Rui- O Natal é, para muitas pessoas, especialmente para as crianças, Christmas is, for many people, especially for children,
- a época mais aguardada do ano. the most anticipated time of the year.
- Com a chegada da época festiva, With the arrival of the festive season,
- as ruas das cidades são iluminadas e enchem-se de magia, the streets of the cities are lit up and filled with magic,
- as árvores de Natal invadem as casas dos portugueses Christmas trees invade the houses of the Portuguese
- e o Pai Natal inquieta o imaginário dos mais novos. and Santa preoccupies the imagination of the youngest.
- Nesta festa comemorativa do nascimento de Jesus, At this festivity commemorating the birth of Jesus,
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Vocabulary
AmorLove, sweetheart, baby, honey as açõesactions o bacalhaucodfish o cabritobaby goat, kid as castanhaschestnuts a ceiasupper dispensarto dismiss, bypass, do without EsmolasAlms FraternidadeFraternity, fellowship, brotherhood IluminadasLit up, illuminated imaginárioimaginary magiamagic a MissaMass Catholic o nascimentobirth, origin, inception o NatalChristmas PagãsPagan (pl.) o Pai NatalSanta Claus, Father Christmas o Papathe Pope pazpeace o peruturkey as prendaspresents o presépionativity scene SalvadorSavior As sobrasleftovers a tradiçãotradition a trocaexchange árvorestrees a épocaera, season, period of time
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Comments
Merry Christmas to the Practice Portuguese team and all fellow Shorty fans. The day wouldn’t be complete without listening to a Shorty – even on Christmas day!
Feliz Natal, Richard! Thanks for your support and encouragement 🙂
Nicely done! We enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to all–
Thank you for providing such great examples of the use of the conjunctive after “embora” and “há quem.”
Is this really only A2 level? I find it so difficult T T
The levels are just an estimate, as natural language falls into many different levels, so don’t be discouraged! Plus, the A2 level includes quite a large number of concepts, so even though it seems like a low level, it’s actually quite an accomplishment if you are communicating comfortably at that level.
This episode does have some B1 elements, as well as some less common vocabulary that you probably wouldn’t come across in daily conversations (since it’s related to Christmas). So while the grammar itself would mostly fall into A2, it’s still going to be a challenge!
Came here to say the same. There is a lot vocabulary in it that I didn’t know and that I wouldn’t need until I reach B2 or C1.