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Paulo and Vanda get to know each other away from the office. The conjuntivo mood is featured throughout their conversation.
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- Paulo: Obrigado por teres aceitado jantar comigo.
- Vanda: Eu é que agradeço o convite.
- Paulo: Gostava que nos conhecêssemos melhor e acho que no escritório seria difícil.
- Enfim, queria que estivéssemos à vontade para falar, sem que fôssemos interrompidos, ou observados…
- Vanda: Sabes que os nossos colegas adoram um bom mexerico.
- Paulo: Queria evitar isso.
- Vanda: Eu também prefiro não misturar as coisas.
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CalmaCalm 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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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.