Lição 15: diálogo
Eu quero aprender mais. O senhor quer aprender tudo, não é? Tudo = everything. Com certeza. Seja bem-vindo. Obrigado. Senhor. Esta é a sua mala? Notice he said esta é a sua mala. In this course we are learning to say essa for this. In more formal Portuguese esta (and este, isto) exist but they…
4: Me liga ➜ dialog
Brazilians hate making real commitments. They prefer being spontaneous. But, that doesn’t stop them from talking as if they’re going to do something 😉 Watch how this conversation almost goes off the rails while trying to set up a date. In this dialog, Michele (Mee-shell-ee) just finished having a job interview with Vívian. These are…
9: Faxineira 3 ➜ dialog
* New 3rd part will begin right after a replay the first two segments 🤞 This really is how this would play out in Brazil. Not that the maids here cover up the inevitable accidents, but just that things do_break. All 3 of these chapters happened to me, personally. Having a housekeeper is a real…
THIS & THAT – Demonstrative Pronouns
Portuguese gets complicated as soon as you start trying to say this and that. To this day I get these wrong. That’s because in Portuguese there are 3 different cases to consider. The subject can be male, female, or unknown. In time this starts to come naturally. Actually, what happens is you start to anticipate…
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7: Vem sempre aqui? ➜ dialog
BERNARDO Nossa! Que aula. CELINA Cansativa, não é? BERNARDO Muito. Mas, gostei. CELINA Também. BERNARDO Você vem sempre aqui? CELINA Não. É minha primeira vez aqui. She could have been more formal and said, É a minha primeira vez aqui. But the article “a” isn’t really necessary. You’ll see the “o” & “a” mainly in…