Eliana
Rui- Zeca: Olá, Daniela. Zeca: Hi, Daniela.
- Pareces triste. You seem sad.
- O que se passa? What's going on?
- Daniela: Eu e o meu namorado estamos sempre a discutir. Daniela: My boyfriend and I are always arguing.
- Zeca: Vocês discutem porquê? Zeca: Why do you argue?
- Daniela: Discutimos por várias razões. Daniela: We argue for several reasons.
- Eu discuto porque ele não baixa a tampa da sanita. I argue because he won't put the toilet seat down.
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Vocabulary
AbertasOpen alguémsomebody, someone as coisasthings comunicaçãocommunication conduzirto drive, to lead discutirto argue, discuss, quarrel embriagadodrunk, intoxicated o espaçospace FechadasClosed fingirto pretend IncomodadaBothered, uncomfortable, upset, annoyed mentirto lie o namoradoboyfriend negaçãonegation, denial partirTo break PerspetivaPerspective pessoalPersonal RaivaAnger as razõesreasons a relaçãorelationship, relation repararto notice, realize, observe, repair rirto laugh a sanitatoilet semwithout a tampacover, cap tristesad sing. ZangadaAngry (fem) zangadoangry
Expressions
A sério?Really?, Seriously? A mim própriaTo myself às vezessometimes Tens razãoYou sing.,inf. are right, Literal - "You have reason" Muitas vezesOften, many times Em relação aWith regard to, In relation to, About
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Comments
pessoal = staff as well as personal?
Obrigada
Yes, exactly, it can mean either one depending on the context. 🙂
A good topic for a more comprehensive learning experience in communication.
Tqhank you, Molly.
“Parte o que estiver à mão e depois pega no carro e vai embora.”
Porquê é “estiver” no conjunctivo futuro? Pode ser “o que esta à mão” ou não?
Obrigado.
Neste caso, eu diria que tanto o futuro do conjuntivo (estiver) como o presente do indicativo (está) são aceitáveis. O modo conjuntivo, enquanto modo associado a hipóteses e incertezas, pode ajudar a reforçar que a acção de partir coisas não é totalmente clara: não se sabe se ele parte muitas ou poucas coisas, ou se nem sequer parte nada (se não tiver nada à mão) 🙂 Às vezes, a escolha de tempos verbais também depende da construção da frase; há estruturas que “forçam” o uso de um modo ou tempo verbal específico.
Hello, do you think we could say “pega o carro” instead of “pega no carro”? 00:01:29
It would be so much easier to remember!! Thanks
In this context, I’d say that “pega no carro” is what we prefer to say in Portugal, while “pega o carro” sounds more typical of Brazilian Portuguese. Personally, I wouldn’t be bothered either way 🙂
Obrigado Joseph, isso é claro.
Hello- would it be possible to add the verbal pronunciation to the vocabulary in the shorties? For a beginner this would be very helpful. Thanks!
We’re working on this! It’s not ready yet, but just wanted to let you know it’s on the list. Thanks for the feedback! 🙂
porque se disser já sei que vamos discutir.
Why the infinitive ‘disser’ instead of the conjunctive ‘disse’?
Thanks
Disser is the 1st person futuro do conjuntivo conjugation of the infinitive verb dizer. She’s talking about a potential future action, so that’s why that tense/mood is used. You can see the full conjugation here: The Verb Dizer. We also just added a unit on the futuro do conjuntivo, a.k.a. the Future Subjunctive
Very rich with new phrases and words
Hi guys, why do we use ‘até quando’ instead of ‘enquanto’. I understood this sentence to mean ‘He drives until he is drunk’ rather than ‘He drives while he is drunk’.
Olá Michael. “Até quando” is not replacing “enquanto” in the sentence. Like you said, “enquanto” means “while”. Here, what she’s saying is that he drives even when he’s drunk 🙂
How does one place the reflexive: ele ri-se as opposed to eu nao me rio?
Olá! “Ele ri-se” is a simple affirmative sentence, where the natural placement of the pronoun is after the verb (enclitically). “Eu não me rio” is a negative sentence where ‘não’ acts as a ‘magnetic’ word which pulls the pronoun to a position before the verb (proclitically). These rules of placement are summarized in the following Learning Note: Object Pronouns in Portuguese | Practice Portuguese