Eliana- Em Coimbra, há um lugar conhecido como o Jardim da Sereia. In Coimbra, there is a place known as Sereia Garden (the Mermaid's Garden).
- O seu nome verdadeiro é o Parque de Santa Cruz, Its real name is Santa Cruz Park,
- mas já ninguém lhe chama isso. but nobody calls it that anymore.
- É um espaço verde, com árvores de todas as espécies. It is a green space, with trees of all species.
- Há cedros, há pinheiros, There are cedars, there are pine trees,
- e há até uma árvore chamada tuia-da-china. and there is even a tree called Chinese arborvitae.
- Como o nome indica, As the name implies,
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Vocabulary
abrirto open algunssome, a few masc. berrarto scream, shout, bellow a bocamouth A caridadecharity CedrosCedars a cidadecity CompletamenteCompletely o conceitoconcept ConhecidoKnown, well-known o coraçãoheart crescerto grow, grow up CristãosChristians CírculoCircle despercebidounnoticed entrarto enter EntãoSo, Then a esculturasculpture o espaçospace A esperançaHope EspéciesSpecies os estudantesthe students EstátuasStatues florescerto bloom, flower, flourish a fontefountain, source A féfaith a inspiraçãoinspiration o jardimgarden JorroSpurt LindasBeautiful o lugarplace, seat nadarto swim ninguémnobody o nomename parquepark a partidamatch, game o peixefish sing. os pinheirospine trees ReligiosaReligious SecosDry a sereiamermaid todasall, every (feminine) TritãoTriton, merman Tuia-da-chinaChinese arborvitae, Chinese thuja verdadeiroreal, true sing.,masc. verdegreen VestidosDressed árvorestrees
Expressions
à voltaaround Vale a pena visitarIt's worth visiting Saltem!Jump! (talking to multiple people) Há atéThere is even Passar por baixoPass under Mais novosyounger às vezessometimes Mais velhosOlder
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Comments
very nice little story and the performance was great
Interessante!
I enjoyed reading the story.
Looking at the picture of the fountain, the merman seems to be opening the mouth of the fish, not his own. But the sentence says “…um tritão a abrir a boca a um peixe” or as the translation says “a merman opening his mouth to a fish.” Which, wouldn’t that mean that he’s basically just opening his own mouth in the presence of a fish? So, why isn’t the sentence “…a abrir a boca DUM peixe”?
Olá 🙂 The sentence uses the preposition “a” instead of “de”, but the practical meaning is still just about the same (the English translation had a mistake and has already been corrected – sorry about that!). The small nuance between one preposition and another is that by saying “…de um peixe” or “…dum peixe”, we’re saying that he’s opening the mouth OF a fish. On the other hand, by saying “…a um peixe”, we’re saying he’s doing it TO a fish. Two ways of expressing the same general idea.