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Trocas E Devoluções

Exchanges And Returns

A woman visits a clothing shop to exchange a blouse she received as a gift.

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  • 00:00:03Empregado: Boa tarde. Posso ajudá-la?
  • 00:00:05Cliente: Boa tarde. Sim, pode. Ofereceram-me esta blusa, mas não me serve.
  • 00:00:11Preciso de trocá-la.
  • 00:00:12Empregado: Tem o talão de oferta?
  • 00:00:15Cliente: Sim, tenho aqui.
  • 00:00:16Empregado: Quer trocar por outro tamanho?
  • 00:00:18Cliente: Em princípio, sim, porque eu gosto muito da blusa.
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a blusablouse a caixabox a caixacheckout, cash register, box a devoluçãoreturn noun experimentarto try out, taste, experience a lojastore oferecerTo offer, give O pagamentoPayment servirto serve, fit, suit, suffice o talãoreceipt o tamanhosize a trocathe exchange trocarto change, exchange, replace, switch o valorvalue, worth, amount, price
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Estar à vontadeTo be comfortable, to feel at ease, to feel free to Dar uma vista de olhosTo take a look, to check something out Em princípioIn principle, presumably Volto jáI'll be right back ter muita saídato have a lot of output, to be a topselling item
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  • Hi, can you explain the logic please in changing the verb from ending “ar” to á and having the L before the a of la as I understand it to mean I need to change it.
    “Preciso de trocá- la.
    If a sentence starts with “Se” is it followed by the infinitive of a verb? E g “se precisar de mais alguma coisa” why is it not “se precisa de ——–“.
    Obrigada.
    Marie

    • Olá! There is a grammar rule that dictates that if the last sound before a 3rd-person direct object pronoun is a consonant, that consonant is dropped and an L is placed at the beginning of the clitic (Clitic Pronouns: 3rd Person). In this case, it means that we go from ‘trocar-a’ to ‘troca-la’ (the consonant R is dropped and the L is added to the clitic as prescribed). On top of that, we need to add the accent over the first A to mark the stressed syllable and distinguish the infinitive form from the 2nd-person form. So we go from ‘troca-la’ to ‘trocá-la’. Note that both forms exist, but they should never be mistaken for one another:
      – Troca-la (no accent, 2nd-person verb conjugation: trocas + a)
      – Trocá-la (with accent, infinitive verb form: trocar + a)

      The word ‘Se’ at the start of a sentence doesn’t force the verb into any specific tense or form – the verb will be conjugated as needed in each context. In this particular case, it’s not in the infinitive, but actually in the 3rd-person singular form of the future subjunctive. This is a suitable tense here, since we’re talking about a hypothetical future situation. Unfortunately for Portuguese learners (and even for natives!), the verb looks the same in the infinitive and in the future subjunctive, so it’s not easy to tell them apart.

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