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At the IT Store

A man goes to a computer repair shop after encountering an error on his laptop. Will the technician be able to recover his files?

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  • 00:00:00Cliente: Bom dia.
  • 00:00:04Lojista: Bom dia, como posso ajudar?
  • 00:00:07Cliente: Precisava de uma ajuda aqui com o meu computador portátil.
  • 00:00:10Lojista: Então diga-me lá o que se passa.
  • 00:00:13Cliente: Até ontem à noite estava tudo bem, mas não é que hoje de manhã, quando o liguei ,
  • 00:00:20isto me deu para aqui um erro? E agora sempre que o ligo, não passa dali.
  • 00:00:26Lojista: Vamos lá testar isso para ver se lhe consigo resolver o problema.
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Computador portátillaptop criançaschildren FilhoSon, child a mesatable TraquinasMischievous, naughty
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Comments

  • I’m very impressed by this series, I find it to be well prepared, it helps to learn a bit each day!

  • Hi,
    There’s an expression here that I don’t understand: Vamos lá testar isso para ver se lhe consigo resolver o problema.

    I think I’d just say: Vamos testar isto (this) para ver se consigo resolver o problema. Would this be OK? Why does the lojista say ‘…para ver se LHE consigo resolver…’? Is this a common form of expression that I will hear all the time? Why the extra ‘lhe’?

    Thanks for your help!

    • Jennifer, your alternative is also perfectly fine and gets straight to the point! The other one is just a bit more flourished; you may hear it both ways. “Lhe” is an indirect object pronoun that refers to the customer. Where in English we have “solve your problem”, in Portuguese we’d have “resolver o seu problema”. “Lhe” is just replacing this “o seu” (“your”). You can read more on direct and indirect object pronouns here: Clitic Pronouns – Direct & Indirect Objects.

  • These shorties are very helpful. I can safely say that I have taken away some learning from each and every one of them. Mac
    Ps there is just a small typo switch in the English translation at 00.13 which might better read “but it isn’t (like) that this morning”

  • This is a good episode but I think that you missed a good opportunity to lace the dialogue with colorful Portuguese profanities.
    Please keep up the great work!

  • Cool episode!
    There was something very new to me – “quanto fica”?
    So could you simply say “Quanto fica….” em vez de “Quanto custa” ou “Quanto é?”
    Obrigado pela vossa resposta!

  • Não entendo o uso do subjuntivo na frase “não vá acontecer a mesma coisa outra vez”. Será que está a exprimir uma incerteza?

    • Sim, a frase expressa a possibilidade/hipótese de o mesmo problema se repetir no futuro se a criança voltar a ficar sozinha com o computador 🙂

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