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- Joana: Olá, José! Joana: Hi, José!
- Estou a praticar para uma entrevista de emprego. I'm practicing for a job interview.
- Podes ajudar-me? Can you help me?
- José: Claro. Que tipo de emprego? José: Sure. What kind of job?
- Joana: Entrevistadora de emprego. Joana: Job interviewer.
- José: Ah… Bem, podes começar. José: Ah... Well, you can start.
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Vocabulary
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Comments
confused by the Imperfeito there with ‘adorava’:
“Mas também adorava visitar a Jordânia”
would have thought in the context of what they are talking about, that would have to use either the Conditional ? .. or maybe the Present Subjunctive ? or even the Future Subjunctive ?
Thanks !
Your confusion is totally understandable! The conditional can also be expressed without using it at all! In European Portuguese, it’s accepted in casual speech to replace the conditional by the imperfect past (pretérito imperfeito do indicativo), with no change in meaning. 🙂
Begs another question actually. Is there a rhythm or reason behind the use of both the actual conditional and that “shortcut” conditional? in this shorty he says “adorava” instead of adoraria, but keeps “diria” instead of what would be dizia. Is it random, personal comfort, or…?
Good question! It seems random, but it’s aligned with common usage patterns in each context. Where the speaker uses ‘diria’ to start their answer, the verb is used idiomatically with the intention of softening the subsequent statement or expressing hesitation, and we keep it in the true conditional form in this case (only this verb is used like this, by the way). ‘Adorava’ appears in a different context, without that idiomatic nuance, and so the imperfect remains viable as an alternative.
Why would a job interviewer be using the informal with her interviewee?
It’s not the norm in Portugal, but certainly possible for some types of jobs/company cultures 🙂 Or maybe she really does need some extra practice.