# Brazilian family dinner talk

**Language:** Portuguese  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Learn to navigate a warm Brazilian dinner table with confidence. Practice essential speaking and listening skills while sharing a meal with loved ones.

**Setting:** A cozy, brightly lit dining room in a high-rise apartment in São Paulo. Camila and Thiago gather around a beautifully set wooden table filled with steaming plates of home-cooked food.

## Lessons

### 1. Setting the dining table

Camila and Thiago get the table ready for dinner, laying out the essential utensils and arranging the plates.

**Vocabulary:**
- a mesa (the table)
- o prato (the plate)
- o garfo (the fork)
- a faca (the knife)
- comer (to eat)

**Objectives:**
- Identify basic table utensils
- Express the desire to eat

### 2. Serving the main dishes

The hot food is brought to the table. Camila and Thiago discuss the traditional staples of a Brazilian meal.

**Vocabulary:**
- o arroz (the rice)
- o feijão (the beans)
- a carne (the meat)
- a água (the water)
- beber (to drink)

**Objectives:**
- Name core Brazilian food items
- Ask for a drink of water

### 3. Polite requests at dinner

Passing dishes around the table is a social ritual. Learn how to ask for things politely during the meal.

**Vocabulary:**
- por favor (please)
- obrigado (thank you)
- gostoso (delicious)
- passar (to pass)
- querer (to want)

**Objectives:**
- Ask someone to pass a dish
- Express gratitude and compliment the food

### 4. Talking about the family

The conversation turns to family members who couldn't make it to dinner tonight.

**Vocabulary:**
- a mãe (the mother)
- o pai (the father)
- a família (the family)
- falar (to speak)
- o jantar (the dinner)

**Objectives:**
- Identify close family members
- Talk simply about dinner conversations

### 5. Coffee and sweet endings

No Brazilian meal is complete without a small cup of strong coffee and a little treat to finish the evening.

**Vocabulary:**
- o café (the coffee)
- o doce (the sweet)
- gostar (to like)
- cheio (full)
- bom (good)

**Objectives:**
- Accept or decline dessert and coffee
- Express that you are full and satisfied