Do you know how in English we sometimes aren’t sure if words are spelled with an ‘s’ or a ‘c’? The same thing happens for Brazilians in Portuguese. There are some words that are harder to spell. Let’s learn about that in today’s lesson.

Dialogue

A: Você escreve ‘atrasado’ com ‘s’ ou com ‘z’?

B: Atrasado, é com ‘s’.

A: E ‘piscina’, é com ‘s’ o com ‘c’?

B: ‘Piscina’ se escreve com os dois, P I S C I N A.


A: Do you write ‘atrasado’ with ‘s’ or with ‘z’?

B: ‘Atrasado’ is with an ‘s’.

A: And ‘piscina’, is it with an ‘s’ or with a ‘c’?

B: ‘Piscina’ is written with both, P I S C I N A.