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Oi, meu nome é Paloma. Hi everybody! I’m Paloma.
Welcome to PortuguesePod101.com’s “Português em Três Minutos”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Portuguese.
In the last lesson we learned the phrase Quanto custa? How much is it? In this lesson let’s see how we could answer that question by counting reais in Portuguese. In Brazil the currency is the REAL.
Please pay attention to this word's pronunciation.
RE-AL. REAL.
Let’s try to say prices in Portuguese. Start by trying to say "26 reais and 56 cents."
Vinte e seis reais e cinquenta e seis centavos.
[slowly] Vinte e seis reais e cinquenta e seis centavos.
Um centavo is one cent and centavos is “cents.”
This is really straightforward. First, we say the number of Reais, then reais, then e, the number of cents, and finally centavos.
Let’s try another example:
"34 reais and 60 cents."
Trinta e quatro reais e sessenta centavos.
[slowly] Trinta e quatro reais e sessenta centavos.
Get ready for the next example. This one’s longer:
"99 reais and 99 cents."
Noventa e nove reais e noventa e nove centavos.
[slowly] Noventa e nove reais e noventa e nove centavos.
That takes a lot of effort to say, doesn’t it! I’ll teach you the short way to say prices. Remember that before the e you always have the reais and after the e you have the cents.
Noventa e nove e noventa e nove.
99 e 99.
Now it’s time for Paloma’s Point.
When you go shopping in Brazil, you will notice that the cashier won’t give small change like 2 or 3 cents. It’s because in Brazil we almost never use one cent coins. Instead, they will round up or down to a number that ends in 0 or 5.
For example, if you buy something that costs 1 reals and 98 cents, you probably won’t receive any change if you give 2 reals to the cashier.
If the price is 2 reals 42 cents, the cashier will return 60 cents if you give him 3 reals.
You should ask your friends in Brazil if they want to go shopping with you to practice these phrases! But first you’ll have to check if they have other plans or not. Do you know how to ask that in Portuguese? If not, I’ll see you in the next Português em Três Minutos lesson!
Tchau tchau!

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