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Videochamadas São Uma Chatice

Video Calls are a Pain

Sandra and Diogo are trying to catch up on a video call, but they keep running into technical difficulties.

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  • 00:00:03Diogo: Estou, Sandra? Consegues ouvir-me?
  • 00:00:06Sandra: Oi, Diogo. Sim, consigo ouvir-te. Mas não te consigo ver, está tudo preto. Tens a webcam desligada?
  • 00:00:15Diogo: Não, está ligada. Não sei o que se passa. Espera aí, deixa ver os cabos. Consegues ver-me agora?
  • 00:00:24Sandra: Mais ou menos. A imagem está muito tremida e está sempre a parar.
  • 00:00:29Diogo: Não sei o que raio se passa. Eu tenho uma ligação de 300 megabytes. Devia estar a funcionar tudo bem.
  • 00:00:37Sandra: Faz um teste de velocidade. Escreve “teste de velocidade” no Google e é o primeiro resultado.
  • 00:00:43Diogo: Ok, já fiz. Estou com 120 megabytes de download.
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AuricularesHeadphones barulhonoise os caboscables, boat ropes a chaticehassle, nuisance, drag, annoyance, bummer desligadaTurned off, disconnected LigadaTurned on, Connected a ligaçãoconnection MicrofoneMicrophone morderto bite o pijamapajamas, pyjamas porreirocool, awesome (masc) ProgramadoraProgrammer QuebrasBreaks reiniciarto restart, reboot a roupaclothes TremidaBlurry, shaky a videochamadavideo call
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XauBye Estou?Hello? in the context of answering the phone Espera aíWait a minute, Hang on Passar músicaPlay music Como é que tens andado?How have you been? A chamada caiuThe call dropped Bem vistoGood point Até jáSee you soon (implying you'll be right back)
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Comments

  • I’m a little confused. I’d read somewhere that when a verb ends in ‘r’ (as in the infinitive form), the letter ‘r’ is dropped and the preceding letter gets a ^. As in ‘Prazer em conhecê-lo’. Is this Brazilian? Why does the rule not apply to ‘ouvir-me’ and ‘ver-me’?

    • Olá! That’s correct, but only applicable to third-person direct object pronouns (o & a). With these pronouns, if the verb ends in any consonant (not just R), the final consonant is dropped and an L is added to the object pronoun. Accents are only added to infinitive forms, and it can be ^ or ´.

      ‘Ouvir-me’ and ‘ver-me’ have first-person object pronouns, so this rule does not apply to them.

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