Eliana
Rui- Mãe: Miguel, já arrumaste o teu quarto? Mother: Miguel, have you tidied up your room yet?
- Miguel: Não, mãe. Miguel: No, Mom.
- Ainda estou a brincar. I'm still playing.
- Mãe: Faz o que eu te digo! Mother: Do what I tell you!
- Miguel: Ó mãe, mas eu quero brincar mais um bocadinho! Miguel: Oh Mom, but I want to play a little more!
- O Diogo não teve de arrumar nada… Diogo didn't have to clean up anything...
- Mãe: Miguel, não te digo outra vez! Mother: Miguel, I won't tell you again!
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Vocabulary
agoranow aindastill, yet, even ajudarto help o almoçolunch aquihere specific o armáriocloset, wardrobe, cabinet, locker arrumarto arrange, set, tidy, store atrasadosLate avógrandmother os avósgrandparents avôgrandfather bocadinholittle bit diminutive brincarto play dentroinside, within depoislater, then, after ficarto stay, belocated, become FilhoSon, child o futebolfootball, soccer o irmãobrother jogarto play o jogogame jáalready, yet, right now, ever mostrarto show mãemother paifather procurarto search, to look for, to seek QuartoRoom, bedroom quasealmost, about to QueijinhosLittle cheeses tudoeverything
Expressions
Ajuda-meHelp me sing.,inf.,imp. A sério?Really?, Seriously? Claro que simOf course Arruma o teu quartoClean up your room sing.,inf. Despacha-te!Hurry up! Faz o que eu te digo!Do as I say!, Do what I tell you! ir às comprasto go shopping Não te digo outra vez!I won't tell you again! Pôr a mesaTo set the table Combinado!Agreed!, Deal!
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Comments
Good piece. The imperative is not difficult, but I don’t get much practice.
why is it deixá-lo – I don’t understand the lo as deixá does not end in s, t or z….
Sorted now – I see it is the infinitive deixar (after vou) with the r taken off and the accent added to the a. Was not paying close enough attention!
Nailed it, Janet! 🙂
O teu irmão foi com o teu pai jogar futebol
e não está aqui (para) ajudar.
In this sentence why is ‘para’ used before ‘ajudar’ but not before ‘jogar’? Would it be acceptable to use ’para’ in front of both verbs?
Olá, Whit. In the first case, we have a compound verbal structure, “foi jogar”, where the verb ir (foi) is the auxiliary verb and jogar is the main one. So, between them, no preposition is required (but optional elements like “com o teu pai” can be inserted). In the second case, we don’t have a compound tense, but two separate verbs that need the preposition as a connecting element between them 🙂
I often have problems emphasizing the words correctly, special verbs …here I am a bit confused, because in the vocabulary list “ajuda-me” it is emphasized differently than in the spoken text. What is correct?
To emphasize “ju” or “da”
Olá 🙂 The stress lies on the syllable “ju”: aJUda-me. Both examples sound correct to my ears, but the word is pronounced more clearly in the vocabulary list, which might be what’s making it sound different for you.
At first, I thought that “aquele jogo das perguntas com os queijinhos” was some kind of traditional Portuguese game. Then I realised… 😀
”Ja estiveste a brincar.”
Why does it have to be ‘estiveste’, not ‘estavas’? What is the difference between the two kinds of past progressive: estiveste a + V and estavas a + V
The difference between “estiveste a” and “estavas a” is a matter of past tense usage in Portuguese. “Estiveste a” is the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past, while “estavas a” is the imperfect tense, used for ongoing past actions. 🙂
When completing the hearing and repeating part I am finding I take a few goes at getting 100%. Finding it difficult to omit the last vowels. You guys have put together such a brilliant learning package. Thank you so much.