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- Lucas: Luna, ready for a new topic today? Luna: Always! What are we learning? Lucas: Family words. We've done mãe and pai, but today we go a generation up. Grandparents. Luna: Oh, I love that. Grandmother and grandfather in Portuguese. Lucas: Exactly. The word for grandmother is avó. Avó. Luna: Avó. That sounds so warm. Lucas: And grandfather is avô. Avô. Luna: Avô. Careful with that ending, right? Avó, avô. Lucas: Right. Avó with an open O, avô with a closed O. Let's practice. Repeat after me: avó. Luna: Avó. Lucas: Avô. Luna: Avô. Lucas: Perfect. Now a useful sentence: Meu avô é legal. My grandfather is cool. Meu avô é legal. Luna: Meu avô é legal. That's nice. And for grandmother? Minha avó é legal. Lucas: Exactly. Minha avó é legal. Because avó is feminine, so we use minha. Luna: Minha avó é legal. I love that. Lucas: Let's do a quick dialogue. Imagine you're introducing your grandparents. You say: Esta é minha avó. This is my grandmother. Luna: Esta é minha avó. Lucas: And: Este é meu avô. This is my grandfather. Luna: Este é meu avô. Lucas: Great. Now let's put it together. Listen: Minha avó é legal e meu avô é engraçado. My grandmother is nice and my grandfather is funny. Luna: Minha avó é legal e meu avô é engraçado. That's a full sentence. Lucas: You got it. Now you try saying something about your grandparents. Use avó or avô. Luna: Meu avô é muito legal. My grandfather is very cool. Lucas: Muito bem! And now for grandmother. Luna: Minha avó é doce. My grandmother is sweet. Lucas: Aww, that's lovely. You're doing amazing. Luna: Thanks. Hey, if someone is helping you learn Portuguese and it's making a difference... you know, Fexingo is here because of listeners like you. Lucas: That's true. If today was worth a coffee to you, that's the link — buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to keep the show going. But no pressure at all. Lucas: So let's keep practicing. Repeat after me: avó. Luna: Avó. Lucas: Avô. Luna: Avô. Lucas: Now a question: Como é sua avó? What is your grandmother like? Luna: Como é sua avó? That's a good question. My grandmother is... minha avó é carinhosa. Affectionate. Lucas: Nice. And how about your grandfather? Como é seu avô? Luna: Seu avô... meu avô é divertido. Fun. Lucas: Perfect. Let's do a quick review. What's grandmother? Luna: Avó. Lucas: Grandfather? Luna: Avô. Lucas: My grandmother is nice? Luna: Minha avó é legal. Lucas: My grandfather is cool? Luna: Meu avô é legal. Lucas: Excellent. You've got it. Luna: I feel like I can talk about my grandparents now. Well, a little. Lucas: That's all it takes. Practice these phrases and you'll be ready for more family words soon. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. This was fun. Lucas: Same here. Keep practicing, and see you next time. Luna: Até logo!