Portuguese language

Okay, so we're going to learn about Portuguese, which is a language that people in Portugal and many other countries speak!

When we want to talk to people who speak a different language than us, we need to learn some new words and rules for putting those words together. Portuguese has a lot of words that are similar to Spanish, which is another language that many people speak.

One thing that's different about Portuguese is the way you pronounce the words. For example, the letter "o" in Portuguese sounds more like "aw" in English. And the letter "j" sounds like a "z" sound, kind of like the first sound in "zebra."

Portuguese also has a different way of making sentences. In English, we usually say the subject first ("I" or "you" or "he/she/they"), then the verb ("eat" or "run"), and then the object ("the cake" or "to the store"). In Portuguese, they usually say the subject first, then the object, and then the verb. So instead of saying "I eat the cake," you would say "I the cake eat" in Portuguese!

There are lots of words in Portuguese that you might recognize from other languages. For example, "obrigado" is the word for "thanks" in Portuguese. It comes from the Latin word "obrigatus," which means "obligated" or "indebted."

There are also lots of different dialects of Portuguese, which means that people might speak the language differently depending on where they're from. But overall, Portuguese is a cool language that you can use to talk to people in many different countries!