Joseph
Rui- Cliente: Boa tarde. Customer: Good afternoon.
- Vim comprar um bilhete de autocarro para o centro da cidade. I came to buy a bus ticket to the city center.
- Assistente de bilheteira: Boa tarde. Ticket attendant: Good afternoon.
- Um bilhete de autocarro? A bus ticket?
- Cliente: Sim. Customer: Yes.
- Assistente: Para o centro? Attendant: To the center?
- Cliente: Sim! Customer: Yes!
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Vocabulary
agoranow antesbefore apanharto take, catch, grab, pick up assistenteassistant, attendant atrasadolate, delayed sing.,masc. o autocarrobus o bilheteticket BilheteiraTicket Office as cadeiraschairs chegarto arrive clientecustomer, client CulpaBlame, fault EspecialSpecial esperarto hope, wait meio-dianoon próximoclose, near, next masc. o serviçoservice
Expressions
Com licençaExcuse me Já agoraBy the way, Speaking of which, While you're at it Ao menosAt least Pausa para almoçoLunch break Daqui a meia horaIn half an hour Aí ao ladoNext door Terminal de autocarrosBus Terminal Centro da cidadeDowntown, city centre Eu também nãoMe neither Há meia horaHalf an hour ago
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Comments
Essa é uma lição de qualidade, ótima e útil.
Obrigada, estou muito contente com a qualidade do ensino.
Fortunately over 30 years of visiting Portugal I have never been confronted with an attitude like that. I think the “assistant” must have been a Parisian waiter for a period of time.
A good understandable lesson however! And very useful.
I was thrown by the similar French construction (d’ici trente minutes) which has a different meaning, and I didn’t know if the bus was coming 30 minutes later or within the next 30 minutes.
I had to use a translator to check that the bus would actually arrive 30 minutes later (which would, anyway, be the most reasonable answer).
Algumas destas conversas são tão engraçadas. Para mim, esta encabeça a lista juntamente com a Pizza Na Hora. Bom trabalho!
Este tipo de atenção lembra-me os funcionários do balcão único da câmara de Portimão 😂
Why is você used a few times in this dialogue? I thought it wasn’t appropriate to address someone this way.
For some people, using ‘você’ directly can sound too blunt, which is why you’ll often see recommendations to omit it. However, this is not a strict rule and many people do use ‘você’ in daily life, especially when they perceive each other as similar in age/hierarchy/etc. In the context of this shorty, even if the customer found it rude, I don’t think the employee would care, considering his attitude… 🙂