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Sandra- Andreia: João, tenho uma pergunta extremamente importante para te fazer. Andreia: João, I have an extremely important question to ask you.
- João: Chuta. João: Shoot.
- Andreia: Se fosses um animal, que animal gostavas de ser? Andreia: If you were an animal, what animal would you like to be?
- João: Um lagostim, obviamente. João: A crayfish, obviously.
- Andreia: Se fores um lagostim passas a vida debaixo de água! Que aborrecido. Andreia: If you were a crayfish you would spend your life underwater! How boring.
- Porquê um lagostim? Why a crayfish?
- João: Porque eles não envelhecem. Se eu fosse um lagostim, ia viver para sempre. João: Because they don't age. If I were a crawfish, I would live forever.
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Vocabulary
AborrecidoAnnoying, boring envelhecerto age, get older escolherto choose a esplanadaterrace, outdoor seating area of a café or restaurant GrátisFree InglaterraEngland lagostimcrayfish milharesthousands ObviamenteObviously paifather o paíscountry a perguntaquestion porquebecause Porquê?Why? problematizarto problematize, make trouble a rainhaqueen o reiking votarto vote
Expressions
Estamos bem tramadosWe're in big trouble, We're pretty screwed Nem que fosse paraIf only to, If only because Debaixo de águaUnderwater ChutaShoot, kick, Go ahead and ask Que giroHow cool, How cute, How nice Sabes láYou don't know Se calharPerhaps, Maybe
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Comments
Hi! Can you tell me why we use Imperfeito do Conjuntivo in “Se fosses um animal…” but use Futuro do Conjuntivo in “Se fores um lagostim…”? Thanks! And I’m afraid that the spelling of “fossemos” is wrong… Might it be “fôssemos”?
Olá 🙂 The switch of tenses is not mandatory, but it’s something we might do in conversation. In both sentences, it’s very clear that what they’re talking about is hypothetical, but the future subjunctive arguably makes that hypothesis feel more concrete/possible. You can see that they switch to the future subjunctive at times where they’re actively analysing the imaginary scenarios (e.g. thinking about how his life as a crayfish, or without being able to eat out, would be) or talking about real future possibilities (e.g. politicians that don’t do anything and people that always vote the same).
Also, thanks for catching the missing accent – fixed.
Gosto muito dessa lição!
Aqui tem um outro exemplo, dessa vez cantado 😎
https://youtu.be/7pswNUoV-38
Does Elizabeth translate to Isabel?
Yes, it does!
This one has a daft literary quality, quite refreshing in the language learning context!