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Sandra- Rodolfo: Olá, eu sou o Rodolfo. E tu? Rodolfo: Hi, I'm Rodolfo. And you [are]...?
- Bianca: Olá, Rodolfo. Eu sou a Bianca. De onde é que conheces a Laura? Bianca: Hi, Rodolfo. I'm Bianca. Where do you know Laura from?
- Rodolfo: Conheço a Laura desde a nossa infância. Somos os dois de Vila Nova de Milfontes. Rodolfo: I've known Laura since our childhood. We are both from Vila Nova de Milfontes.
- Bianca: Que giro! Eu conheço-a desde a faculdade. Tirámos, as duas, o curso de Psicologia. Bianca: How nice! I've known her since college. We both took the Psychology course.
- Ela faz sempre festas de aniversário enormes, não é? She always throws huge birthday parties, doesn't she?
- Rodolfo: Sim, sempre foi assim. Algumas até duravam mais de dois dias. Rodolfo: Yes, it was always like this. Some would even last more than two days.
- Bianca: É a primeira vez que venho a uma festa dela. Bianca: It's the first time I've come to one of her parties.
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Vocabulary
o aniversárioanniversary, birthday combinarto combine, arrange, agree, settle, join conhecerto know be acquainted with, get to know, meet, experience desdesince durarto last faculdadecollege, faculty a festaparty a infânciachildhood servirto serve, fit, suit, suffice simpáticofriendly, nice sing.,masc.
Expressions
À vontadeAt ease, free, comfortable Qualquer coisaAnything, something Aqui tensHere you go sing.,inf. Que giroHow cool, How cute, How nice Como assim?What do you mean?, How so?, How come? Apesar deAlthough, even though, despite TomaTake sing.,inf.,imp., Here you go Combinado!Agreed!, Deal!
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Comments
In this conversation, both speakers address each other with “tu”. It got me to wondering: If she didn’t care for his advances, might she have used pronouns to create distance? It would be interesting to have a shorty that shows how pronouns are used (if they are) to send subtle messages.
Good question. In a context where there’s a strong social expectation that both speakers address each other as “tu” (e.g. two teenagers or young adults talking to each other without social class or hierarchy constraints), it would be very odd to switch to a formal treatment, even with the intention of creating distance. But in a context where a formal treatment could eventually be used by default, refusing to switch to an informal treatment, if attempted by one of the speakers, would definitely help set a clear (not subtle) boundary 🙂