How to Say “You Write a Letter” in Portuguese

você escreve uma carta
The English phrase "you write a letter" is translated into Portuguese as você escreve uma carta.
This phrase describes the act of composing a written message to someone on paper.

Which one should you use?

While você escreve uma carta is standard in most of Brazil, tu escreves uma carta is used in certain regions of Brazil and in Portugal to mean the same thing. To change the phrase to the future tense, change 'escreve' to 'escreverá' to say você escreverá uma carta.

Is it said differently in some regions?

The form Tu escreves uma carta. is used in some regions of Brazil, particularly in the South, as an informal second-person pronoun.

How does it change in a sentence?

The phrase você escreve uma carta uses the third-person singular conjugation of the verb escrever (to write) because você is a third-person pronoun.

Did you know?

  • The word você originally comes from the phrase vossa mercee, which literally means 'your mercy'.
  • In Portuguese, the word carta is used for a written letter, but it also means 'playing card' in the context of a card game.
  • While você is used as 'you' in Brazil, in Portugal it can sometimes be perceived as too informal or even slightly rude depending on the social hierarchy.

Examples in context

  • Olá, pessoal! Vocês tão escrevendo uma carta para a festa de aniversário do João?
    Hello, everyone! Are you writing a letter for João's birthday party?
  • Você escreve uma carta para o seu avô.
    You write a letter to your grandfather.
  • Sempre que você escreve uma carta, eu fico feliz.
    Whenever you write a letter, I am happy.

Example conversation

Mariana and Lucas are discussing a childhood tradition.

  1. Mariana

    Você escreve uma carta para ele todos os anos?
    Do you write a letter to him every year?
  2. Lucas

    Sim, Mariana, eu escrevo uma carta para meu pai.
    Yes, Mariana, I write a letter to my father.
  3. Mariana

    Isso é muito gentil da sua parte.
    That is very kind of you.
  4. Lucas

    Ele adora receber correspondência física.
    He loves receiving physical mail.

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