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Outdoor concert festivals are fun and everything… until someone goes missing! In this dialogue, a Canadian named Fred gets worried when his Portuguese friend João disappears unexpectedly. He attempts to file a police report in the middle of the night with an unhelpful officer who’d rather continue napping.
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- 00:00:00Intro
- 00:00:55Section 1
- 00:02:04Section 2
- 00:03:31Section 3
- 00:06:04Section 4
- 00:07:19Transition to Explanations
- 00:07:40Section 1
- 00:08:47Section 1 Discussion
- 00:11:32Section 2
- 00:12:56Section 2 Discussion
- 00:16:47Section 3
- 00:19:20Section 3 Discussion
- 00:23:22Section 4
- 00:24:33Section 4 Discussion
- 00:27:48Adeus!
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- 00:00:044.44Rui: Hello everybody!
- 00:00:066.62Joel: Hello everybody!
- 00:00:088.26Rui: Before we start we want to say... this is like a disclaimer?
- 00:00:1212.15Joel: Yeah… a little disclaimer. It's really late when we're recording this and we don't
- 00:00:1616.66want to anger the neighbors too much.
- 00:00:1818.64We don't want to "chatear" the neighbors. Rui: It's a quarter to 1 a.m.
- 00:00:2222.13Joel: And we're recording this episode because there wasn't another time that we could schedule it!
- 00:00:2727.09That's why, if we sound like late night radio announcers with soft smooth voices, it's because
- 00:00:3333.94we just want not to talk to loud.
- 00:00:3636.969So as usual, we'll hear the whole dialogue all the way through one time and then after
- 00:00:4141.48we will break it down into sections to discuss some of the vocabulary and expressions and
- 00:00:4646.739grammar... and all that other good stuff.
- 00:00:4848.69Rui: And this being said… let's start with the episode!
- 00:00:5252.25Joel: Not recommended to listen to while driving…
- 00:00:5454.79Rui: (Jibberish!)
- 00:00:5757.52Desaparecido No Concerto O João e o Fred são dois amigos adolescentes. Missing at the concert João and Fred are two teenage friends.
- 00:01:0464.56O João é português e o Fred é canadiano. João is Portuguese and Fred is Canadian.
- 00:01:0969.27Os jovens são amigos desde que a família do Fred se mudou para Portugal. The young men have been friends since Fred’s family moved to Portugal.
- 00:01:1575.32Depois de um ano, o Fred aprendeu a falar Português e foi estudar para a mesma turma do João. After a year, Fred learned to speak Portuguese and started attending the same class as João.
- 00:01:2383.05Ambos gostam muito de música e, no verão, vão aos concertos e festivais que acontecem They both really enjoy music and, during summer, they attend concerts and festivals that happen
- 00:01:3090.03por todo o país. all over the country.
- 00:01:3292.24O ano passado, no último ano do ensino secundário, pegaram nas mochilas, na tenda e no dinheiro Last year, during the last year of high school, they got their backpacks, a tent and the money
- 00:01:40100.27que juntaram durante o inverno e foram para a Costa Vicentina, no litoral alentejano, they saved during winter and went to Vicentina coast, on the Alentejo shore,
- 00:01:47107.01assistir ao Festival Sudoeste. to see the Southwest Festival.
- 00:01:50110.54Na primeira noite que chegaram, estava a tocar uma banda de que os dois gostavam muito. On the first night they arrived, a band they both really like was playing.
- 00:01:58118.18A noite estava quente e a cerveja muito fresca e o João começou a beber. The night was hot and the beer was quite cold and João started drinking.
- 00:02:06126.67João: Toma Fred… bebe mais uma cerveja. João: Here Fred… have another beer.
- 00:02:10130.54Agarra nessa que eu vou buscar mais. Grab this one that I’ll get some more.
- 00:02:13133.35Fred: Ei João, vai com calma! Não queremos ficar bêbados logo na primeira noite. Fred: Hey João, take it easy. We don’t want to get drunk already on the first night,
- 00:02:19139.41João: Fred, o canadiano certinho, não vai beber demais… já percebi. João: Fred, the goody-two-shoes Canadian, not drinking too much… I got that.
- 00:02:26146.34Mas ainda bem porque alguém tem que tomar conta da tenda. But also because someone has to look after the tent.
- 00:02:30150.39Olha… eu vou buscar mais uma jola e para ti vou procurar um chá de camomila, se encontrar… Look… I’ll get another beer and I’ll look for some chamomile tea for you , if I find any…
- 00:02:39159.09Até já. See you.
- 00:02:40160.22Fred: Vai… eu fico aqui. Fred: Ok go… I’ll stay here.
- 00:02:44164.46Depois de um tempo, o Fred reparou que o João ainda não tinha voltado. After a while, Fred noticed that João hadn’t returned.
- 00:02:49169.62O Fred achou que era normal, porque o festival estava cheio de gente e as filas para a cerveja Fred thought it was normal, because the festival was full of people and the beer lines
- 00:02:56176.23eram enormes, mas o tempo passou e o João não apareceu. were huge, but time passed and João didn’t show up.
- 00:03:02182.18A banda terminou de tocar eram 4h da manhã e não havia sinal do João. The band stopped playing at 4 AM and there was no sign of João.
- 00:03:07187.54Preocupado, o Fred começou a procurar o amigo. Worried, Fred started looking for his friend.
- 00:03:12192.18Chamou pelo seu nome, procurou-o nas outras tendas, procurou-o até fora do recinto do He called his name, looked for him in the other tents, searched for him even outside the
- 00:03:19199.98festival, mas não o conseguiu encontrar em lado nenhum. festival venue, but couldn’t find him anywhere.
- 00:03:24204.22Sem saber mais o que fazer, foi ao posto da polícia mais próximo pedir ajuda. Not knowing what else to do, we went to the nearest police station to ask for help.
- 00:03:31211.09Fred: Boa noite, senhor guarda. Eu estou no Festival do Sudoeste com o meu amigo João Fred : Good evening, Mr. officer. I’m at the southwest Festival with my friend João
- 00:03:36216.87e ele desapareceu há mais de 4 horas. and it’s been over 4 hours since he disappeared.
- 00:03:40220.07Foi buscar uma bebida e não regressou. He went to get a drink and didn’t come back.
- 00:03:42222.43Guarda: Boa noite!? Officer: Good evening!?
- 00:03:44224.34Já viu que horas são? Have you seen what time is it?
- 00:03:47227.77Isto são horas de acordar um agente da polícia? Is this time to wake up a police officer?
- 00:03:50230.75Fred: Oh desculpe… não sabia que estava a dormir, mas… Fred: Oh sorry… I didn’t know you were sleeping, but…
- 00:03:54234.18Guarda: Bem… eu não queria dizer acordar… eu queria dizer incomodar. Officer: Well… I didn’t mean wake up… I meant bother.
- 00:03:58238.959Acha que um agente da autoridade dorme em serviço? Do you think and authority agent would sleep during the shift?
- 00:04:02242.43Fred: Não, claro que não. Fred: No, of course not.
- 00:04:04244.25Mas e então o meu amigo? But what about your friend?
- 00:04:05245.73Ó rapaz, é todos os anos a mesma conversa! Oh boy, every year it's the same story!
- 00:04:10250.98Nesta altura do ano, durante o festival, é raro o adolescente que vai dormir à sua própria tenda. At this time of the year, during the festival, it’s rare for any teenager to sleep in their own tents.
- 00:04:17257.62Não sei se entendeu o que eu quis dizer... Don’t know if you get what I mean…
- 00:04:20260.919Fred: Mas sabe, o meu amigo... Fred: But you know, my friend…
- 00:04:22262.682Guarda: E antes que continue, posso dizer-lhe já que tem que preencher ali um impresso Officer: And before you continue, I can already tell you that you’ll have to fill a form
- 00:04:29269.13e depois esperar até falar com o responsável por essas situações. and then wait until you speak with the person responsible for these situations.
- 00:04:34274.72O Fred preencheu o impresso e sentou-se. Fred filled the form and sat down.
- 00:04:41281.56Cinco minutos depois foi chamado a um outro balcão, por uma voz que parecia familiar. Five minutes later he was called to a different desk, by a voice that sounded familiar.
- 00:04:47287.49Guarda: O senhor, aqui por favor! Officer: You sir, here please!
- 00:04:51291.95Diga lá o que aconteceu. Tell us what happened.
- 00:04:54294.49Fred: Mas… sou eu… lembra-se de mim? Fred: But… it’s me… remember me?
- 00:04:56296.69Falamos há cinco minutos. We spoke five minutes ago.
- 00:04:58298.53Lembra-se? Remember?
- 00:04:59299.53Guarda: Eu não faço as regras. Officer: I don’t make the rules.
- 00:05:02302.91Por favor descreva a situação do início e devagar, para o meu colega poder apontar Please describe the situation from the beginning and slowly, so my colleague can write
- 00:05:10310.24tudo no seu caderno de notas. everything down on his notebook.
- 00:05:13313.09E dessa forma o Fred explicou o desaparecimento do João – de novo. That way Fred explained João’s disappearance - again.
- 00:05:19319.23Guarda: Ainda não passaram 48 horas. Officer - It still hasn’t been 48 hours.
- 00:05:23323.83Não podemos dar o seu amigo como desaparecido. We can’t consider your friend missing.
- 00:05:27327.93Fred: Eu sei, senhor Guarda. Fred: I know, Mr. officer.
- 00:05:29329.8Mas ele bebeu demais e estou com medo que lhe tenha acontecido alguma coisa. But he drank too much and I’m afraid that something might have happened to him.
- 00:05:34334.71Não nos pode ajudar? Can’t you help us?
- 00:05:36336.33Guarda: Não, infelizmente temos de esperar 2 dias antes de poder agir. Officer: No, unfortunately we have to wait 2 days before being able to act.
- 00:05:43343.09Vá, agora deixa-me voltar ao dormitório… ai!... Go, now let me go back to my dorm… oops!
- 00:05:47347.83…Ao relatório! …To the report!
- 00:05:50350.11Relatório! Report!
- 00:05:51351.25O Fred voltou para a tenda e ao fim de umas horas adormeceu. Fred went back to the tent and after a few hours he fell asleep.
- 00:05:56356.949Acordou novamente por volta das 10h da manhã com o barulho de alguém a tentar abrir a tenda. He woke up again around 10 AM with the sound of someone trying to open the tent.
- 00:06:05365.1Fred: João!
- 00:06:06366.11És tu! It’s you!
- 00:06:07367.38Onde andaste? Where have you been?
- 00:06:08368.69Passei a madrugada à tua procura. Até fui à polícia. I spent the night looking for you.. I even went to the police.
- 00:06:12372.34Que susto pá! You gave me a scare!
- 00:06:13373.729João: Calma! João: Easy!
- 00:06:15375.04Não aconteceu nada. Nothing happened.
- 00:06:16376.84Eu fui à procura de cerveja e fiquei com fome. I went to look for some beer and got hungry.
- 00:06:20380.78Queria comer um pão com chouriço. I wanted to eat some bread with sausage.
- 00:06:22382.949Como não encontrei aqui no festival, fui à procura de um supermercado. As I hadn’t found it here at the festival, I went to look for a supermarket.
- 00:06:28388.26Fred: João, mas já passava da meia-noite. Fred: João, but it was already past midnight.
- 00:06:31391.919Estavas à espera de encontrar algum supermercado aberto? Were you expecting to find any markets open?
- 00:06:34394.56A essa hora está tudo fechado. By this time it’s all closed.
- 00:06:37397.43João: Estava com fome… muita fome. João: I was hungry… really hungry.
- 00:06:40400.82E como se diz em Português: “o que tem que ser, tem muita força”… ou “a esperança… And as we say in Portuguese “what has to be, has great strength”… or “hope…
- 00:06:48408.12… é a última a morrer”. … is the last to die”.
- 00:06:49409.55Fred: Bem… neste caso a última coisa a morrer foi a tua fome. Fred: Well… in this case the last thing to die was your hunger.
- 00:06:54414.62Estavas bêbado… isso sim! You were drunk… that’s what happened!
- 00:06:56416.3De qualquer forma, são 10h da manhã! Anyway, it’s 10 AM!
- 00:06:58418.88Onde andaste até agora? Where have you been until now?
- 00:07:00420.09João: Já te disse. João: I already told you.
- 00:07:02422.419Fui ao supermercado… e o supermercado só abre às 9 da manhã! I went to the supermarket… and the supermarket only opens at 9 AM!
- 00:07:08428.07“Duh”… achas que os supermercados estão abertos durante a noite? “Duh”… do you think the supermarkets are open during the night?
- 00:07:13433.54Fred: Hum… ok… pois… vamos à praia. Fred: Hum… ok… then… let’s go to the beach.
- 00:07:18438.79Joel: So now that you've heard the story of Joel and Fred… 2 very fictional characters,
- 00:07:25445.98one Canadian, one Portuguese… we're going to break down some of the sections of this
- 00:07:29449.71episode to talk about some of the vocabulary and the "expressões" that were used.
- 00:07:35455.12Rui: Break it down!
- 00:07:36456.58Joel: Break it down (* epic radio station transition *).
- 00:07:39459.49So, Section 1 –
- 00:07:40460.58Rui: Desaparecido No Concerto Rui: Missing at the concert
- 00:07:43463.05O João e o Fred são dois amigos adolescentes. João and Fred are two teenage friends.
- 00:07:47467O João é português e o Fred é canadiano. João is Portuguese and Fred is Canadian.
- 00:07:51471.83Os jovens são amigos desde que a família do Fred se mudou para Portugal. The young men have been friends since Fred’s family moved to Portugal.
- 00:07:57477.9Depois de um ano, o Fred aprendeu a falar Português e foi estudar para a mesma turma do João. After a year, Fred learned to speak Portuguese and started attending the same class as João.
- 00:08:05485.6Ambos gostam muito de música e, no verão, vão aos concertos e festivais que acontecem They both really enjoy music and, during summer, they attend concerts and festivals that happen
- 00:08:12492.58por todo o país. all over the country.
- 00:08:14494.8O ano passado, no último ano do ensino secundário, pegaram nas mochilas, na tenda e no dinheiro Last year, during the last year of high school, they got their backpacks, a tent and the money
- 00:08:22502.82que juntaram durante o inverno e foram para a Costa Vicentina, no litoral alentejano, they saved during winter and went to Vicentina coast, on the Alentejo shore,
- 00:08:29509.82assistir ao Festival Sudoeste. to see the Southwest Festival.
- 00:08:33513.089Na primeira noite que chegaram, estava a tocar uma banda de que os dois gostavam muito. On the first night they arrived, a band they both really like was playing.
- 00:08:40520.19A noite estava quente e a cerveja muito fresca e o João começou a beber. The night was hot and the beer was quite cold and João started drinking.
- 00:08:47527.779Rui: So João and Fred, they are two teenager friends.
- 00:08:52532.809And one is Portuguese, the other one is Canadian… they are friends since the family of Fred
- 00:08:57537.99moved to Portugal.
- 00:08:59539.05And after one year learning Portuguese, Fred went to the same class as João.
- 00:09:07547.189They both like music, so in the summer they go to the concerts and festivals around the country.
- 00:09:12552.639Last year, it was their last high school year, so they grabbed their backpacks, their tents
- 00:09:20560.05and the money that they earned during the winter and they went to Alentejo, to this music
- 00:09:27567.089festival called Festival Sudoeste.
- 00:09:28568.99The first night, the band was amazing, night was warm, the beer was cold and João, the
- 00:09:38578.36Portuguese, started drinking.
- 00:09:39579.629Joel: Uh-oh...
- 00:09:40580.629Rui: Yeah.
- 00:09:42582.48Joel: In here, we're got the word "pegar" in the phrase "pegaram nas mochilas".
- 00:09:47587.46They grabbed their backpacks. Rui: Yeah… it's like grab and move.
- 00:09:51591.08It's like you grab something and you move.
- 00:09:53593.68It's a verb that Brazilians use a lot.
- 00:09:56596.12We [Portuguese] usually, instead of "pegar", we say “agarrar”, "apanhar".
- 00:10:03603.28Joel: So when Portuguese use it, it's more when you're grabbing something to go.
- 00:10:07607.76Whereas I guess Brazilians will use it if they're just grabbing it to hold onto, even.
- 00:10:12612.05Rui: Yeah… they will use it whenever we say "apanhar", they say "pegar".
- 00:10:18618.019And we only use "pegar" in this context, [when] you grab the backpack and go.
- 00:10:23623.302Joel: The next phrase "no litoral alentejano".
- 00:10:26626.82Rui: Yeah… like the coast of Alentejo region. Joel: So that's almost a false cognate or
- 00:10:32632.769"falso amigo", because "litoral" almost looks like literal but it means "the coast".
- 00:10:38638.66And then the next word in the section, "assistir" is another "falso amigo" because it looks
- 00:10:43643.74like a word in English, "to assist".
- 00:10:46646.22But it's not the same in Portuguese because "assistir" means "to watch", like you're watching
- 00:10:52652.05a show or you are being a bystander in something.
- 00:10:55655.26Rui: Yeah… in Portugal, it's specifically for when you are… like… when you're part of
- 00:11:02662.2an audience.
- 00:11:03663.4Because when you are watching TV, you say "estou a ver televisão", which is funny because
- 00:11:09669.73Brazilians use "assistir" for "televisão" as well.
- 00:11:15675.23So they don't say "ver televisão"… they say "assistir televisão".
- 00:11:19679.87And for us it's… "assistir” is a little bit more specific.
- 00:11:23683.949Like when there's something going on and you are part of an audience.
- 00:11:28688.889Joel: Okay… Rui: That's interesting.
- 00:11:30690.5Joel: Let's move onto section 2.
- 00:11:32692.519João: Toma Fred… bebe mais uma cerveja. João: Here Fred… have another beer.
- 00:11:36696.17Agarra nessa que eu vou buscar mais. Grab this one that I’ll get some more.
- 00:11:38698.889Fred: Ei João, vai com calma. Não queremos ficar bêbados logo na primeira noite. Fred: Hey João, take it easy. We don’t want to get drunk already on the first night,
- 00:11:44704.94João: Fred, o canadiano certinho, não vai beber demais… já percebi. João: Fred, the goody-two-shoes Canadian, not drinking too much… I got that.
- 00:11:51711.86Mas ainda bem porque alguém tem que tomar conta da tenda. But also because someone has to look after the tent.
- 00:11:55715.92Olha… eu vou buscar mais uma jola e para ti vou procurar um chá de camomila, se encontrar… Look… I’ll get another beer and I’ll look for some chamomile tea for you , if I find any…
- 00:12:04724.629Até já. See you.
- 00:12:05725.759Fred: Vai… eu fico aqui. Fred: Ok go… I’ll stay here.
- 00:12:08728.54Depois de um tempo, o Fred reparou que o João ainda não tinha voltado. After a while, Fred noticed that João hadn’t returned.
- 00:12:15735.16O Fred achou que era normal, porque o festival estava cheio de gente e as filas para a cerveja Fred thought it was normal, because the festival was full of people and the beer lines
- 00:12:21741.759eram enormes, mas o tempo passou e o João não apareceu. were huge, but time passed and João didn’t show up.
- 00:12:27747.709A banda terminou de tocar eram 4h da manhã e não havia sinal do João. The band stopped playing at 4 AM and there was no sign of João.
- 00:12:34754.119Preocupado, o Fred começou a procurar o amigo. Worried, Fred started looking for his friend.
- 00:12:37757.72Chamou pelo seu nome, procurou-o nas outras tendas, procurou-o até fora do recinto do He called his name, looked for him in the other tents, searched for him even outside the
- 00:12:45765.519festival, mas não o conseguiu encontrar em lado algum. festival venue, but couldn’t find him anywhere.
- 00:12:49769.749Sem saber mais o que fazer, foi ao posto da polícia mais próximo pedir ajuda. Not knowing what else to do, we went to the nearest police station to ask for help.
- 00:12:56776.249Rui: So, in section 2, João wants to give another beer to Fred who doesn't accept it.
- 00:13:02782.399He doesn't want to get drunk in the first night.
- 00:13:07787.089João makes fun of Fred… like… aw… you are so lame, you don't want to drink too much… okay…
- 00:13:11791.529I got it.
- 00:13:12792.36And so he goes and gets another beer and makes a joke… like… he's going to get Fred a
- 00:13:18798.38chamomile tea.
- 00:13:20800.74And Fred just stays where he is.
- 00:13:23803.8But then time goes by and João doesn't show up.
- 00:13:28808.249And the band finishes playing and Fred doesn't know nothing about João, so he gets worried.
- 00:13:35815.079He starts looking for him, calling his name.
- 00:13:38818.369He goes even outside the festival but he can't find him, so he ends up going to the police
- 00:13:45825.389station to ask for help...
- 00:13:47827.609Joel: Sounds like a good idea...
- 00:13:48828.699Rui: Yeah... he's worried!
- 00:13:49829.699Joel: So here we have the verb that we were talking about before, "agarrar", in the phrase...
- 00:13:54834.639Rui: Yeah… "agarra nessa [cerveja] que eu vou buscar mais."
- 00:14:01841.16This is much more common than "pega[r]".
- 00:14:04844.81Like… "pega nesta cerveja" would be weird so we say "agarra[r]".
- 00:14:08848.899Joel: Agarrar.
- 00:14:10850.04Rui: To hold.
- 00:14:11851.759Joel: And the next word... "bêbados".
- 00:14:14854.16Rui: This is a word that you had a really hard time [with].
- 00:14:18858.739I remember that for an entire year, I would make fun of you because you would say "bebidos."
- 00:14:25865.82I think because of the word "bebida"...
- 00:14:27867.61Joel: Yeah… just first off, this means drunk.
- 00:14:30870.38"Bêbados" is drunk – Or... two people who are drunk.
- 00:14:33873.94Rui: Yeah… "bêbado".
- 00:14:35875.12Joel: Or "bêbada" if you're a woman.
- 00:14:36876.74Rui: So it comes from the word "beber", to drink.
- 00:14:41881.82But, the second vowel is an "A".
- 00:14:46886.7And you would always – Or you would say "bebidos", with an "i" on the second vowel,
- 00:14:53893.36or you say "Bêbedos" with an "e" [or bêbados].
- 00:14:56896.74Joel: Yeah… because it almost sounds like the past participle of "beber", which would be
- 00:15:00900.68"bebida".
- 00:15:01901.68"A cerveja foi bebida".
- 00:15:03903.079But to be drunk is spelled differently.
- 00:15:04904.52It's B-Ê (with a circumflex to make it a more open vowel sound) B-Ê-B-A-D-O-S.
- 00:15:14914.64Rui: Yeah… "bêbados".
- 00:15:16916.04Joel: So that's a tricky one to pronounce, but if you can nail the pronunciation people
- 00:15:21921.42be pretty impressed I think... right?
- 00:15:24924.249The next expression is one that you may or may not have seen before: "tomar conta de".
- 00:15:29929.509Rui: Yeah… "tomar conta de". That's like to take care of something.
- 00:15:35935.17That's an expression.
- 00:15:36936.37And then do you know what the word "jola" is?
- 00:15:40940.22When he says "vou buscar mais uma jola"?
- 00:15:43943.67Joel: To be honest, I only know because you told me before we recorded the episode.
- 00:15:49949.149I had to ask.
- 00:15:50950.149Rui: Yeah… it comes from the word "cervejola", which is like a cute way of saying "cerveja".
- 00:15:56956.139And then you just take the really important, "cerve-" and you...
- 00:16:00960.72Joel: Scrap it!
- 00:16:01961.97Rui: You end up with "jola".
- 00:16:03963.31Joel: Huh!
- 00:16:04964.3Rui: That's what young people say or people our age to be funny.
- 00:16:10970.07Joel: "Olha puto, traz cá uma –"… No – "Hey meu, traz cá uma jola!
- 00:16:16976.3Rui: Perfect, you're ready to go to a concert.
- 00:16:18978.93Joel: And later we go on to talk about "o recinto do festival".
- 00:16:23983.299"Cinto" in the word "recinto" looks like the word "belt", so that makes me think that maybe
- 00:16:29989.239this is something that contains something.
- 00:16:32992.35"Recinto".
- 00:16:33993.35Rui: Yeah… it's the perimeter...?
- 00:16:34994.839Joel: Yeah… the perimeter of the festival.
- 00:16:37997.6Rui: Yeah… like the enclosed area of the festival, where the festival is happening.
- 00:16:431003.9Joel: Alright… and with that I think I'm ready for Section 3.
- 00:16:471007.209Fred: Boa noite, senhor guarda. Eu estou no Festival do Sudoeste com o meu amigo João Fred : Good evening, Mr. officer. I’m at the southwest Festival with my friend João
- 00:16:521012.72e ele desapareceu há mais de 4 horas. and it’s been over 4 hours since he disappeared.
- 00:16:551015.91Foi buscar uma bebida e não regressou. He went to get a drink and didn’t come back.
- 00:16:581018.199Guarda: Boa noite!? Officer: Good evening!?
- 00:17:001020.16Já viu que horas são? Have you seen what time is it?
- 00:17:021022.8Isto são horas de acordar um agente da polícia? Is this time to wake up a police officer?
- 00:17:061026.6Fred: Oh desculpe, não sabia que estava a dormir, mas… Fred: Oh sorry… I didn’t know you were sleeping, but…
- 00:17:101030.01Guarda: Bem… eu não queria dizer acordar… eu queria dizer incomodar. Officer: Well… I didn’t mean wake up… I meant bother.
- 00:17:141034.81Acha que um agente da autoridade dorme em serviço? Do you think and authority agent would sleep during the shift?
- 00:17:181038.28Fred: Não, claro que não. Fred: No, of course not.
- 00:17:201040.1Mas e então o meu amigo? But what about your friend?
- 00:17:211041.51Guarda: Ó rapaz, é todos os anos a mesma conversa! Oh boy, every year it's the same story!
- 00:17:261046.82Nesta altura do ano, durante o festival, é raro o adolescente que vai dormir à sua própria tenda. At this time of the year, during the festival, it’s rare for any teenager to sleep in their own tents.
- 00:17:331053.46Não sei se entendeu o que eu quis dizer... Don’t know if you get what I mean…
- 00:17:361056.76Fred: Mas sabe, o meu amigo... Fred: But you know, my friend…
- 00:17:381058.18Guarda: E antes que continue, posso dizer-lhe já que tem que preencher ali um impresso Officer: And before you continue, I can already tell you that you’ll have to fill a form
- 00:17:451065.09e depois esperar até falar com o responsável por essas situações. and then wait until you speak with the person responsible for these situations.
- 00:17:521072.56O Fred preencheu o impresso e sentou-se. Fred filled the form and sat down.
- 00:17:571077.41Cinco minutos depois foi chamado a um outro balcão, por uma voz que parecia familiar. Five minutes later he was called to a different desk, by a voice that sounded familiar.
- 00:18:031083.33Guarda: O senhor, aqui por favor! Officer: You sir, here please!
- 00:18:071087.96Diga lá o que aconteceu. Tell us what happened.
- 00:18:101090.37Fred: Mas… sou eu, lembra-se de mim? Fred: But… it’s me… remember me?
- 00:18:121092.54Falamos há cinco minutos. We spoke five minutes ago.
- 00:18:141094.38Lembra-se? Remember?
- 00:18:151095.38Guarda: Eu não faço as regras. Officer: I don’t make the rules.
- 00:18:181098.75Por favor descreva a situação do início e devagar para o meu colega poder apontar Please describe the situation from the beginning and slowly, so my colleague can write
- 00:18:261106.09tudo no seu caderno de notas. everything down on his notebook.
- 00:18:281108.57E dessa forma o Fred explicou o desaparecimento do João – de novo. That way Fred explained João’s disappearance - again.
- 00:18:351115.06Guarda: Ainda não passaram 48 horas. Officer - It still hasn’t been 48 hours.
- 00:18:391119.68Não podemos dar o seu amigo como desaparecido. We can’t consider your friend missing.
- 00:18:431123.78Fred: Eu sei, senhor Guarda. Fred: I know, Mr. officer.
- 00:18:451125.66Mas ele bebeu demais e estou com medo que lhe tenha acontecido alguma coisa. But he drank too much and I’m afraid that something might have happened to him.
- 00:18:501130.55Não nos pode ajudar? Can’t you help us?
- 00:18:521132.28Guarda: Não, infelizmente temos de esperar 2 dias antes de poder agir. Officer: No, unfortunately we have to wait 2 days before being able to act.
- 00:18:581138.93Vá… agora deixa-me voltar ao dormitório… ai!... Go, now let me go back to my dorm… oops!
- 00:19:031143.68…Ao relatório! …To the report!
- 00:19:051145.18Relatório! Report!
- 00:19:071147.11O Fred voltou para a tenda e ao fim de umas horas adormeceu. Fred went back to the tent and after a few hours he fell asleep.
- 00:19:121152.17Acordou novamente por volta das 10h da manhã com o barulho de alguém a tentar abrir a tenda. He woke up again around 10 AM with the sound of someone trying to open the tent.
- 00:19:201160.71Rui: OK… Section 3 is the conversation between Fred, the "canadiano", and the police officer, so
- 00:19:271167.69he's like… obviously he's… he's worried and he goes to the police station in order to
- 00:19:321172.67find some help.
- 00:19:341174.82And the police station is empty at that time. The police officer is sleeping but he doesn't
- 00:19:431183.15want to admit it.
- 00:19:441184.71So he pretends that he is just working.
- 00:19:471187.84Fred asks for help, and the guy doesn't seem very helpful because he says that every year
- 00:19:541194.23it's the same conversation.
- 00:19:561196.19Teenagers just disappear from the festival.
- 00:20:001200.75Fred insists he wants help.
- 00:20:021202.99So the police officer tells him to fill in the paper and wait – which is very typical
- 00:20:081208.29from Portugal.
- 00:20:091209.38Fred does that and he ends up being called by... the same guy… so!
- 00:20:141214.22Joel: So… it's like he just wants to… the guard just wants to get Fred into the system so that he…
- 00:20:201220.32Rui: He has to respect the system, has to respect the rules even though there's no one there.
- 00:20:251225.06It's 4 a.m.
- 00:20:261226.74Anyway.
- 00:20:271227.74He ends up telling him that no… he can't help him.
- 00:20:311231.46After all this work, he can't help… help, because he needs to be missing for 48 hours.
- 00:20:361236.64Joel: He just wants to go back and have a nap.
- 00:20:381238.72Rui: No… his "report"… he wants to do his report.
- 00:20:411241.78Joel: Because near the end of this section, there's a little bit of a play on words between
- 00:20:481248.45"dormitório" and "relatório".
- 00:20:491249.93Rui: Yeah… "dorm" and "report".
- 00:20:521252.39Joel: The guard said 'okay now… let me go back and go to my bed - I mean – the report!
- 00:21:001260.5‘The report!'
- 00:21:011261.5"Relatório".
- 00:21:031263.52But, let's rewind and go back to the beginning of this section.
- 00:21:071267.94One thing that stood out for me is that in English, when we write the sound "ohhhh" like
- 00:21:131273.25you're discovering, something or you're...
- 00:21:151275.77Rui: Or like "ahhhh" or...
- 00:21:171277.45Joel: Yeah… we'll usually use "H's".
- 00:21:191279.99We'll write "oh" or "ah".
- 00:21:221282.5But here, "Ó" is just simply a capital Ó with the accent on the...
- 00:21:271287.61Rui: Yeah… because we don't do the aspiration like you do… "hhhha", like you the "H", right?
- 00:21:341294.44Joel: If there's an "H" in Portuguese, it's usually going to be silent.
- 00:21:381298.87Rui: Completely silent. So for us doesn't make any sense to write it "Ó" with an accent,
- 00:21:441304or "Á" with an accent.
- 00:21:451305.96Joel: Just to show that it's more open.
- 00:21:471307.63Rui: "Á," "Ó", "Ó, por favor”, "Á"...
- 00:21:521312.04Joel: And that's actually a great way to remember that when you're reading words and you see
- 00:21:561316.16that accent… then it means to open your mouth more, in general, right?
- 00:22:001320.78Rui: Very good advice. Joel: (Laughs) I don't need your sarcasm.
- 00:22:041324.55But what I do need is help with this next phrase.
- 00:22:071327.7Rui: Which is...
- 00:22:081328.72Joel: We have the sentence: "Não podemos dar o seu amigo como desaparecido".
- 00:22:131333.24So I guess the expression by itself would be "dar como".
- 00:22:181338.23Rui: Yeah… "dar como".
- 00:22:201340.04"Dar como" is "consider".
- 00:22:211341.85We can consider your friend missing.
- 00:22:241344.47Joel: Those are... just so it's clear for those listening, "dar" = to give and "como"-
- 00:22:301350.22Rui: "As". Joel: Or "like".
- 00:22:321352.44Rui: We also use that, for example, in "dar como garantido".
- 00:22:381358.46Consider it done… won.
- 00:22:401360.02Joel: So, "to consider" = "dar como"... "dar como explicado!"
- 00:22:431363.93Rui: Esta frase pode ser dada como explicada!
- 00:22:471367.19Joel: Alright!
- 00:22:481368.19And the next word, "agir".
- 00:22:501370.24Rui: It's a verb… "to act".
- 00:22:531373.73Joel: And it's used a lot...
- 00:22:551375.15Rui: Yeah… because it sounds better than "atuar".
- 00:22:571377.73"Atuar" for us is very much...
- 00:23:011381.88Joel: Theatrical Rui: Related to acting.
- 00:23:051385.12And whenever it's not an actor, we use the verb "Agir".
- 00:23:091389.41"Eu agi, tu agiste, eu ajo”. Joel: Ah… to spring into action, to act.
- 00:23:141394.77Rui: To do something.
- 00:23:161396.75Joel: Let's move on. Rui: Section 4 (* epic drum fill transition*)
- 00:23:221402.17Fred: João!
- 00:23:231403.16És tu! It’s you!
- 00:23:241404.16Onde andaste? Where have you been?
- 00:23:251405.04Passei a madrugada à tua procura. Até fui à polícia. I spent the night looking for you.. I even went to the police.
- 00:23:281408.8Que susto pá! You gave me a scare!
- 00:23:301410.03João: Calma! João: Easy!
- 00:23:311411.5Não aconteceu nada. Nothing happened.
- 00:23:331413.19Eu fui à procura de cerveja e fiquei com fome. I went to look for some beer and got hungry.
- 00:23:371417.24Queria comer um pão com chouriço. I wanted to eat some bread with sausage.
- 00:23:391419.41Como não encontrei aqui no festival, fui à procura de um supermercado. As I hadn’t found it here at the festival, I went to look for a supermarket.
- 00:23:441424.72Fred: João, mas já passava da meia-noite. Fred: João, but it was already past midnight.
- 00:23:481428.38Estavas à espera de encontrar algum supermercado aberto? Were you expecting to find any markets open?
- 00:23:511431.03A essa hora está tudo fechado. By this time it’s all closed.
- 00:23:531433.34João: Estava com fome… muita fome. João: I was hungry… really hungry.
- 00:23:571437.32E como se diz em Português: “o que tem que ser, tem muita força” ou “a esperança And as we say in Portuguese “what has to be, has great strength”… or “hope…
- 00:24:041444.21é a última a morrer”. … is the last to die”.
- 00:24:061446.01Fred: Bem… neste caso a última coisa a morrer foi a tua fome. Fred: Well… in this case the last thing to die was your hunger.
- 00:24:111451.08Estavas bêbado, isso sim! You were drunk… that’s what happened!
- 00:24:121452.62De qualquer forma, são 10h da manhã! Anyway, it’s 10 AM!
- 00:24:151455.21Onde andaste até agora? Where have you been until now?
- 00:24:161456.55João: Já te disse. João: I already told you.
- 00:24:181458.88Fui ao supermercado e o supermercado só abre às 9 da manhã! I went to the supermarket and the supermarket only opens at 9 AM!
- 00:24:241464.52“Duh”… achas que os supermercados estão abertos durante a noite? “Duh”… do you think the supermarkets are open during the night?
- 00:24:291469.54Fred: Hum… ok… pois… vamos à praia. Fred: Hum… ok… then… let’s go to the beach.
- 00:24:331473.22Rui: In section 4... guess who shows up at 10 a.m.!
- 00:24:391479.6João shows up like nothing happened and Fred is like "where were you, it's 10 a.m."?
- 00:24:441484.7Joel: "Que lata!"
- 00:24:451485.48Rui: I know… and he's like… 'well,
- 00:24:491489.06nothing happened, I wanted to eat bread with chorizo, and I didn't find it in the festival,
- 00:24:541494.04so I went and looked for it in the supermarket.
- 00:24:561496.86And Fred's like… it was after midnight!
- 00:24:591499.1Where were you expecting to find a supermarket open?
- 00:25:021502.61Joel: This must have happened before the time of cell phones, because he could have just
- 00:25:071507.12called him.
- 00:25:081508.16Rui: Well… you know what?
- 00:25:091509.92In these festivals, there is no signal.
- 00:25:121512.52Joel: Ooookay, it's in the middle of "o campo", the country[side].
- 00:25:161516.16Rui: So he's like… 'I mean… midnight!
- 00:25:201520.76Do you think there is any supermarket open at midnight!?'
- 00:25:231523.56And he's… the other friend says… 'ah, well you know, I was hungry', and [Fred]…
- 00:25:291529.44But it's 10am! Where were you until now?
- 00:25:311531.44'Well, the supermarket only opens at 9! Do you think supermarkets are open during the night?'
- 00:25:381538.6'Yeah… well… ok".
- 00:25:411541.68The friend kind of gives up. 'Let's go to the beach.'
- 00:25:451545.04Joel: We've got a couple great expressions here near the end.
- 00:25:491549.58And I would like you to read them to us, Rui!
- 00:25:511551.58Rui: One of them is "o que tem que ser, tem muita força."
- 00:25:551555.44Joel: What has to be, has a lot of force!
- 00:25:571557.8Rui: Which means… like… if you have to do something, you will probably do it. And... do you understand?
- 00:26:051565.58Joel: Is he talking about fate or is he just talking about when someone is stubborn?
- 00:26:091569.74Rui: No. When something is really important, you'll do it.
- 00:26:151575.5"O que tem que ser"… meaning "O que tem que ser feito, tem muita força".
- 00:26:211581.4So, for example, if you have to pee, you stop the car and pee behind a tree!
- 00:26:291589.46And if someone tells you 'man, you're peeing behind a tree!'
- 00:26:331593.44and you will answer, well… "o que tem que ser, tem muita força!"
- 00:26:361596.32Joel: Is it like 'you gotta do what you gotta do!'
- 00:26:381598.98Rui: "You gotta do what you gotta do". And "a esperança é a última a morrer". I think
- 00:26:431603.98you have this in English. Joel: "Hope is the last to die...". We might
- 00:26:481608.48have it, but it doesn't ring a bell. Rui: Well, it rings a bell for me!
- 00:26:531613.2Joel: Hope is the last to die... "a esperança é a última a morrer".
- 00:26:581618.14So in this context, what kind of feeling does that expression give us?
- 00:27:011621.82Rui: Well… the friend was saying was that… 'yes, it was midnight, but he wanted to eat
- 00:27:061626.98pão com chouriço". First of all, he really had to eat it so we went for it, and yes,
- 00:27:141634.6it was midnight. Supermarkets are closed. But, the hope is the last to die! What if
- 00:27:201640.08one of them was open?
- 00:27:221642.08Joel: Ohhh… so it's – okay, I got you. So his hope was that the supermarket
- 00:27:251645.24would be open. So you gotta do what you gotta do and...
- 00:27:281648.36Rui: You gotta do what you gotta do… eat your pão com chouriço, and hope is the last to
- 00:27:331653die. Let's hope there's a supermarket open. Joel: It would be like… "where there's a will
- 00:27:371657.2there's a way?..." Maybe? I don't know, I'm going to –
- 00:27:401660.94Rui: Maybe! That's like the both of them together… "where there's a will there's a way".
- 00:27:451665.44Joel: Ohhhh!
- 00:27:491669.2Well that was a fun little story, Rui. It's making me look forward to all of the festivals
- 00:27:541674.18that are going to happen next summer!
- 00:27:551675.54Rui: The summer is really over...
- 00:27:581678.82Joel: So we can be happy because we can hide from the rain and stay inside and watch TV...
- 00:28:031683.6Well that was a fun episode and I think I learned a few new expressions, and hopefully
- 00:28:081688.54our listeners also learned a lot.
- 00:28:121692.22(Laughs) We're just going to sit here until we know how to end the episode...
- 00:28:151695.02Rui: Well… the episode is over... and so is
- 00:28:201700.16the summer... on that note...
- 00:28:221702.16Joel: So… signing off. This is Joel & Rui from
- 00:28:251705.74practiceportuguese FM...
- 00:28:271707.88PracticePortuguese.com.
- 00:28:291709.88Smooooooth.
- Agir to act
- Bêbado(a) drunk
- Dar como give as
- O caderno notebook
- O litoral coast
- O recinto enclosure
- A esperança é a última a morrer hope is the last to die (it’s worth a shot!)
- Dar como give as
- Tomar conta da take over
- Uma jola slang for beer, (cerveja -> cervejola -> jola)
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Mais um episodio ótimo. Eu aprendi muito. Se calhar “a esperança é a última a morrer” pode ser em inglês: ‘Where there’s life there’s hope’. ???
Obrigada
Sue Fletcher
Temos exacto a mesma expressão em alemão: “Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt.” Muito interessante. 🙂
great! thank you 🙂
Well done again! Love it!!
Hi Joel – the phrase you were looking for is a quote from Francois de la Rochefoucauld “Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey’s end.” Some good and useful phrases in the lesson which we hear but perhaps miss because they are almost throw away lines. Rui did a good job of being a rural police officer – very believable. Perhaps a new calling? 🙂
Great episode, as always! I especially love Rui’s portrayal of the policeman.
Hi Guys,
Very much enjoyed this episode.
Slightly puzzled by the use of “nas”. “na” and “no” following the verb ‘pegaram’ in the following sentence:
O ano passado, no último ano do ensino secundário, pegaram nas mochilas, na tenda e no dinheiro que juntaram durante o inverno e foram para a Costa Vicentina, no litoral alentejano, assistir ao Festival Sudoeste.
Cheers
Declan
🙂
Hi Declan!
Well, in European Portuguese, the verb ‘pegar’ (to get, to grab…) is generally followed by the preposition ’em’. What happens here is that the preposition is contracted with the different definite articles that precede each noun. That is:
– pegaram em + as mochilas = pegaram nas mochilas
– pegaram em + a tenda = pegaram na tenda
– pegaram em + o dinheiro = pegaram no dinheiro
These contractions are great for simplicity and in this particular case, they’re actually mandatory (preposition + definite article).
Cheers,
Joseph
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Gostei muito do episódio. Obrigada! Só tenho um comentário: “litoral” não é um falso amigo! É um VERDADEIRO amigo, um cognato de verdade. “Littoral” in English means coastline or shore zone between high and low tides. 🙂 Carry on!
Ah you’re totally right! Thanks for pointing that out! You don’t hear the word “littoral” very often.