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Os Amigos e os Falsos Amigos

Friends and Fake Friends

Two friends get together for a conversation and run into some “false friends” (false cognates), leading to a nice teaching moment!

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  • 00:00:01Carlos: Então, Jason, como é que te estás a sentir em Portugal?
  • 00:00:05Sentes-te integrado?
  • 00:00:07Jason: Sim, agora que falo a língua melhor,
  • 00:00:10consigo comunicar com mais pessoas e todas elas são muito simpáticas.
  • 00:00:15Atualmente, nem todas.
  • 00:00:17Tenho um vizinho muito rude.
  • 00:00:19Carlos: Atualmente?
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atualmentecurrently a cartaletter a dedicaçãodedication ErrosMistakes, errors FalanteSpeaker fingirto pretend IntegradoIntegrated LetraLetter (alphabet) A línguaThe tongue Mal-educadoIll-mannered, rude malcriadoIll-bred, rude NativoNative os paisparents os parentesrelatives, family members pretenderto intend qualquerany os recursosresources relativosregarding, related simpáticasNice, friendly O sotaqueAccent Spoken TraduçãoTranslation o truquetrick o vizinhoneighbour masc.
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na verdadeactually, in fact Lidar comDeal with, Handle Queres dizerYou mean sing.,inf. Isso mesmoThat's right Que confusãoWhat a mess, How confusing É issoThat's it Fico felizI'm glad Sem quererUnintentionally, By accident, Without meaning to Já percebiGot it, I understand now Já entendiI got it, I understood
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Comments

  • Good one on the “False Friends”(!) and some good vocabulary and verbs here, too. Obrigadinho!

  • I found this tricky as i like to try to understand then repeat and then read and translate. Because there are so many literal errors, i can see the purpose and the humour, but for me it feels uncomfortable as it is highlighting words that are incorrect and i cannot guarantee that my brain will ignore them! i prefer to learn from a positive approach rather than a negative one if that makes sense, so I went through this one quickly and only comment in case anyone else feels the same. Only a minor criticism of the excellent site thank you.

  • Learning languages and having your own (naive) language is difficult but this among other things, (keeping hope, and that altinate approach or view), that help with language learning can be your most valuable aid to getting the work and job done… cognates and similar ways of learning the are indispensable, handy, so keep- a- lookout!
    One you start to get it, who knows how much further you’ll want to go!?
    Check it out!

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