Tô chegando in Portuguese
We all have a specific vocabulary stack for setting up and managing our time. Scheduling our lives is a top priority, right? In Portuguese, it’s no different. They have a core of really common verbs & vocab that they use again and again. But there are a few tricks to staying within the standards. Encontros…
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4: Pedido de Pizza ➜ dialog
Here we have a real conversation. It’s scripted but we asked the actors to improvise and deliver at a normal pace. Sometimes it’s helpful to examine step-by-step how real Brazilians communicate. It’s humbling. You can obviously merge with the people of Brazil just_fine with your good Portuguese. Most people can hope for this level of…
6: Terapia 1 ➜ dialog
PSICÓLOGO Pode começar. PSICÓLOGO Cinco, dez, quinze, vinte, vinte e cinco… PACIENTE O que… o que é isso? PSICÓLOGO Isso é seu dinheiro indo embora. Vinte e cinco… You already know that IR EMBORA means, to go away. So here, the INDO is the Present Progressive of IR. indo = going indo embora = going…
The Portuguese Present Progressive ➜ common examples
The Portuguese Present Progressive is one of the first conjugations you will learn, but many students are afraid to actually use it. I was too, until I could really hear/see someone using them! *Taken from a longer dialog. The Present Progressive (ing): -ar verbs: ando / -er verbs: endo / -ir verbs: indo » From…
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5: Present Progressive ➜ dialog
The Present Progressive is one of the easiest conjugations to do. And, seriously useful. This dialog is packed with examples BUT, there are some hard to understand sentences here. That’s because several are spoken really fast, the way Brazilians do. Don’t give up! I will walk you through all of them. CARA Você está vendo…
1: Onde tem? ➜ dialoig
GAROTA Ai, droga! Perdi meu tenîs. “Ai, droga” is like saying “oh, hell”. Droga literally means drug. But I doubt anyone says, “oh, drug!”. I’d guess that the word drug used to mean anything bad. GAROTA Dá licença. “Dá” is the verb dar. This is how Brazilians say, excuse me. They literally say, “give license”….
10: Os Gringos, parte 1 ➜ dialog
APRESENTADOR Hoje nós vamos conhecer o especie: O Gringo. Olha lá. Temos um gringo vindo! This guy’s accent is tough to understand. Notice how some of his words get completely swallowed! VIR > vindo in the “ing” tense (present progressive). You should note here that Brazilians will often use CHEGAR > chegando to say coming…
The Present Progressive
Use the Present Progressive it to talk about things that are happening right now! Think of it as progress in the present: working, shopping, talking, studying. The Present Progressive is roughly equivalent to the ing ending in English. It’s easy to learn. There are no irregular verbs in this tense! Even more good news: the…
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O que você está fazendo?
Let’s explore the different ways we can talk about what’s going on, what someone is doing, what you do, I do, others do. FAZER Which of course becomes FAZENDO (the gerund) when you want to say DOING. O que você está fazendo? ➜ What are you doing? Now let’s ask someone WHAT THEY DO, for…
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