Portuguese to English examples

Eu quero aprender inglês rapidamente.

→ I want to learn English quickly.

The structure is nearly identical to English. Portuguese and English share SVO order, making most beginner sentences feel natural to translate.

Estou estudando inglês há três anos.

→ I have been studying English for three years.

Brazilian Portuguese uses the present continuous with 'há' for time duration. English uses the present perfect continuous — a tense that does not exist in the same form in Portuguese.

Se eu tivesse estudado mais, teria passado no exame.

→ If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.

The Portuguese past subjunctive maps closely to the English third conditional. The meaning is the same but the verb forms are constructed differently.

Você pode falar mais devagar, por favor?

→ Can you speak more slowly, please?

Brazilian Portuguese uses 'você' for 'you' — very similar to the English 'you'. This makes the sentence structure feel familiar.

Eu gosto muito de música inglesa.

→ I really like English music.

Portuguese 'gostar de' always requires the preposition 'de' after it. English 'like' takes a direct object with no preposition — a small but common mistake.