Joel
Rui- Carlos: Então, Jason, como é que te estás a sentir em Portugal? Carlos: So, Jason, how are you feeling in Portugal?
- Sentes-te integrado? Do you feel integrated?
- Jason: Sim, agora que falo a língua melhor, Jason: Yes, now that I speak the language better,
- consigo comunicar com mais pessoas e todas elas são muito simpáticas. I can communicate with more people and they are all very nice.
- Atualmente, nem todas. [Currently], not all.
- Tenho um vizinho muito rude. I have a very rude neighbour.
- Carlos: Atualmente? Carlos: Currently?
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Vocabulary
atualmentecurrently, nowadays a cartaletter a dedicaçãodedication ErrosMistakes, errors FalanteSpeaker fingirto pretend IntegradoIntegrated letraletter alphabet a línguatongue 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.
Expressions
na verdadeactually, in fact lidar comto deal 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!
Parentes is a great Word. makes you feel a closer bond to your relatives since it sounds like parents.
That’s a nice way of thinking about it 🙂
“Parentes” is not a common word in English. But “parents” refers to mother and father. “Relatives include parents along with all others, cousins, aunts, uncles etc….
Yes, that’s correct. I think she’s just trying to say that she likes the Portuguese word “parentes” because it sounds like the English word “parents”, so when she says it, it feels like she’s indicating more closeness with her relatives.
Interesting comments regarding relativos! LOL
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.
I’m sorry to hear that, Dawn-Marie! Allow me to recommend you this Unit instead, since it should be more straightforward: https://www.practiceportuguese.com/units/main/false-cognates/
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!
At first I wanted to give up on this one because it was very confusing, using all the false friends. But I did just the opposite and digested it. I added the cognates to my own vocab list and it feels clear now for example, currently=atualmente, actually=na verdade, to intend=pretender, to pretend=fingir, etc.
That’s great! It can take time for certain concepts/vocabulary to sink in, but it’s worth it to power through 🙂