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Tipos de Farinha

Types Of Flour

A customer asks a grocery store employee for help finding the right kind of flour.

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  • 00:00:03Cliente: Com licença, estou à procura de uma coisa, mas não a encontro. Pode ajudar-me?
  • 00:00:10Empregada: Sim, claro. O que é que procura?
  • 00:00:13Cliente: Estou à procura de açúcar mascavado.
  • 00:00:17Empregada: Desculpe, não temos açúcar mascavado.
  • 00:00:20Cliente: Ai, que pena.
  • 00:00:23Empregada: Mas temos açúcar branco e açúcar amarelo.
  • 00:00:26Estão no corredor dos ingredientes para pastelaria.
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amareloyellow Açúcar mascavadoBrown sugar o bolocake brancowhite a coisaThing o corredoraisle, hallway, corridor DensoDense escurodark especiariasspices a farinhaflour Farinha integralWhole grain flour o fermentoyeast FofaFluffy, soft, cute os grãos integraiswhole grains levelight adj. PacotesPackages a pastelariapastry shop a receitarecipe Refinadarefined sobremesasdesserts tartestarts, pies TiposTypes
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Continuação de um bom dia!Have a good day! ao lado denext to DigaSay it,Tell me, Go ahead sing.,formal,imp. Com licençaExcuse me Já agoraBy the way, Speaking of which Que penaToo bad, What a shame Parece-me bemSounds good to me, Looks good to me Como é que se diz...?How do you say...? Já percebiGot it, I understand now
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  • I’ve noticed that sometimes European Portuguese uses the conjugated form of estar + a + noun instead of conjugated form of estar + a + infinitive. The meaning appears to be the same, namely the present progressive. For example, “Estou a esperar” versus “Estou a espera” and, in this clip. “Estou a procurar” versus “estou à procura.”
    1. Are these forms completely interchangeable?
    2. Does the form conjugated estar+ à + noun exist for many other verb/nouns combinations other than esperar and procurar?

    • Olá, Jay!
      1. They are interchangeable, as long as you form the full sentence properly with each construction. For example: “Estou à procura do livro”, but “Estou a procurar o livro”. Basically, pay attention to the prepositions (or their absence) in each case.
      2. Not many, I think. Just from memory, here are a few other common combinations:
      – Estar à caça / estar a caçar (hunting)
      – Estar em busca / Estar a buscar (searching)
      – Estar na luta / Estar a lutar (fighting -> “na luta” is not that used for actual physical fights, I think, but more like fighting for an ideal or a goal)
      – Estar à espreita / Estar a espreitar (peeking or, sometimes, searching/spying)

      They’re not even all with “à”, hah.

  • LOL … Acabei de ver a farinha na minha cozinha. Tipo 65! Nunca tinha reparado neste número!!! Tinha acredito a única diferência era sem e com fermento. Aprendi muito hoje!!!

  • Hi I have a question more around shop etiquette! I noticed the customer got the attention of the shop assistant by using ‘com licença’ which makes perfect sense to me except I have found shop assistants to be a little indignant if I don’t precede my initial approach with a ‘Bom dia’ or ‘boa tarde’. I know this is perfectly normal, or rather the expection when entering a small shop but it also seems to be the case in large shops like supermarkets and DIY stores when you approach an assistant in the aisles. Admittedly I have never tried using just ‘Com licença’. Is my perception correct or have I misread the situation. (I have to confess I am a little nervous of using ‘Com licença’.. whenever I do it seems to provoke an excessive reaction with people virtually jumping out of my way!)

    • Starting with a greeting is always nice 🙂 “Com licença” can be used, but it’s true that it can be mistaken for a “get out of the way”, hah. Personally, if I need to ask something to a stranger, I usually use”desculpe” to get their attention instead (and also to apologize in advance for invading their space).

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