you been doing," [têm dormido] = "have you been sleeping."
See breakdown →Como têm estado?
koh-moo tem ehs-ta-doh
How have you been?
💬 In Portugal, [têm] is pronounced with a nasal sound, and unstressed vowels in [estado] get reduced, so it can sound closer to (tayng esh-TAH-do). This whole question asks about the recent past, more like "how have you been lately?" than just "how are you?"
See breakdown →Estamos bem.
Eh-stah-mos behm
We are well.
Obrigado por perguntar.
oh-bree-gah-doo poor pair-goon-tahr
Thanks for asking.
E vocês?
eh vo-sehs
And you?
🇵🇹 With more than one person, [E vocês?] is the natural follow-up after answering about yourself. It keeps the conversation warm without sounding too formal.
See breakdown →Nós estamos ótimos, obrigado.
nohs ehs-tah-moosh oh-teem-oosh oh-bree-gah-doo
We are great, thank you.
A Maria
ah mah-ree-ah
Maria
💬 In European Portuguese, people often put the article before first names: [a Maria], [o João]. Don't translate it as "the Maria" in English — it's just normal Portuguese usage.
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