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- Quem não conhece o Bolo Rei? Who doesn't know of King Cake?
- Aquele bolo cheio de cores, que está sempre presente no jantar da Véspera de Natal! That colourful cake that's always present for Christmas Eve dinner!
- Sabiam que este bolo tão especial já tem perto de dois mil anos? Did you know that this special cake is nearly 2000 years old?
- Segundo a história, existe toda uma simbologia muito especial por trás dos ingredientes do bolo. According to history, there is a very special symbology behind the ingredients of the cake.
- O ouro, é simbolizado pela côdea do bolo. The gold is symbolized by the crust of the cake.
- As frutas representam a mirra, e o aroma do bolo é análogo ao cheiro do incenso. The fruit represents the myrrh and the aroma of the cake is analogous to the smell of frankincense.
- Mas até o bolo no seu todo tem uma simbologia associada – But even the cake as a whole has an associated symbology —
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Comments
Dear team Rui e Joel,
To study efficiently it would be better to add “de” to: faz lembrar : this way you can study: faz lembrar de – it reminds one of.
Adding the preposition to the verb in the vocabulary list, would be very helpful.
Could you consider this please ?
Kind regards,
O Patinho
Olá! The preposition ‘de’ is added when the verb is used reflexively. For example:
– Eu lembro-me de ti (I remember you)
Since that’s not the case in this context, the preposition was left out.
Hi Joseph,
Many thanks for explaining. Without the ‘de’ it sounded unnatural, but now I understand why.
Regarding my question, I would like to make a general remark: sometimes when you transport one or two words from the text to the vocabulary list: it would be helpful to have a bit of context. eg faz lembrar and extra between brackets faz lembrar uma bela coroa.(or behind the extra info sign) This way it is very clear in the translation to English that there is gramatically a different approach.
O Patinho
Hi Joseph,
I must have been dreaming: there wasn’t even a preposition “de” in the text. I am sorry for this confusion.
Kind regards,
O Patinho