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Pedro- Paulo: Obrigado por teres aceitado jantar comigo. Paulo: Thank you for agreeing to have dinner with me.
- Vanda: Eu é que agradeço o convite. Vanda: I'm the one who should thank you for the invitation.
- Paulo: Gostava que nos conhecêssemos melhor e acho que no escritório seria difícil. Paulo: I'd like us to get to know each other better and I think that at the office it would be difficult.
- Enfim, queria que estivéssemos à vontade para falar, sem que fôssemos interrompidos, ou observados… Anyway, I wanted us to feel free to talk, without being interrupted, or watched...
- Vanda: Sabes que os nossos colegas adoram um bom mexerico. Vanda: You know our colleagues love a good gossip.
- Paulo: Queria evitar isso. Paulo: I wanted to avoid that.
- Vanda: Eu também prefiro não misturar as coisas. Vanda: I also prefer not to mix things up.
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Vocabulary
ambíguoambiguous sing.,masc. arriscarto risk, take a chance colegacolleague confianteconfident estávelstable adj. evitarto avoid interrompidointerrupted a IslândiaIceland o mexericogossip misturarto mix mútuomutual sing.,masc. suporto assume, to suppose
Expressions
Calma!Calm down, Take it easy Estar à vontadeTo be comfortable, to feel at ease, to feel free to Uma coisa de cada vezOne thing at a time
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Comments
Hi,thank you for your amazing learning studio all the time. I have a question in the 3rd line of this shorties, Paulo using”conhecêssemos”, . It will be great if you could help me, Obrigada!
Olá! Thank you for your kind comment 🙂 ‘Conhecêssemos’ is a verb form of the imperfect subjunctive of the verb ‘conhecer’. It’s commonly paired with the conditional, as seen here with ‘gostava’ (which is standing in for the true conditional ‘gostaria’). The subjunctive is often linked to hypotheses, possibilities, desires, etc, so it fits well in this context. There are also structural aspects to the use of subjunctive (the existence of subordinate clauses, ‘triggering’ words such as ‘que’, etc).
Thank you for your kind reply.I understand this very well.