António A
Marina
Rui- Empregada: Bom dia! Waitress: Good morning!
- Manuel: Bom dia! Manuel: Good morning!
- Empregada: Como é que estão hoje? Waitress: How are you today?
- Manuel: Está tudo bem, obrigado. Manuel: Everything is fine, thanks.
- Empregada: O que é que vão desejar tomar? Waitress: What would you like to have? ("What is it that you are going to wish to take?")
- Manuel: Eu quero uma bica e uma sandes mista. Manuel: I want an espresso and a ham and cheese sandwich.
- Luís: No meu caso, eu prefiro um galão e um bolo. Luís: In my case I prefer a "galão" (coffee with milk) and a cake.
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Vocabulary
a bicathe espresso regional term, spout o bolocake o cocococonut ContaBill, tab, check EspecialidadeSpecialty O galãoEspresso with sugar and lots of milk PedidosOrders, requests o trocochange money águawater
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Comments
Olá, can you explain the use of agradeço in this sentence…Agradeço a vossa escolha e espero que voltem em breve. I thought perhaps the waitress was saying “thank you” but looking up the verb agradecer it seems this is the correct verb to use in this instance? But it still means “to thank” but in another sense ?
Obrigada,
Susan
Olá, Susan. Yes, we have the verb ‘agradecer’ (to thank) and then the expression ‘Obrigado/Obrigada’ (thank you). In many contexts, both can be used. This is one of them. So, (Eu) Agradeço a vossa escolha = Obrigada pela vossa escolha = (I) Thank you for choosing us 🙂
Thanks Joseph, makes good sense knowing that agradecer is the verb.
Why does the waitress say “aguardem” and “voltem”? Aren’t they the third and second persons plural? But she is speaking to only one person.
Hi there, thanks for your question! I think she is speaking to the whole table, both Luís and Manuel. Luís does most of the talking in this episode, so it’s easy to forget that Manuel was there too!
Thanks Molly. I didn’t even read the names, so i just assumed it was one person that she was speaking to! It makes total sense now.