After you’ve watched the video, read the short story “Há um campo” below again. Then try to solve the questions before you consult the translation or use a translator. Read as many times as you need. See how much you can understand through context alone. Doing this will allow you to see what you need to work on. A translation is provided below so you check your comprehension (or lack of) after the exercise. Absolute Beginner to Beginner level.
“Há um Campo”
Há um campo. Neste campo há um limoeiro e há uma laranjeira. No limoeiro há dez limões. Na laranjeira há onze laranjas. Há vinte e um frutos no total.
#1. O que há?
O que há? = What is there?
(o) campo = field
(a) praia = beach
(a) cidade = city
(a) floresta = forest
um and uma = a (can also mean “one”)
#2. Quantas árvores há neste campo?
Quantas árvores há neste campo? = How many trees are there in this field?
vinte e uma = twenty one
onze = eleven
doze = twelve
duas = two
não há = there aren’t (any)
limoeiros = lemon trees
#3. Que tipo de árvores há neste campo?
Que tipo de árvores há neste campo? = What type of trees are there in this field?
(o) limoeiro = lemon tree
(a) laranjeira = orange tree
(a) ameixeira = plum tree
(a) macieira = apple tree
(a) figueira = fig tree
(o) pinheiro = pine tree
(o) abacateiro = avocado tree
#4. Quantos limões há no limoeiro?
Quantos limões há no limoeiro? = How many lemons are there in the lemon tree?
limões = lemons
limoeiro = lemon tree
cinco = five
vinte = twenty
dez = ten
não há = there aren’t (any)
#5. Quantas laranjas há na laranjeira?
Quantas laranjas há na laranjeira? = How many oranges are on the orange tree?
limões = lemons
laranjas = oranges
Translations and Vocabulary
“There is a field”
There is a field. In this field, there is a lemon tree and there is an orange tree. There are ten lemons and on the orange tree, there are eleven oranges. there are twenty-one fruits in total.
campo = field/ pitch, as in football pitch/ court, as in tennis court/ countryside
limoeiro = lemon tree
laranjeira = orange tree
frutos = fruits (fruit in general is “fruta”)