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### Asking "When"

To ask about schedules, dates, or general timeframes, use the question word **quando** (when). This is perfect for asking which day an event like a meeting (**a reunião**) takes place.

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You can also use **quando** for broader plans and travel arrangements, such as a flight (**o voo**).

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### Asking "At What Time"

While **quando** asks for a general time or day, **a que horas** (at what time) asks for a specific clock time. 

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To answer these questions, use the time prepositions you learned previously: **às** for most hours, **ao** for noon, and **à** for midnight or one o'clock.

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### Starting and Finishing

To talk about the duration of events, you will frequently use the regular verbs **começar** (to begin/start) and **terminar** (to finish/end). 

You can pair these verbs with **a que horas** to ask exactly when routine events, like a class (**a aula**), will happen.

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You can also pair them with **quando** if you are asking about events like dinner (**o jantar**) without needing an exact hour.

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Asking about time (quando, a que horas)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

prep

preposition

pron

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstratives and the verb to be (isto é, o, a)

Subject pronouns and negation (eu, não)

Yes/no questions and question words (quem, o que)

Plural pronouns, articles, and verbs (somos, são, os, as)

Origin and possession (de, do, da)

Introductions (chamar-se)

Indefinite articles (um, uma, uns, umas)

The verb to be for locations (estar)

Contrasting the two verbs to be (ser vs. estar)

Preposition for locations (em, no, na)

Numbers 0 to 10 (zero, um, dois)

The verb to have (tenho, tem)

Regular -ar verbs (falar, trabalhar)

Regular -er verbs (comer, beber)

Regular -ir verbs (abrir, partir)

My, your, and our (o meu, a nossa)

His, hers, and theirs (dele, dela)

Adjective agreement and placement

Days of the week (segunda-feira)

Months of the year (janeiro)

Counting by tens to 100 (trinta, quarenta...)

Telling time (é uma, são...)

The verb to go (ir)

Prepositions of direction (a, para)

Preposition a contractions (ao, à, aos, às)

Prepositions of place (ao lado de, em frente de...)

Demonstratives (este, esse, aquele)

Contractions with demonstratives (neste, desse, daquele)

Asking which and how many (qual, quanto)

Plurals ending in -ão (-ões, -ãos, -ães)

Plurals ending in consonants (-ns, -is, -es)

The verb to like (gostar de)

The verb to need (precisar de)

The verb to want (querer)

The verb can or may (poder)

Expressing obligation (ter de)

Adverbs of degree (muito, pouco)

Quantifiers (muito, pouco)

Comparatives (mais... do que, menos... do que)

Equality comparisons (tão... como)

The preposition com (comigo, contigo)

Coordinating conjunctions (e, mas, ou, porque)

The preposition por (pelo, pela)

Double negation (nunca, nada, ninguém)

Present continuous (estar a)

Near future (ir)

Past tense of regular -ar verbs

Past tense of regular -er and -ir verbs

Past tense of ser and ir (fui, foi)

Direct object pronouns (me, te, o, a, nos, os, as)

Pronoun placement with negatives and questions

Greetings and courtesy (bom dia, obrigado)

Physical states with ter (ter fome, ter frio)

Asking the way (à direita, sempre em frente)

Colours (vermelho, amarelo, cor-de-rosa)

Money and shopping (custar, a moeda)

Getting around (o motorista, a paragem de autocarro)

Weather and seasons (faz calor, o inverno)

Omitting the subject pronoun

Where things are: ficar (Onde fica...?)

Richer questions: que + noun and é que

Numbers above 100 (cento e vinte, mil)

First-person sound changes (durmo, prefiro)

Advice and ability: dever and saber

Asking why: porquê and porque

When one thing happens: quando-clauses

Here and there: aqui, aí, ali (cá e lá)

Formal and plural possessives: o seu, o vosso

Irregular presents: ver, vir, dar

Present irregulars

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se, nos)

Stem-changing reflexives

Attached object pronouns (-lo, -la, -los, -las)

Nasal attached pronouns (-no, -na, -nos, -nas)

Pronoun placement with adverbs

Past tense of fazer, dizer, and trazer

Past tense of ter, estar, poder, and saber

Past tense of querer and vir

Past tense of ver, dar, and ler

Past tense reflexive verbs (-se)

Time elapsed in the past (há)

Already and not yet (já, ainda não)

Question	Answer
when	quando
the meeting	a reunião
When is the meeting?	Quando é a reunião?
at what time	a que horas
to begin	começar
the class	a aula
What time does the class start?	A que horas começa a aula?
The meeting is on Monday.	A reunião é na segunda-feira.
When do you work here?	Quando trabalhas aqui?
the flight	o voo
What time is the flight?	A que horas é o voo?
The flight is at eight at night.	O voo é às oito da noite.
to finish	terminar
the dinner	o jantar
When does dinner finish?	Quando termina o jantar?
Dinner finishes at midnight.	O jantar termina à meia-noite.
What time do you finish work?	A que horas terminas o trabalho?
The class starts at noon.	A aula começa ao meio-dia.
When is our flight?	Quando é o nosso voo?
What time is dinner?	A que horas é o jantar?
every day	todos os dias
I work every day.	Eu trabalho todos os dias.
Every day I drink milk.	Todos os dias bebo leite.
sometimes	às vezes
Sometimes I eat at the restaurant.	Às vezes eu como no restaurante.
He sometimes studies at night.	Ele às vezes estuda à noite.
later on	mais tarde
The meeting is later on.	A reunião é mais tarde.
We eat later on.	Nós comemos mais tarde.
before	antes de
Before lunch I work.	Antes do almoço eu trabalho.
I study before the class.	Eu estudo antes da aula.
after	depois de
After dinner we talk.	Depois do jantar nós falamos.
After the class I study.	Depois da aula eu estudo.

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