Natacha
Pedro- Irmão: Tens alguma coisa para me contar? Brother: Do you have something to tell me?
- Irmã: Como assim? Sister: What do you mean?
- Irmão: Não tens nada importante para me dizer? Brother: You don't have anything important to say to me?
- Irmã: Acho que não. Sister: I don't think so.
- Irmão: Ouvi dizer que recebeste uma proposta para trabalhar em Espanha. Brother: I heard you received an offer to work in Spain.
- Irmã: Quem é que te disse? Sister: Who told you?
- Irmão: O Xavier. Brother: Xavier.
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Vocabulary
anunciarto advertise, announce contarto tell, recount desvendadounveiled masc. sing. dizerto say, to tell EntusiasmadaEnthusiastic, excited EspanhaSpain falarto speak, to talk GestoGesture ninguémnobody ofenderto offend orgulhosoproud a propostaproposal reunirto gather, bring together o segredosecret noun A sósalone a videochamadavideo call
Expressions
Não fez por malHe didn't mean any harm Óbvio que nãoObviously not Ter um desgostoTo be heartbroken Tens razãoYou sing.,inf. are right, Literal - "You have reason" Parabéns!Congratulations!, Happy Birthday!
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Comments
This is driving me mad – what is Rui saying after Joel says ‘Practice Portuguese’?!
Hi, Maggie. Funny you ask that on a Shorty about revealing secrets! Well, the mysterious saying is… “Ponto com”, i.e. “dot com”, from the website URL 🙂
Even though you have said what it is I still hear “Bom To Com” ….more listening practice needed for me I reckon ! 🙂
Ah! But it proves that I still have a loooong way to go before i can understand even the smallest amount of what is being said to me. But thank you!
I hear the same bom to com 🙂
Thank you -this has been bothering me too!
Great episode – but I have a couple of questions that I would appreciated some help to clarify.
“ele descaiu-se ” does this mean “he let it slip”? or he stumbled?
“A vossa relação sempre foi muito especial.” why is it ir in the preterite – I thought this was for completed actions, but this describes and on going relationship.
Sometimes it would be really helpful to have idiomatic phrases explained more in depth, if that would be possible. 🙂 thank you.
Olá! Yes, “ele descaiu-se” means “he let it slip”. As for “A vossa relação sempre foi muito especial”, the verb “ir” is in the past tense because it’s paired with the word “sempre”. The intention here is to say that their relationship has always been very special, which is not something that we could convey in the present tense 🙂
Thank you Joseph, its great to have your clarifications, I think I am still wondering why it wasn’t the imperfeito that expressed an on going relationship – I think I will have to keep working at it. Sempre seems to have a wealth of meanings and uses – perhaps it might come into a lesson at some stage?
One more thing I would like to thank you all specifically for the Shorties” section – it is a great way to learn and listen. As ever entertaining and informative. You all work together to make a great team.
You’re welcome! Your reasoning about the imperfect tense makes perfect sense in theory, but in practice, it’s not appropriate here after “sempre”.
Thank you very much for your kind words, by the way. And for the lesson suggestion – added to our list of potential future content 🙂