Natacha
Pedro- Clara: Fazes-me um favor? Se vires o João, dizes-lhe que preciso de falar com ele? Clara: Will you do me a favour? If you see João, will you tell him that I need to talk to him?
- Luís: Digo-lhe, claro. Mas precisas de alguma coisa? Posso ajudar? Luís: I'll tell him, of course. But do you need anything? Can I help?
- Clara: Preciso de combinar com ele o que vamos fazer nas férias. Clara: I need to decide with him what we are going to do on vacation.
- Luís: Ah, certo. Assim que o vir, digo-lhe para falar contigo. Luís: Ah, right. As soon as I see him, I'll tell him to talk to you.
- Clara: Obrigada. Clara: Thank you.
- Luís: Vocês já têm alguma coisa marcada? Luís: Do you have anything scheduled yet?
- Clara: Vamos até ao Algarve. Clara: We are going to the Algarve.
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Vocabulary
agostoAugust aguentarto hold up, withstand, bear a alturaheight, altitude, point in time aproveitarto enjoy, take advantage of, take the opportunity to, use, seize Certoright, correct, certain combinarto combine, arrange, agree, settle, join conseguirto get, reach, succeed, be able to contenteHappy, glad, pleased, content Demitir-seResign, quit o fim de semanaweekend as fériasvacations, holidays MarcadaScheduled, marked, booked seif
Expressions
assim queas soon as Espero que simI hope so Sabe sempre bemIt's always good, It always feels good Imagino!I bet!, I can imagine! pôr a conversa em diato catch up, to put the conversation "up to date"
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Comments
Hello again. I see vir and vires translated here as to see. Why don’t they say ver and veres?
Good question! This dialogue focuses on the futuro do conjuntivo (future subjunctive) tense. In this tense, the verb “ver” is conjugated as “vir” (in the 1st and 3rd person singular) and “vires” (in the 2nd person informal). You can see the full conjugation here: https://www.practiceportuguese.com/verb/ver/
The verbs “ver” and “vir” are very tricky verbs because their conjugations are so similar! To compare, here’s vir: https://www.practiceportuguese.com/verb/vir/
awesome story. it was way to fast for me. I shall go back to beginners 🙂
Very interesting, this shorty, based on the future subjunctive. The whole conversation is about a future, hypothetical world and that is the very world of the subjunctive . I love that and it is what I am missing a bit in my own language (Dutch). Further I see that Practice Portuguese is offering us a variety of voices some of which are more difficult to understand than others. But all of them authentically Portuguese. I read for instance that Natacha has the allmost singing accent of Alcobaça and that Pedro has a more neutral diction. For me it’s a real challenge to get familiar with all those voices.
I see all this as a genuine quality of Practice Portuguese and appreciate it very much.
Abraço
Rens Leenders
Eu percebi “Nós vamos ficar em Algoz” e não em Lagos.
Depending on the pronunciation and tone words may sound a little different from what you’re expecting, but she does say Lagos. Just try to listen closely and keep in mind that with time and practice you’ll get more and more familiar with words and its different possible inflections. 🙂
The female uses a rising intonation towards the end of her sentences, as if she’s asking a question, but she’s actually making a statement. Why does she always speak like she’s questioning rather than stating something? I know thay are natives, but the way she is speaking making ends of sentences barely comprehansive. On contrary, the male speaks the way I used to.
Hello! The female voice is Natacha’s which is from Alcobaça (you can click on her tag to read her bio). It says, “Her town has a characteristic accent: the prolongation of certain syllables gives it a quality almost like singing!”. While we often do (try to) use neutral voices and accents, we also understand it’s important to have some variety of accents and ways of speaking. In real life, most people won’t speak as clear or with no accent, so we want to prepare our users for those situations as well.