Eliana
Joseph- Patrícia: Estou com uma dor de cabeça enorme… Patricia: I have a huge headache…
- Hugo: Nessa cabeça minúscula? Hugo: In that tiny head?
- Patrícia: Ai, Hugo, agora não. Patricia: Oh, Hugo, not now.
- Foi um dia dificílimo no trabalho. It was a very hard day at work.
- Mas estou feliz porque acabou. But I'm glad it's over.
- Hugo: Este projeto foi tão difícil Hugo: Was this project as difficult
- quanto aquele outro projeto que tiveste há três meses? as the other project you had 3 months ago?
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Vocabulary
bonitaBeautiful CabeçaHead as coisasthings ColaboradoraCollaborator, contributor, employee o desafiochallenge DificílimoVery difficult DifícilDifficult dorpain a empresacompany EnormeHuge, enormous equipateam faltalack felizhappy sing. IrresponsáveisIrresponsible maiorGreater, larger melhorbetter, best o menorthe smallest, least MentesMinds MinúsculaTiny PequenoLittle, small piorworse o projetoproject responsávelresponsible tempotime VisãoVision
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Comments
very good….short and very practical
Terrific length, nice use of phrases (like “mas pronto”)
I have question regarding translation of adjective ‘menor’ in vocabulary, shouldn’t it be translated ‘less’, or, if it is indeed ‘least’, then shouldn’t it be ‘o menor’ ?
Olá. In this case, the word was translated in the context in which it appeared on the shorty (the dialogue has “o menor”). But it is true that the word alone would translate to ‘less’ rather than ‘least’. The list was updated to cover both possibilities – thanks!
Olá. Acho que há um erro no texto na linha de 30 segundos. Não deve ser “continua” em vez de “continuam”, porque ele fala sobre um equipo (singular) e não acerca as pessoas (plural)? Obrigada pela as suas atenção:-)
Olá! Digamos que é um “erro”, com aspas 🙂 No fundo, há uma mudança implícita de sujeito entre a primeira oração (clause, em inglês) e a segunda. Isto é muito comum na fala informal, que é o que este diálogo representa.
Is there an way to know when to use que or do que when meaning “than”
It seems from the unit that when we talk about nouns and numbers we can use “que” but in other cases such as A mobília é mais pequena do que o esperado e o aeroporto é mais pequena do que pensava . Here the “than” refers to a an adjective and imperfect verb.
Is there any general rule ?
Olá! They are often interchangeable, but when followed by a verb, “do que” is usually the recommended option.
Would it be OK to always use “do que”?
I would say so, yes 🙂
Many thanks for that as it is a bit confusing as to when to use which form