Eliana- No ano de 1907, em Cortina d’Ampezzo, Udine, In the year 1907, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Udine,
- nasce Attilio Santini Mosena. Attilio Santini Mosena is born.
- Este nome soa-vos docemente familiar? Does this name sound sweetly familiar to you?
- É que desde o tempo do seu bisavô It is since the time of his great-grandfather
- que o fabrico de gelados artesanais that the manufacture of handcrafted ice cream
- se tornou a arte e a herança desta família. has become the art and heritage of this family.
- Attilio ainda se dedicou a outras profissões, Attilio still dedicated himself to other professions,
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Vocabulary
amenamild, pleasant sing.,fem. artesanalartisanal, handcrafted, handmade o bisavôgreat-grandfather as bolachascookies, biscuits a carreiracareer colhidoharvested sing.,masc. criatividadecreativity, ingenuity desenvolverto develop dirigirto drive, direct, head to docementesweetly exclusivamenteonly, exclusively experimentarto try out, taste, experience fábricafactory a geladariaice cream shop o geladoice cream a herançainheritance, heritage incentivarto encourage maturaçãomaturation, ripeness os passossteps posteriormentelater, afterwards o ramobranch, field, bouquet realezaroyalty a receitarecipe o sabortaste, flavour sazonalseasonal a serraçãosawing soarto sound
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Comments
It is interesting that while talking about past events, the verb “abre” was used and then verb “foram” in the same sentence. Isn’t it better to have tense agreement (like in English?)
Although not necessarily incorrect as it is, it is usually advisable to maintain tense agreement throughout the same sentence, yes!
Bom dia,
Parece-me que o primeiro “que” da frase “É que desde o tempo do seu bisavô, que o fabrico de gelados artesanais se tornou a arte e a herança desta família.“ é demais. Ou estou errado? Saudações, Nikolas
It is optional! It just gives some emphasis to the sentence, specially after the previous rhetorical question. It’s like saying “It’s just that…” since it seems to be answering that same question.
Okay, but then I do not see why there is a second “que” after the “desde” clause. What i’d expect there is just a comma.
This is just a way of common speaking. It’s something you might hear often. It’s the same as saying “É que FOI desde o tempo do seu bisavô QUE o fabrico de gelados artesanais se tornou a arte…” (It’ just that IT WAS since the time…THAT the manufacture…), instead of saying “Desde o tempo do seu avô, o fabrico de gelados artesanais tornou-se a arte” (Since the time…the manufacture…). The first sentence makes it more emphasized and curious. Almost like if you were gossiping! 🙂
You say it: I missed the FOI pairing with the second QUE. Your original sentence sounded to me like, in English, “It’s just THAT since the time … THAT the manufacture …” (without IT WAS).
Olá! Indeed, if it helps make sense of it, the second ‘que’ can be thought of as being paired with an implied extra verb. In any case, in practice, ‘que’ can be used as a connector in this way without any verbs. For Portuguese speakers, it’s a perfectly fine alternative to a simple comma, as already mentioned.
– [É que] Desde o tempo do seu bisavô, o fabrico de gelados… = [É que] Desde o tempo do seu bisavô que o fabrico de gelados…
Just a note: when using the ‘que’ option, there shouldn’t be a comma before it. This was already corrected in the transcript 🙂