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Um Queque e Um Sumo

A Muffin And A Juice

A short and simple dialogue about ordering at a Portuguese café.

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  • 00:00:03Empregada: Boa tarde, o que vai ser?
  • 00:00:05Lucas: Boa tarde. Queria um sumo de maçã.
  • 00:00:08Empregada: Grande ou pequeno?
  • 00:00:09Lucas: Grande, por favor.
  • 00:00:11Empregada: Mais alguma coisa?
  • 00:00:13Lucas: Sim. Queria um queque.
  • 00:00:15Empregada: Um queque… Para levar?
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alguma coisasomething grandelarge levarto take maismore a maçãapple pequenosmall sing.,masc. Quanto?How much?masc. o quequemuffin o sumojuice tudoeverything
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Boa tardeGood afternoon Mais alguma coisa?Anything else? QueriaI would like... Aqui temHere you go sing.,formal para levarto go, to take away ordering food
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Comments

  • In the first two lines “tarde” is pronounced in two different ways. Is this a reflection of regional accents (which is which)? Is there any significance implied by the pronounciation?

    • Olá! I don’t perceive a difference in pronunciation or accent. The first speaker voices the word until the end, which makes it sound more articulated, while the second speaker voices the first syllable, but then lets the voice drop to a whisper for the last (unstressed) syllable – this is very natural for us when we’re speaking fast or with no focus on sharp articulation. The same happens when they each pronounce the word ‘grande’, for example.

    • “Queria” is the imperfect tense of “querer” and is often used to make a polite request, similar to saying “I would like” in English. So, when Lucas says “Queria,” he is being polite, as it’s a common way to order in Portuguese! 🙂

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