Eliana
Rui- Pedro: Ó Sofia, anda cá! Pedro: Hey Sofia, come here!
- Sofia: O que é que se passa? Sofia: What's going on?
- Pedro: Explica-me como é que a casa ficou neste estado! Pedro: Explain to me how the house got in this state!
- Sofia: Ah… Fiz uma festa. Sofia: Ah... I threw a party.
- Pedro: Fizeste uma festa?! E o que é que aconteceu nessa festa, para ficar tudo de pantanas cá em casa? Pedro: You threw a party? And what happened at this party to make everything in the house so messed up?
- Sofia: Com toda a honestidade, fiquei tão bêbeda que nem me consigo lembrar. Sofia: In all honesty I got so drunk I can't even remember.
- Pedro: Ficaste tão bêbeda que não te lembras porque é que está um carro incendiado no meio do jardim? Pedro: You got so drunk you can't remember why there is a car on fire in the middle of the garden?
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Vocabulary
o bidãocan, canister, drum, jerrycan desafiarto challenge ficarto stay, belocated, become o holofotespotlight incendiadoset on fire o isqueirolighter a tampacover, cap TosquiadoSheared
Expressions
Continua!Go on! De qualquer formaAnyway, In any case Fico felizI'm glad Se queres que te digaIf you ask me, If you want me to tell you sing.,inf. deixar cairto drop, let fall Como assim?What do you mean?, How so?, How come? de pantanastrashed, turned upside down, messed up ficar bêbadato get drunk fem. ficar sem gasolinato run out of gas ficar tontato get dizzy fem. ficar zangadoto get angry masc. Isto não fica assimThis isn't over Não te fica bemIt doesn't suit you
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Comments
Hi thank you for this episode, very well written and engaging story. Just one question, the use of ficar followed by de. as in ” O Samuel ficou de vir instalar um painel solar.” and translated as Samuel is supposed to come and install a solar panel. Is it always used to express the sense of a task or action promised but left undone?
Many thanks
The expression “ficar de” followed by an infinitive verb is indeed used to express a commitment or obligation to perform a certain action in the future. It doesn’t necessarily imply that the task has been left undone, but rather that it is something that is supposed to happen.
For example, in the sentence “O Samuel ficou de vir instalar um painel solar”, it means that Samuel has agreed or is expected to come and install a solar panel. It doesn’t necessarily mean that he hasn’t done it yet, just that it is something he is supposed to do.
I hope this helps clarify the usage of “ficar de” in this context.
As for other ways of conveying this, instead of “ficar de” it can also be used “ser suposto” (supposed to be). In this example, it would be: “É suposto o Samuel vir instalar um painel solar”.
Fantastic dialog; I laughed all the way through!
In an exercise, it says “fico-te grato por me ajudares”. Can you explain what “fico-te” means?
“Fico-te grato” is a more idiomatic phrasing for “fico grato a ti”, which can be translated as “I am grateful to you”. If we want to fully encompass all that the verb “ficar” can convey, we could go as far as translating it as something like “I become and remain grateful to you”.